Illinois storm reports for March 15, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, March 15, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 48 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Illinois on March 15, 2016.

in Illinois; 61
Storm reports: Near 39.72, -90.03, IL; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 56 miles from Chicago, IL; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 57 miles from Peoria, IL; 7
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 15, 2016 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail48, most at 6 PM

Wind6, most at 7 PM

Tornado7, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:26 PM	EF2	About 57 miles from Peoria, IL	8.23 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:42 PM	EF1	About 49 miles from Peoria, IL	8.27 mi long, 400 yd wide
7:25 PM	EF2	About 13 miles from Davenport, IA	4.78 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:42 PM	EF2	About 16 miles from Peoria, IL	7.55 mi long, 440 yd wide
7:44 PM	EF1	Near 39.74, -89.82, IL	3.62 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:05 PM	EF0	About 2 miles from Peoria, IL	3.68 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:33 PM	EF0	About 48 miles from Davenport, IA	1.76 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:44 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.57, -91.38, IL
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.35, -91.43, IL
5:53 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.41, -90.97, IL
6:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.42, -91.36, IL
6:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.47, -91.17, IL
6:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.63, -91.16, IL
6:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.41, -91.13, IL
6:25 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.63, -90.47, IL
6:29 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.55, -90.87, IL
6:30 PM	1.25 in	About 53 miles from Davenport, IA
6:38 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Davenport, IA
6:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.58, -90.43, IL

Show all 48 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:40 PM	1.75 in	About 44 miles from Peoria, IL
6:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.69, -90.26, IL
6:59 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.73, -90.23, IL
7:20 PM	2.75 in	Near 39.72, -90.03, IL
7:32 PM	0.88 in	About 6 miles from Davenport, IA
7:33 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.72, -89.92, IL
7:36 PM	0.75 in	About 27 miles from Davenport, IA
7:38 PM	1.0 in	About 60 miles from Davenport, IA
7:43 PM	0.75 in	About 60 miles from Madison, WI
7:45 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.87, -89.83, IL
7:48 PM	1.75 in	About 8 miles from Peoria, IL
7:48 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.48, -90.35, IL
7:58 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Peoria, IL
8:00 PM	1.5 in	About 4 miles from Peoria, IL
8:05 PM	1.75 in	In Peoria, IL
8:05 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Peoria, IL
8:07 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Peoria, IL
8:33 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Peoria, IL
8:38 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Peoria, IL
8:42 PM	1.75 in	About 50 miles from Peoria, IL
8:47 PM	1.25 in	About 38 miles from Peoria, IL
8:48 PM	0.88 in	About 54 miles from Peoria, IL
8:50 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Peoria, IL
8:54 PM	0.75 in	About 46 miles from Peoria, IL
9:07 PM	1.5 in	About 26 miles from Peoria, IL
9:10 PM	0.88 in	About 28 miles from Rockford, IL
9:22 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Peoria, IL
9:27 PM	1.25 in	About 47 miles from Peoria, IL
9:45 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.75, -88.28, IL
10:01 PM	0.75 in	About 43 miles from Peoria, IL
10:08 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.03, -87.63, IL
10:12 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.13, -87.62, IL
10:20 PM	1.25 in	About 56 miles from Chicago, IL
10:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.95, -87.65, IL
10:34 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Rockford, IL
11:42 PM	1.25 in	About 42 miles from Chicago, IL

Time	Gust	Where
7:11 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
7:19 PM	68 mph	About 9 miles from Davenport, IA
7:21 PM	69 mph	About 9 miles from Davenport, IA
8:15 PM	70 mph	About 2 miles from Peoria, IL
10:37 PM	75 mph	About 56 miles from Chicago, IL
10:42 PM	58 mph	About 55 miles from Chicago, IL

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Peoria, IL	1.75 in	70 mph	1
Rockford, IL	1.0 in	None	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.