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Illinois storm reports for February 28, 2017

NOAA recorded 87 hail reports, 19 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in Illinois on February 28, 2017.

in Illinois
122
Storm reports
Near 38.00, -88.94, IL
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 18 miles from Chicago, IL
75 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 53 miles from Peoria, IL
16
Tornado reports
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 February 28, 2017 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

Hail87, most at 4 PM

Wind19, most at 2 AM

Tornado16, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:12 PMEF1About 25 miles from Peoria, IL5.53 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:27 PMEF0About 43 miles from Peoria, IL1.75 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:41 PMEF3About 53 miles from Peoria, IL11.5 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:44 PMEF1About 44 miles from Rockford, IL2.62 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:58 PMEF1Near 41.36, -88.71, IL2.8 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:04 PMEF0About 56 miles from Chicago, IL1.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:07 PMEF1About 25 miles from Rockford, IL1.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:10 PMEF0About 8 miles from Peoria, IL0.07 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:15 PMEF0About 10 miles from Peoria, IL0.89 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:26 PMEF3About 17 miles from Peoria, IL17.77 mi long, 600 yd wide
5:52 PMEF2About 35 miles from Peoria, IL5.6 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:33 PMEF1Near 39.88, -90.66, IL0.66 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 16 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
9:43 PMEF1About 49 miles from Peoria, IL2.33 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:55 PMEF3About 33 miles from Evansville, IN44.13 mi long, 440 yd wide
10:44 PMEF1Near 37.74, -89.06, IL7.36 mi long, 25 yd wide
4:08 AMEF0Near 37.70, -89.37, IL4.11 mi long, 25 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Peoria, IL1.75 inNone2
Chicago, IL1.0 inNone0
Rockford, IL0.88 inNone0

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