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Illinois storm reports for May 17, 2017

NOAA recorded 12 hail reports, 39 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Illinois on May 17, 2017.

in Illinois
56
Storm reports
About 9 miles from Rockford, IL
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 9 miles from Rockford, IL
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 37 miles from Peoria, IL
5
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 May 17, 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

Hail12, most at 10 PM

Wind39, most at 10 PM

Tornado5, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:04 PMEF0About 27 miles from Davenport, IA0.71 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:00 PMEF1About 22 miles from Davenport, IA8.11 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:44 PMEF1About 31 miles from Davenport, IA2.06 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:20 PMEF2About 37 miles from Peoria, IL1.29 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:21 PMEF1About 13 miles from Rockford, IL10.3 mi long, 100 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rockford, IL1.75 in96 mph1
Peoria, IL1.5 inNone0
Chicago, ILNone63 mph0

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