Illinois storm reports for May 23, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, May 23, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 11 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Illinois on May 23, 2020.

in Illinois; 26
Storm reports: About 53 miles from Peoria, IL; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 36 miles from Chicago, IL; 96 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 42 miles from Davenport, IA; 6
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 May 23, 2020 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

Hail11, most at 2 PM

Wind9, most at 2 PM

Tornado6, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:54 PM	EF0	About 31 miles from Peoria, IL	3.46 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:29 PM	EF1	About 42 miles from Davenport, IA	12.25 mi long, 30 yd wide
2:53 PM	EF0	About 42 miles from Chicago, IL	6.3 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:18 PM	Not rated	About 49 miles from Madison, WI	0.53 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:30 PM	EF1	About 22 miles from Rockford, IL	0.3 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:06 PM	EF0	About 24 miles from Rockford, IL	3.2 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:11 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Davenport, IA
1:07 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Peoria, IL
1:09 PM	0.88 in	About 9 miles from Peoria, IL
2:05 PM	0.88 in	About 59 miles from Peoria, IL
2:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.33, -88.72, IL
2:39 PM	1.75 in	About 53 miles from Peoria, IL
2:53 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Rockford, IL
2:56 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Rockford, IL
3:47 PM	1.0 in	About 60 miles from Chicago, IL
3:58 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.84, -88.29, IL
4:25 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Chicago, IL

Time	Gust	Where
1:23 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Peoria, IL
1:29 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Peoria, IL
2:05 PM	63 mph	About 59 miles from Peoria, IL
2:39 PM	63 mph	About 52 miles from Peoria, IL
2:53 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Rockford, IL
2:56 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Chicago, IL
3:04 PM	96 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
3:12 PM	96 mph	About 32 miles from Chicago, IL
3:50 PM	58 mph	About 15 miles from Rockford, 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	1.0 in	None	0
Rockford, IL	1.0 in	60 mph	0

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