Put Cloudbreak on your portfolio.

Leave your email and we’ll reach out within one business day.

Prefer to talk? Call 940-391-3558.

Illinois storm reports for May 6, 2021

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 1 wind report and 5 tornado reports in Illinois on May 6, 2021.

in Illinois
12
Storm reports
Near 38.65, -88.58, IL
1.0 in
Largest hail
Near 40.11, -87.83, IL
60 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, near 39.49, -89.06, IL
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • 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 6, 2021 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

Hail6, most at 6 PM

Wind1, most at 2 PM

Tornado5, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:11 PMEF0Near 39.49, -89.06, IL0.18 mi long, 20 yd wide
3:10 PMNot ratedNear 39.03, -88.75, IL0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide
3:30 PMNot ratedNear 38.94, -88.66, IL0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:00 PMEF0Near 38.57, -88.43, IL0.52 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:01 PMNot ratedAbout 60 miles from Evansville, IN0.12 mi long, 10 yd wide

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