Illinois storm reports for April 30, 2022

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, April 30, 2022
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 26 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Illinois on April 30, 2022.

in Illinois; 39
Storm reports: About 57 miles from St. Louis, MO; 1.75 in
Largest hail: In Rockford, IL; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 15 miles from Chicago, IL; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; 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
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 30, 2022 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail26, most at 5 PM

Wind9, most at 5 PM

Tornado4, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:44 PM	EF0	About 15 miles from Chicago, IL	1.9 mi long, 60 yd wide
5:54 PM	EF0	About 12 miles from Rockford, IL	0.5 mi long, 60 yd wide
6:07 PM	Not rated	About 22 miles from Rockford, IL	0.12 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:46 PM	Not rated	About 52 miles from Peoria, IL	0.31 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:55 PM	0.75 in	About 32 miles from Evansville, IN
4:03 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Chicago, IL
5:12 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Rockford, IL
5:17 PM	1.5 in	About 5 miles from Rockford, IL
5:18 PM	1.75 in	About 57 miles from St. Louis, MO
5:30 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Rockford, IL
5:33 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.67, -89.64, IL
5:53 PM	1.25 in	About 40 miles from Peoria, IL
5:56 PM	0.88 in	About 52 miles from Peoria, IL
5:57 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.57, -89.51, IL
5:59 PM	1.5 in	About 10 miles from Rockford, IL
6:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.45, -89.57, IL

Show all 26 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:13 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Peoria, IL
6:14 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Rockford, IL
6:26 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.56, -89.29, IL
6:31 PM	0.75 in	About 45 miles from Peoria, IL
6:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.46, -89.41, IL
6:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.56, -89.29, IL
7:02 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.77, -88.88, IL
7:18 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.76, -88.87, IL
7:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.75, -88.29, IL
7:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.92, -88.57, IL
7:33 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.75, -88.18, IL
7:42 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.93, -88.45, IL
7:56 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.05, -88.25, IL
8:03 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from St. Louis, MO

Time	Gust	Where
4:16 PM	59 mph	About 48 miles from Rockford, IL
4:19 PM	75 mph	About 32 miles from Chicago, IL
5:15 PM	69 mph	About 7 miles from Chicago, IL
5:25 PM	81 mph	In Rockford, IL
5:35 PM	60 mph	Near 37.84, -89.70, IL
5:40 PM	67 mph	About 29 miles from Peoria, IL
5:57 PM	60 mph	Near 39.57, -89.51, IL
7:13 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Chicago, IL
8:02 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from St. Louis, MO

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Rockford, IL	1.5 in	81 mph	1
Chicago, IL	None	69 mph	1

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