Illinois storm reports for April 15, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, April 15, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 20 hail reports, 30 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Illinois on April 15, 2023.

in Illinois; 58
Storm reports: Near 40.53, -90.93, IL; 1.25 in
Largest hail: About 26 miles from St. Louis, MO; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 29 miles from St. Louis, MO; 8
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

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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 15, 2023 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

Hail20, most at 8 PM

Wind30, most at 7 PM

Tornado8, 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
6:34 PM	EF1	About 29 miles from St. Louis, MO	19.57 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:39 PM	EF0	About 25 miles from St. Louis, MO	4.97 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:43 PM	Not rated	About 13 miles from St. Louis, MO	0.34 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:59 PM	EF0	About 10 miles from St. Louis, MO	0.58 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:01 PM	Not rated	About 12 miles from St. Louis, MO	0.16 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:03 PM	EF0	About 16 miles from St. Louis, MO	1.12 mi long, 90 yd wide
7:03 PM	EF1	About 16 miles from St. Louis, MO	3.04 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:33 PM	Not rated	About 45 miles from St. Louis, MO	0.17 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.15, -89.32, IL
2:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.18, -89.08, IL
3:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.32, -88.78, IL
3:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.27, -88.56, IL
5:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.33, -91.29, IL
6:18 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.44, -90.84, IL
6:22 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.53, -90.93, IL
6:30 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.83, -90.57, IL
6:48 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:35 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
8:05 PM	0.88 in	About 3 miles from Peoria, IL
8:05 PM	1.0 in	About 3 miles from Peoria, IL

Show all 20 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:12 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Peoria, IL
8:21 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
8:21 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.24, -88.64, IL
8:22 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Peoria, IL
8:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.70, -89.09, IL
8:47 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.73, -89.19, IL
8:57 PM	0.75 in	Near 37.63, -89.00, IL
10:08 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.11, -88.04, IL

Time	Gust	Where
2:40 PM	58 mph	Near 37.18, -89.08, IL
3:08 PM	64 mph	Near 37.22, -88.76, IL
6:30 PM	60 mph	Near 39.83, -90.56, IL
6:39 PM	74 mph	About 25 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:45 PM	64 mph	Near 39.99, -90.35, IL
6:50 PM	64 mph	About 23 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:50 PM	64 mph	About 25 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:56 PM	100 mph	About 26 miles from St. Louis, MO
6:56 PM	100 mph	About 27 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:08 PM	70 mph	About 21 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:08 PM	64 mph	About 18 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:10 PM	67 mph	About 17 miles from St. Louis, MO

Show all 30 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
7:16 PM	70 mph	About 16 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:20 PM	70 mph	About 34 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:34 PM	64 mph	About 49 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:35 PM	64 mph	About 30 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:35 PM	70 mph	About 26 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:46 PM	63 mph	About 10 miles from Peoria, IL
7:49 PM	64 mph	About 43 miles from Peoria, IL
7:53 PM	70 mph	About 30 miles from Peoria, IL
7:55 PM	70 mph	About 48 miles from St. Louis, MO
7:58 PM	64 mph	Near 38.19, -89.09, IL
8:00 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Peoria, IL
8:09 PM	59 mph	About 13 miles from Peoria, IL
8:20 PM	70 mph	Near 38.62, -88.99, IL
8:40 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Peoria, IL
8:45 PM	60 mph	Near 39.06, -88.75, IL
8:45 PM	60 mph	Near 39.38, -89.08, IL
9:54 PM	64 mph	Near 40.03, -88.28, IL
10:04 PM	61 mph	Near 40.03, -88.28, 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	63 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.