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Illinois storm reports for July 28, 2023

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 67 wind reports and 11 tornado reports in Illinois on July 28, 2023.

in Illinois
86
Storm reports
About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 33 miles from Chicago, IL
82 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 39 miles from Chicago, IL
11
Tornado reports
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 July 28, 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

Hail8, most at 7 PM

Wind67, most at 10 PM

Tornado11, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:25 PMNot ratedAbout 50 miles from Rockford, IL1.68 mi long, 20 yd wide
10:32 PMEF0About 49 miles from Rockford, IL0.78 mi long, 20 yd wide
10:35 PMEF0About 52 miles from Chicago, IL4.89 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:44 PMEF0About 45 miles from Chicago, IL1 mi long, 20 yd wide
10:52 PMEF1About 39 miles from Chicago, IL7.57 mi long, 225 yd wide
10:53 PMEF0About 40 miles from Chicago, IL5.1 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:59 PMEF0About 41 miles from Chicago, IL5.13 mi long, 60 yd wide
11:07 PMEF0About 38 miles from Chicago, IL7.14 mi long, 60 yd wide
11:19 PMEF0About 49 miles from Chicago, IL6.07 mi long, 350 yd wide
11:22 PMNot ratedAbout 38 miles from Chicago, IL1.46 mi long, 15 yd wide
11:30 PMEF1About 47 miles from Chicago, IL5.51 mi long, 90 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Chicago, ILNone60 mph0
Rockford, ILNone61 mph0

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