Illinois storm reports for March 4, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, March 4, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 15 hail reports, 1 wind report and 1 tornado report in Illinois on March 4, 2024.

in Illinois; 17
Storm reports: About 51 miles from Davenport, IA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: About 35 miles from Davenport, IA; 60 mph
Highest gust: 1
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

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA

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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 4, 2024 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. 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

Hail15, most at 4 PM

Wind1, most at 8 PM

Tornado1, most at 1 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:59 PM	Not rated	About 37 miles from Rockford, IL	0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:20 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Davenport, IA
2:45 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Rockford, IL
2:55 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Davenport, IA
4:00 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
4:00 PM	1.0 in	About 4 miles from Davenport, IA
4:05 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Rockford, IL
4:48 PM	1.0 in	About 30 miles from Rockford, IL
4:48 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Rockford, IL
6:03 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Rockford, IL
8:20 PM	0.75 in	About 34 miles from Peoria, IL
8:25 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Peoria, IL
9:23 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from Chicago, IL
9:56 PM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Peoria, IL
10:55 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.17, -88.36, IL
2:39 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.13, -87.56, IL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Chicago, IL	1.0 in	None	0
Peoria, IL	0.75 in	None	0

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