Illinois storm reports for May 7, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, May 7, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 26 hail reports, 9 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Illinois on May 7, 2024.

in Illinois; 36
Storm reports: About 17 miles from Chicago, IL; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 30 miles from Chicago, IL; 74 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 18 miles from Rockford, IL; 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 May 7, 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

Hail26, most at 2 PM

Wind9, most at 2 PM

Tornado1, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:05 PM	EF0	About 18 miles from Rockford, IL	14.33 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:24 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Davenport, IA
12:33 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Davenport, IA
1:43 PM	1.0 in	About 42 miles from Chicago, IL
1:52 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Chicago, IL
1:53 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Chicago, IL
1:55 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Chicago, IL
2:07 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
2:12 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Chicago, IL
2:12 PM	1.5 in	About 23 miles from Chicago, IL
2:17 PM	2.0 in	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL
2:17 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Chicago, IL
2:17 PM	1.75 in	About 18 miles from Chicago, IL

Show all 26 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:19 PM	1.25 in	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL
2:19 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Chicago, IL
2:20 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Chicago, IL
2:21 PM	1.5 in	About 13 miles from Chicago, IL
2:23 PM	1.5 in	About 12 miles from Chicago, IL
2:23 PM	1.25 in	About 13 miles from Chicago, IL
2:23 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Chicago, IL
2:24 PM	1.25 in	About 16 miles from Chicago, IL
2:25 PM	1.25 in	About 12 miles from Chicago, IL
2:26 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Chicago, IL
2:27 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Chicago, IL
2:31 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Chicago, IL
6:18 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Peoria, IL
7:09 PM	0.88 in	About 53 miles from Rockford, IL

Time	Gust	Where
7:00 AM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Peoria, IL
2:19 PM	58 mph	About 16 miles from Chicago, IL
2:20 PM	58 mph	About 12 miles from Chicago, IL
2:29 PM	63 mph	About 9 miles from Chicago, IL
2:45 PM	58 mph	About 35 miles from Rockford, IL
8:14 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Rockford, IL
8:23 PM	74 mph	About 30 miles from Chicago, IL
8:33 PM	58 mph	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
1:12 AM	70 mph	Near 37.21, -88.84, 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	1.5 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.