Illinois storm reports for March 19, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, March 19, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 56 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Illinois on March 19, 2025.

in Illinois; 77
Storm reports: Near 39.80, -87.98, IL; 1.25 in
Largest hail: Near 39.55, -88.54, IL; 72 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 39.61, -88.11, IL; 7
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 March 19, 2025 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

Hail14, most at 5 PM

Wind56, most at 4 PM

Tornado7, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:49 PM	Not rated	About 21 miles from Peoria, IL	0.67 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:52 PM	EF1	Near 39.61, -88.11, IL	0.72 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:00 PM	EF0	About 31 miles from Chicago, IL	0.25 mi long, 90 yd wide
5:10 PM	EF0	About 27 miles from Chicago, IL	1.53 mi long, 60 yd wide
5:18 PM	EF0	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL	0.33 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:28 PM	EF1	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL	1.62 mi long, 90 yd wide
5:35 PM	EF0	About 23 miles from Chicago, IL	0.29 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:26 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Rockford, IL
3:34 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Peoria, IL
3:35 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
3:35 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
4:00 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
4:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.36, -88.87, IL
5:02 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.80, -87.98, IL
5:06 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
5:18 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Chicago, IL
5:30 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Chicago, IL
5:30 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Chicago, IL
5:33 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Chicago, IL
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.70, -89.12, IL
5:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.76, -89.05, IL

Time	Gust	Where
2:20 PM	64 mph	About 37 miles from Peoria, IL
2:22 PM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Peoria, IL
3:19 PM	70 mph	Near 39.88, -89.85, IL
3:25 PM	64 mph	About 24 miles from Peoria, IL
3:35 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Peoria, IL
3:46 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Peoria, IL
3:47 PM	70 mph	Near 39.58, -89.73, IL
3:57 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Peoria, IL
4:00 PM	70 mph	About 20 miles from Peoria, IL
4:10 PM	70 mph	About 33 miles from Peoria, IL
4:18 PM	72 mph	Near 39.55, -88.54, IL
4:18 PM	70 mph	Near 39.53, -88.53, IL

Show all 56 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:18 PM	70 mph	About 41 miles from Peoria, IL
4:19 PM	70 mph	Near 39.55, -88.53, IL
4:23 PM	64 mph	About 39 miles from Peoria, IL
4:28 PM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Peoria, IL
4:28 PM	60 mph	Near 39.61, -88.45, IL
4:30 PM	60 mph	About 47 miles from Peoria, IL
4:32 PM	70 mph	Near 39.76, -88.26, IL
4:32 PM	64 mph	About 47 miles from Peoria, IL
4:40 PM	60 mph	Near 39.52, -88.37, IL
4:40 PM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Peoria, IL
4:45 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Chicago, IL
4:45 PM	60 mph	Near 40.31, -88.29, IL
4:45 PM	60 mph	Near 39.59, -88.16, IL
4:48 PM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Peoria, IL
4:50 PM	70 mph	Near 39.51, -88.00, IL
4:51 PM	60 mph	Near 40.88, -88.34, IL
4:53 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Chicago, IL
4:54 PM	67 mph	About 30 miles from Chicago, IL
4:57 PM	60 mph	Near 39.66, -88.07, IL
5:00 PM	60 mph	Near 40.12, -87.78, IL
5:01 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:05 PM	64 mph	About 29 miles from Chicago, IL
5:06 PM	70 mph	About 29 miles from Chicago, IL
5:06 PM	60 mph	Near 39.72, -87.93, IL
5:15 PM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Evansville, IN
5:19 PM	64 mph	About 29 miles from Chicago, IL
5:20 PM	64 mph	About 29 miles from Chicago, IL
5:21 PM	70 mph	About 29 miles from Chicago, IL
5:22 PM	64 mph	About 28 miles from Chicago, IL
5:24 PM	64 mph	About 28 miles from Chicago, IL
5:25 PM	64 mph	About 21 miles from Chicago, IL
5:26 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Chicago, IL
5:28 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:28 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:28 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:28 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Chicago, IL
5:29 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:29 PM	71 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
5:29 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:29 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
5:30 PM	60 mph	Near 39.64, -88.78, IL
6:55 PM	62 mph	Near 40.07, -88.32, IL
6:56 PM	64 mph	Near 40.04, -88.28, IL
7:35 PM	62 mph	Near 40.20, -87.59, 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

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