Illinois storm reports for May 16, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, May 16, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Illinois on May 16, 2025.

in Illinois; 78
Storm reports: Near 39.00, -87.73, IL; 3.0 in
Largest hail: About 53 miles from St. Louis, MO; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF4, near 37.66, -89.09, IL; 4
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 May 16, 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

Hail40, most at 5 PM

Wind34, most at 4 PM

Tornado4, 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
6:15 PM	EF4	Near 37.66, -89.09, IL	16.28 mi long, 900 yd wide
6:38 PM	EF1	Near 39.16, -87.80, IL	10.68 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:48 PM	EF1	About 58 miles from Evansville, IN	6.75 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:56 PM	EF2	About 52 miles from Evansville, IN	9.93 mi long, 250 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:54 PM	1.0 in	About 10 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:55 PM	1.25 in	About 32 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:57 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:57 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:58 PM	2.0 in	About 32 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:00 PM	1.75 in	About 32 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:01 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:14 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.75, -89.75, IL
3:17 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:17 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.76, -89.62, IL
3:20 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.83, -89.56, IL
3:35 PM	2.0 in	About 47 miles from St. Louis, MO

Show all 40 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:35 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:52 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from St. Louis, MO
4:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.08, -89.17, IL
4:34 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.04, -89.20, IL
4:59 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.15, -88.73, IL
5:00 PM	2.75 in	Near 39.01, -87.74, IL
5:00 PM	3.0 in	Near 39.00, -87.73, IL
5:00 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.01, -87.72, IL
5:05 PM	2.75 in	Near 39.01, -87.68, IL
5:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.00, -87.74, IL
5:33 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.49, -88.28, IL
5:49 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.12, -88.54, IL
5:49 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.23, -88.50, IL
5:55 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.80, -89.38, IL
5:59 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.78, -89.12, IL
6:00 PM	2.0 in	Near 37.77, -89.33, IL
6:00 PM	1.75 in	Near 37.75, -89.32, IL
6:01 PM	1.5 in	Near 37.76, -89.17, IL
6:10 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.17, -88.26, IL
6:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.88, -89.11, IL
6:12 PM	1.25 in	Near 37.75, -89.05, IL
6:16 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.20, -88.15, IL
6:47 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Rockford, IL
7:00 PM	1.0 in	About 5 miles from Rockford, IL
7:02 PM	1.25 in	Near 37.22, -89.18, IL
7:02 PM	2.75 in	Near 37.12, -89.20, IL
7:02 PM	2.75 in	Near 37.16, -89.20, IL
7:03 PM	0.88 in	Near 37.72, -88.93, IL

Time	Gust	Where
2:40 PM	69 mph	About 47 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:41 PM	75 mph	About 49 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:43 PM	69 mph	About 15 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:55 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:55 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:55 PM	70 mph	About 32 miles from St. Louis, MO
2:59 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:02 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:05 PM	58 mph	About 36 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:14 PM	69 mph	About 53 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:15 PM	69 mph	About 53 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:16 PM	70 mph	Near 39.77, -89.64, IL

Show all 34 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:17 PM	69 mph	Near 38.75, -89.09, IL
3:17 PM	69 mph	About 49 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:25 PM	81 mph	About 53 miles from St. Louis, MO
3:49 PM	60 mph	Near 39.41, -88.81, IL
4:02 PM	70 mph	Near 39.77, -89.05, IL
4:14 PM	70 mph	Near 39.84, -88.90, IL
4:15 PM	70 mph	Near 39.81, -88.94, IL
4:15 PM	70 mph	Near 39.77, -88.88, IL
4:15 PM	70 mph	Near 39.85, -88.95, IL
4:30 PM	60 mph	Near 37.08, -89.17, IL
4:46 PM	59 mph	Near 40.04, -88.28, IL
4:46 PM	60 mph	Near 39.05, -88.77, IL
4:48 PM	60 mph	Near 39.07, -88.71, IL
4:53 PM	60 mph	Near 39.14, -88.61, IL
4:57 PM	60 mph	Near 39.15, -88.57, IL
4:57 PM	60 mph	Near 39.09, -88.63, IL
5:10 PM	58 mph	Near 40.46, -88.09, IL
5:13 PM	63 mph	Near 40.47, -88.37, IL
5:16 PM	59 mph	Near 40.59, -87.91, IL
5:24 PM	63 mph	Near 40.60, -87.72, IL
6:25 PM	60 mph	Near 37.15, -88.73, IL
7:25 PM	60 mph	Near 37.21, -88.80, IL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Rockford, 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.