Illinois storm reports for May 20, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, May 20, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 31 hail reports, 10 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Illinois on May 20, 2025.

in Illinois; 48
Storm reports: Near 39.81, -90.03, IL; 2.5 in
Largest hail: Near 40.03, -87.65, IL; 90 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 40.26, -87.89, 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

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 20, 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

Hail31, most at 2 PM

Wind10, most at 2 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
2:15 PM	EF0	Near 39.66, -88.04, IL	2.85 mi long, 20 yd wide
3:27 PM	Not rated	Near 39.94, -89.17, IL	1.11 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:09 PM	Not rated	Near 40.46, -88.15, IL	0.65 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:57 PM	EF0	Near 40.25, -87.97, IL	0.92 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:06 PM	EF1	Near 40.26, -87.89, IL	5 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:06 PM	EF0	Near 40.20, -87.84, IL	6.67 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:39 PM	EF0	Near 40.27, -87.55, IL	1.7 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:24 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.73, -90.23, IL
1:24 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.73, -90.23, IL
1:25 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.71, -90.23, IL
1:47 PM	2.5 in	Near 39.81, -90.03, IL
1:56 PM	2.0 in	Near 39.80, -89.93, IL
2:28 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.70, -89.77, IL
2:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.73, -89.83, IL
2:32 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.74, -89.77, IL
2:33 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.74, -89.76, IL
2:34 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.82, -89.70, IL
2:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.78, -89.73, IL
2:41 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.80, -89.69, IL

Show all 31 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
2:45 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Peoria, IL
2:56 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.80, -89.70, IL
3:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.86, -89.42, IL
3:25 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.32, -88.37, IL
3:29 PM	1.25 in	About 58 miles from Peoria, IL
3:35 PM	1.75 in	About 60 miles from Peoria, IL
3:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.46, -88.10, IL
3:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.93, -88.96, IL
3:46 PM	0.75 in	Near 39.93, -88.95, IL
4:00 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.46, -88.10, IL
4:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.03, -88.73, IL
4:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.32, -88.35, IL
4:16 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.49, -88.02, IL
4:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.19, -88.40, IL
4:45 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.20, -88.40, IL
4:45 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.19, -88.40, IL
5:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.31, -87.66, IL
5:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.27, -87.61, IL
7:15 PM	0.88 in	Near 37.82, -88.94, IL

Time	Gust	Where
1:24 PM	60 mph	Near 39.73, -90.23, IL
2:00 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Davenport, IA
2:02 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Peoria, IL
2:07 PM	70 mph	About 11 miles from Davenport, IA
2:08 PM	64 mph	About 36 miles from Peoria, IL
2:19 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Davenport, IA
2:25 PM	60 mph	About 4 miles from Peoria, IL
2:32 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Peoria, IL
4:17 PM	60 mph	Near 40.49, -88.02, IL
6:50 PM	90 mph	Near 40.03, -87.65, IL

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Peoria, IL	1.0 in	60 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.