Illinois storm reports for August 16, 2025

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

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 91 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Illinois on August 16, 2025.

in Illinois; 108
Storm reports: About 41 miles from Rockford, IL; 3.0 in
Largest hail: Near 40.04, -87.94, IL; 81 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
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 August 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

Hail16, most at 4 PM

Wind91, most at 4 PM

Tornado1, 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
6:47 PM	Not rated	Near 40.06, -87.91, IL	0.13 mi long, 40 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.21, -87.60, IL
3:45 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Rockford, IL
3:51 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Rockford, IL
3:51 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Rockford, IL
4:04 PM	1.5 in	About 39 miles from Chicago, IL
4:05 PM	1.25 in	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:25 PM	1.25 in	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
4:28 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
4:33 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
4:38 PM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL
4:39 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Chicago, IL
4:44 PM	1.25 in	About 18 miles from Chicago, IL

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:12 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Chicago, IL
5:14 PM	1.5 in	About 27 miles from Chicago, IL
7:19 PM	1.0 in	About 41 miles from Rockford, IL
7:33 PM	3.0 in	About 41 miles from Rockford, IL

Time	Gust	Where
3:30 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Rockford, IL
3:40 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Rockford, IL
3:40 PM	64 mph	About 12 miles from Rockford, IL
3:40 PM	64 mph	About 10 miles from Rockford, IL
3:40 PM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Rockford, IL
3:47 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Rockford, IL
3:47 PM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Rockford, IL
3:51 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
3:51 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Chicago, IL
3:58 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:00 PM	64 mph	About 37 miles from Chicago, IL
4:02 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Chicago, IL

Show all 91 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:02 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
4:03 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Rockford, IL
4:03 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
4:03 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
4:03 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Chicago, IL
4:03 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Chicago, IL
4:04 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
4:05 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Chicago, IL
4:06 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Chicago, IL
4:10 PM	64 mph	About 35 miles from Rockford, IL
4:12 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Rockford, IL
4:22 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Chicago, IL
4:23 PM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Chicago, IL
4:25 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
4:26 PM	72 mph	About 25 miles from Rockford, IL
4:26 PM	60 mph	About 26 miles from Rockford, IL
4:30 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
4:30 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
4:34 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
4:34 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
4:34 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Chicago, IL
4:34 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
4:34 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
4:35 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Chicago, IL
4:35 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Chicago, IL
4:35 PM	64 mph	About 20 miles from Chicago, IL
4:35 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Chicago, IL
4:35 PM	60 mph	About 24 miles from Chicago, IL
4:35 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Chicago, IL
4:39 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Rockford, IL
4:39 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Rockford, IL
4:40 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Chicago, IL
4:40 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Rockford, IL
4:40 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Chicago, IL
4:44 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Rockford, IL
4:44 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:45 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Rockford, IL
4:48 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:48 PM	60 mph	About 40 miles from Chicago, IL
4:49 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:50 PM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
4:51 PM	64 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:53 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Chicago, IL
4:55 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Chicago, IL
4:55 PM	60 mph	About 38 miles from Chicago, IL
4:58 PM	64 mph	About 37 miles from Chicago, IL
4:58 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Chicago, IL
5:00 PM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Chicago, IL
5:00 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
5:03 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Chicago, IL
5:03 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Chicago, IL
5:05 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Chicago, IL
5:06 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Chicago, IL
5:35 PM	64 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
5:43 PM	60 mph	About 25 miles from Chicago, IL
5:44 PM	64 mph	About 26 miles from Chicago, IL
6:40 PM	81 mph	Near 40.04, -87.94, IL
6:43 PM	81 mph	Near 40.08, -87.89, IL
6:45 PM	60 mph	Near 40.06, -87.92, IL
6:50 PM	70 mph	Near 40.05, -87.92, IL
8:56 PM	60 mph	Near 40.76, -88.22, IL
9:15 PM	70 mph	Near 40.65, -87.90, IL
1:55 AM	63 mph	About 39 miles from Chicago, IL
2:24 AM	63 mph	About 15 miles from Chicago, IL
2:30 AM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Chicago, IL
2:33 AM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Chicago, IL
2:35 AM	61 mph	About 10 miles from Chicago, IL
2:38 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Chicago, IL
2:39 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL
2:46 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL
2:55 AM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Chicago, IL
2:57 AM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Chicago, IL
2:58 AM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Chicago, IL
2:58 AM	60 mph	About 11 miles from Chicago, IL
2:59 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Chicago, IL
3:00 AM	64 mph	About 16 miles from Chicago, IL
3:02 AM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Chicago, IL
3:11 AM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Chicago, IL
4:05 AM	60 mph	About 34 miles from Chicago, 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	64 mph	0
Chicago, IL	None	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.