Illinois storm reports for April 2, 2026

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, April 2, 2026
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 50 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Illinois on April 2, 2026.

in Illinois; 75
Storm reports: 3 N Thomson, Carroll County, IL; 3.0 in
Largest hail: 3 NE Navy Pier, LMZ741 County, IL; 72 mph
Highest gust: 9
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, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 2, 2026 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 5 PM

Wind50, most at 6 PM

Tornado9, 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
5:25 PM	Not rated	4 SW Galesburg, Knox County, IL	Not surveyed
6:00 PM	Not rated	2 NE Savanna, Carroll County, IL	Not surveyed
6:02 PM	Not rated	2 WSW Sterling, Whiteside County, IL	Not surveyed
6:11 PM	Not rated	4 NNW Nelson, Lee County, IL	Not surveyed
6:18 PM	Not rated	3 W Yates City, Knox County, IL	Not surveyed
6:18 PM	Not rated	2 SE Williamsfield, Knox County, IL	Not surveyed
6:23 PM	Not rated	4 N Yates City, Knox County, IL	Not surveyed
6:24 PM	Not rated	3 N Grand Detour, Ogle County, IL	Not surveyed
6:44 PM	Not rated	3 SSW Davis Junction, Ogle County, IL	Not surveyed

Time	Size	Where
5:05 PM	1.0 in	1 E Coal Valley, Henry County, IL
5:09 PM	1.0 in	1 SW Coal Valley, Rock Island County, IL
5:09 PM	1.0 in	1 S Silvis, Rock Island County, IL
5:09 PM	1.0 in	Silvis, Rock Island County, IL
5:10 PM	1.0 in	1 S Moline, Rock Island County, IL
5:20 PM	1.0 in	3 NNE Osborn, Rock Island County, IL
5:37 PM	3.0 in	3 N Thomson, Carroll County, IL
5:38 PM	1.75 in	2 N Thomson, Carroll County, IL
5:48 PM	1.5 in	Mount Carroll, Carroll County, IL
6:20 PM	1.5 in	2 SW Whiteside County A, Whiteside County, IL
6:37 PM	1.0 in	Dixon, Lee County, IL
7:04 PM	1.0 in	2 W Lindenwood, Ogle County, IL

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:22 PM	1.0 in	2 NW Utica, La Salle County, IL
7:27 PM	1.0 in	Rome, Peoria County, IL
7:30 PM	1.5 in	5 W South Pekin, Tazewell County, IL
7:35 PM	1.0 in	Mapleton, Peoria County, IL

Time	Gust	Where
5:31 PM	Not measured	4 S Galesburg, Knox County, IL
5:40 PM	Not measured	2 ENE Knoxville, Knox County, IL
5:54 PM	67 mph	Prophetstown, Whiteside County, IL
5:57 PM	Not measured	1 SE Savanna, Carroll County, IL
6:11 PM	Not measured	4 N Nelson, Lee County, IL
6:11 PM	Not measured	6 SSW Polo, Ogle County, IL
6:13 PM	Not measured	1 ENE Center Hill, Carroll County, IL
6:17 PM	Not measured	5 NNW Dixon, Lee County, IL
6:19 PM	Not measured	2 E Williamsfield, Peoria County, IL
6:19 PM	Not measured	5 NW Dixon, Lee County, IL
6:20 PM	Not measured	Yates City, Knox County, IL
6:23 PM	Not measured	1 NNW Grand Detour, Ogle County, IL

Show all 50 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:24 PM	63 mph	Elmwood, Peoria County, IL
6:25 PM	65 mph	Dixon, Lee County, IL
6:28 PM	Not measured	2 SW Laura, Peoria County, IL
6:30 PM	Not measured	1 SE Brimfield, Peoria County, IL
6:30 PM	60 mph	Oregon, Ogle County, IL
6:31 PM	65 mph	Farmington, Fulton County, IL
6:33 PM	Not measured	2 NNE Elmwood, Peoria County, IL
6:44 PM	Not measured	2 SSE Davis Junction, Ogle County, IL
6:46 PM	Not measured	3 S Davis Junction, Ogle County, IL
6:50 PM	Not measured	1 WNW Monroe Center, Ogle County, IL
7:03 PM	Not measured	1 W Hennepin, Putnam County, IL
7:03 PM	61 mph	Hennepin, Putnam County, IL
7:03 PM	Not measured	1 W Hennepin, Putnam County, IL
7:03 PM	Not measured	Depue, Bureau County, IL
7:08 PM	Not measured	3 S Dunlap, Peoria County, IL
7:09 PM	Not measured	Mark, Putnam County, IL
7:27 PM	60 mph	Rome, Peoria County, IL
7:29 PM	Not measured	Woodstock, McHenry County, IL
7:31 PM	Not measured	4 W Greenwood, McHenry County, IL
7:34 PM	Not measured	2 SSW Wonder Lake, McHenry County, IL
7:35 PM	Not measured	Ottawa, La Salle County, IL
7:35 PM	Not measured	2 S Wonder Lake, McHenry County, IL
7:38 PM	Not measured	1 SW Ringwood, McHenry County, IL
7:42 PM	65 mph	3 ENE Norway, La Salle County, IL
7:42 PM	Not measured	2 W Pistakee Highlands, McHenry County, IL
7:53 PM	Not measured	1 NNE Antioch, Lake County, IL
8:11 PM	Not measured	1 WSW Lombard, DuPage County, IL
8:11 PM	Not measured	Winfield, DuPage County, IL
8:27 PM	Not measured	Garfield Park - Chicago, Cook County, IL
8:31 PM	69 mph	Midway Airport, Cook County, IL
8:32 PM	64 mph	2 SSE Logan Square - Ch, Cook County, IL
8:36 PM	70 mph	3.0 SW Midway Airport, Cook County, IL
8:37 PM	Not measured	1 SW Douglas - Chicago, Cook County, IL
8:40 PM	59 mph	3 NE Navy Pier, LMZ741 County, IL
9:08 PM	72 mph	3 NE Navy Pier, LMZ741 County, IL
10:20 PM	60 mph	NWS Chicago-Romeoville, Will County, IL
10:32 PM	60 mph	Indian Head Park, Cook County, IL
10:46 PM	Not measured	4 NNW Manhattan, Will County, 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
Rockford, IL	1.0 in	None	1
Chicago, IL	None	72 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.