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Illinois storm reports for April 17, 2026

NOAA recorded 47 hail reports, 183 wind reports and 58 tornado reports in Illinois on April 17, 2026.

in Illinois
288
Storm reports
2 W Dakota, Stephenson County, IL
3.0 in
Largest hail
Normal, McLean County, IL
85 mph
Highest gust
58
Tornado reports
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, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 17, 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

Hail47, most at 4 PM

Wind183, most at 9 PM

Tornado58, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:47 PMNot rated2 ESE Galena Territory, Jo Daviess County, ILNot surveyed
3:32 PMNot rated3 NNE Kent, Stephenson County, ILNot surveyed
3:36 PMNot rated3 NNE Kent, Stephenson County, ILNot surveyed
4:40 PMNot rated3 N Pecatonica, Winnebago County, ILNot surveyed
4:59 PMNot rated4 S Shirland, Winnebago County, ILNot surveyed
4:59 PMNot rated3 SSE Shirland, Winnebago County, ILNot surveyed
5:04 PMNot rated3 ESE Shirland, Winnebago County, ILNot surveyed
6:40 PMNot rated1 SW Viola, Mercer County, ILNot surveyed
6:55 PMNot rated2 NE West Point, Hancock County, ILNot surveyed
7:03 PMNot rated3 SE Shirland, Winnebago County, ILNot surveyed
7:04 PMNot rated3 S Spring Hill, Henry County, ILNot surveyed
7:13 PMNot rated4 WNW Colmar, Hancock County, ILNot surveyed
Show all 58 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:15 PMNot rated3 E Victoria, Knox County, ILNot surveyed
7:15 PMNot rated2 ESE Roscoe, Winnebago County, ILNot surveyed
7:29 PMNot rated1 WNW Table Grove, Fulton County, ILNot surveyed
7:29 PMNot rated4 NE Industry, McDonough County, ILNot surveyed
7:38 PMNot rated1 W Table Grove, Fulton County, ILNot surveyed
7:40 PMNot rated2 E Table Grove, Fulton County, ILNot surveyed
7:40 PMNot rated2 N Table Grove, Fulton County, ILNot surveyed
7:54 PMNot rated5 S Shirley, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
7:56 PMNot ratedBluff City, Schuyler County, ILNot surveyed
7:56 PMNot ratedBath, Mason County, ILNot surveyed
8:11 PMNot rated1 NNW Forest City, Mason County, ILNot surveyed
8:12 PMNot rated2 ESE Arlington, Bureau County, ILNot surveyed
8:12 PMNot rated4 SW Mendota, La Salle County, ILNot surveyed
8:16 PMNot rated5 ENE Easton, Mason County, ILNot surveyed
8:22 PMNot rated2 S Mapleton, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:24 PMNot rated7 SSW Fairbury, Livingston County, ILNot surveyed
8:26 PMNot rated3 ENE Greenview, Menard County, ILNot surveyed
8:27 PMNot rated2 NE South Pekin, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:27 PMNot rated1 WSW Marquette Heights, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:29 PMNot rated3 SSE Delavan, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:32 PMNot ratedMiddletown, Logan County, ILNot surveyed
8:34 PMNot rated4 NE Emden, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:35 PMNot rated4 ENE Emden, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:36 PMNot rated1 NW Morton, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:36 PMNot rated2 NNW Low Point, Woodford County, ILNot surveyed
8:37 PMNot rated3 E Tremont, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:41 PMNot rated2 SSW Minier, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:42 PMNot rated3 NNW Armington, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:48 PMNot rated4 E Mackinaw, Tazewell County, ILNot surveyed
8:56 PMNot rated5 WNW Bloomington, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
8:57 PMNot rated2 WSW Chestnut, Logan County, ILNot surveyed
8:57 PMNot rated2 SSW Bloomington, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
8:57 PMNot rated3 SW Bloomington, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
8:57 PMNot rated3 WNW Bloomington, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
9:00 PMNot rated2 ENE Bloomington, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
9:09 PMNot ratedRowell, De Witt County, ILNot surveyed
9:15 PMNot ratedLexington, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
9:19 PMNot rated4 E Pleasant Hill, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
9:24 PMNot rated1 W Saybrook, McLean County, ILNot surveyed
9:25 PMNot rated7 SSW Fairbury, Livingston County, ILNot surveyed
9:32 PMNot rated1 W Gibson City, Ford County, ILNot surveyed
9:38 PMNot rated3 SSE De Land, Piatt County, ILNot surveyed
9:46 PMNot rated5 WNW Loda, Ford County, ILNot surveyed
9:51 PMNot rated1 ENE Seymour, Champaign County, ILNot surveyed
10:11 PMNot rated4 ESE Woodland, Iroquois County, ILNot surveyed
10:45 PMNot ratedTilton, Vermilion County, ILNot surveyed

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rockford, IL1.0 in62 mph5
Chicago, ILNone65 mph0
Peoria, ILNone70 mph2

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