Illinois storm reports for May 18, 2026

Name: NOAA storm reports, Illinois, May 18, 2026
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 hail report, 35 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Illinois on May 18, 2026.

in Illinois; 37
Storm reports: Lerna, Coles County, IL; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Midway Airport, Cook County, IL; 79 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, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 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

Hail1, most at 9 AM

Wind35, most at 10 AM

Tornado1, most at 10 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:25 AM	Not rated	5 WSW Paxton, Ford County, IL	Not surveyed

Time	Gust	Where
7:56 AM	Not measured	1 NNE Virginia, Cass County, IL
8:12 AM	Not measured	2 NW Topeka, Mason County, IL
8:23 AM	Not measured	5 ESE Banner, Tazewell County, IL
8:23 AM	Not measured	4 SSW Kingston Mines, Tazewell County, IL
8:26 AM	Not measured	4 SSW Kingston Mines, Tazewell County, IL
8:38 AM	Not measured	1 N Pekin, Tazewell County, IL
8:38 AM	Not measured	2 WSW Bartonville, Peoria County, IL
8:58 AM	Not measured	2 E Hopedale, Tazewell County, IL
9:02 AM	Not measured	1 WNW Assumption, Christian County, IL
9:07 AM	Not measured	Litchfield, Montgomery County, IL
9:09 AM	Not measured	Litchfield, Montgomery County, IL
9:10 AM	Not measured	Buffalo, Sangamon County, IL

Show all 35 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
9:15 AM	Not measured	Minier, Tazewell County, IL
9:15 AM	58 mph	Roanoke, Woodford County, IL
9:40 AM	66 mph	Taylorville Airport, Christian County, IL
10:10 AM	Not measured	4 S Oakland, Coles County, IL
10:28 AM	Not measured	5 SW Paxton, Ford County, IL
10:35 AM	Not measured	1 SE Aurora, Kane County, IL
10:45 AM	Not measured	Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL
10:55 AM	58 mph	Kankakee Airport, Kankakee County, IL
10:55 AM	Not measured	Homewood, Cook County, IL
10:58 AM	Not measured	1 SSE Forest View, Cook County, IL
10:58 AM	Not measured	1 ENE Summit, Cook County, IL
10:59 AM	Not measured	1 S Evergreen Park, Cook County, IL
11:00 AM	Not measured	1 SSW Archer Hts. - Chi, Cook County, IL
11:01 AM	79 mph	Midway Airport, Cook County, IL
11:03 AM	Not measured	1 N Roseland - Chicago, Cook County, IL
11:07 AM	Not measured	2 SSE South Chicago, Cook County, IL
11:07 AM	Not measured	South Chicago, Cook County, IL
11:09 AM	Not measured	1 W Chicago Loop, Cook County, IL
11:09 AM	Not measured	2 WNW Chicago Loop, Cook County, IL
11:14 AM	58 mph	3 NE Navy Pier, LMZ741 County, IL
11:14 AM	Not measured	Lakeview - Chicago, Cook County, IL
5:55 PM	Not measured	5 SSW Shawneetown, Gallatin County, IL
5:55 PM	Not measured	1 ESE Junction, Gallatin 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
Chicago, IL	None	79 mph	0
Peoria, IL	None	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.