Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- August 3, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -89.080
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 3, 1960
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- August 3, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- August 3, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- August 3, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -87.900
Tornado, Kane
- When
- August 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -88.350
Hail,
- When
- August 3, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- August 3, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -90.400
Hail, Kankakee
- When
- August 3, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Kankakee
- When
- August 3, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -87.900
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 3, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3, 1960
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 3, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 3, 1960
- Hail in Montana, August 3, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 3, 1960
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 3, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 3, 1960
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10010993, 10010994, 10010995, 10010996, 10010997, 10010998, 10010999, 10011000, 10011001.