Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- May 14, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -90.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 14, 1961
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $7.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- May 14, 1:23 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 14, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -91.400
Tornado, Pike
- When
- May 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 89.6 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -91.300
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 14, 5:13 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -89.500
Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 14, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -90.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 14, 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -90.000
Tornado, Peoria
- When
- May 14, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 20.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -89.980
Tornado, Woodford
- When
- May 14, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 22.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -89.280
Tornado, Sangamon
- When
- May 14, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -89.920
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 Wind in Minnesota, May 14, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 14, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 14, 1961
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 14, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 14, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 14, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 14, 1961
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: 10007646, 10007647, 10007648, 10007649, 10007650, 10007651, 10007652, 10007653, 10007654, 10007655.