Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- May 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -88.180
Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 18, 1962
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1962
- Tornado in Colorado, May 18, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 18, 1962
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 18, 1962
- Hail in Vermont, May 18, 1962
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 18, 1962
- Hail in Ohio, May 18, 1962
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: 10008809.