Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- April 19, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.680
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 19, 1963
3 tornado, 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
- 10
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Wabash
- When
- April 19, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -87.730
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- April 19, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -87.670
Tornado, McHenry
- When
- April 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -88.300
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 19, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 19, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 19, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 19, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 19, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 1963
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 19, 1963
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: 10008151, 10008152, 10008153, 10008154.