Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- April 22, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -90.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 22, 1963
6 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 50
- Property damage
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- April 22, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -90.400
Tornado, Sangamon
- When
- April 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 33.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.850
Hail, Macon
- When
- April 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -89.000
Tornado, Macon
- When
- April 22, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.220
Tornado, Macon
- When
- April 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -88.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Iroquois
- When
- April 22, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -87.680
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- April 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18.4 mi
- Path width
- 1,600 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -88.270
Tornado, Champaign
- When
- April 22, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 16.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -88.470
Tornado, Edgar
- When
- April 22, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Edgar County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 20.2 mi
- Path width
- 1,600 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -87.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -89.180
Hail, Union
- When
- April 22, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -89.280
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Sangamon | 1963-04-22 | Direct |
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
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: 10008155, 10008156, 10008157, 10008158, 10008159, 10008160, 10008161, 10008162, 10008163, 10008164, 10008165, 10008166.