Thunderstorm Wind, Peoria
- When
- November 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -89.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, November 26, 1965
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- November 26, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -88.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- November 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -89.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- November 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -88.180
Tornado, Ford
- When
- November 26, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -88.100
Tornado, Richland
- When
- November 26, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -88.080
Hail, Johnson
- When
- November 26, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- November 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -89.400
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, November 26, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 26, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 26, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, November 26, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 26, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 26, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, November 26, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 26, 1965
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: 10007746, 10007747, 10007748, 10007749, 10007750, 10008606, 10008817, 10008818.