Hail, Putnam
- When
- July 17, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -89.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 17, 1972
5 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- July 17, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- July 17, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -88.900
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- July 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 66.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -89.350
Tornado, Stark
- When
- July 17, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 29.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -89.900
Tornado, Warren
- When
- July 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 27.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -90.500
Tornado, Du Page
- When
- July 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -88.130
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 17, 1972
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- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 17, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 17, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 17, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 17, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 17, 1972
- Hail in Missouri, July 17, 1972
- Tornado in Indiana, July 17, 1972
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: 10006778, 10006779, 10006780, 10006781, 10006782, 10006783, 10006784.