Hail, Stephenson
- When
- June 16, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -89.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 16, 1973
10 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 6 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- June 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -88.500
Tornado, McHenry
- When
- June 16, 2:25 PM CDT
- Where
- McHenry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -88.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Kane
- When
- June 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -88.300
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- June 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -88.200
Tornado, Cook
- When
- June 16, 3:15 PM CDT
- Where
- Cook County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -87.880
Hail, Carroll
- When
- June 16, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -89.600
Hail, Kendall
- When
- June 16, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -88.400
Hail, Kankakee
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -88.000
Hail, McHenry
- When
- June 16, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -88.600
Tornado, Kankakee
- When
- June 16, 5:30 PM CDT
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -87.870
Hail, Will
- When
- June 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -88.030
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- June 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -88.900
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 16, 7:30 PM CDT
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -91.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 16, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -91.200
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- June 16, 7:40 PM CDT
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -91.200
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- June 16, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Schuyler
- When
- June 16, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -90.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Peoria
- When
- June 16, 8:09 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -89.680
Tornado, Logan
- When
- June 16, 9:35 PM CDT
- Where
- Logan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -89.350
Tornado, Menard
- When
- June 16, 9:35 PM CDT
- Where
- Menard County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -89.720
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- June 16, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -89.020
Tornado, Sangamon
- When
- June 16, 9:58 PM CDT
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 16, 11:58 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -90.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes in Maryland, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 1973
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: 10007950, 10007951, 10007954, 10007952, 10007953, 10007956, 10007955, 10007957, 10007958, 10007959, 10007961, 10007960, 10007962, 10008815, 10007963, 10008816, 10007964, 10007257, 10007258, 10007260, 10007261, 10007259, 10007262, 10007263.