Hail, Vermilion
- When
- August 13, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -87.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 13, 1974
2 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
- None recorded
- 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
2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion
- When
- August 13, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -87.620
Tornado, Coles
- When
- August 13, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -88.030
Tornado, Coles
- When
- August 13, 3:03 PM UNK
- Where
- Coles County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -88.150
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
- Tornadoes in Missouri, August 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 13, 1974
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 13, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 13, 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, August 13, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 1974
- Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 1974
- Hail in Montana, August 13, 1974
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1974
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: 10008051, 10008052, 10008053, 10008054.