Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- March 4, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -91.400
Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 4, 1974
20 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 23
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
20 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- March 4, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -90.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- March 4, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -90.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Whiteside
- When
- March 4, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -89.930
Hail, McLean
- When
- March 4, 3:49 AM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -89.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Bureau
- When
- March 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bureau County
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -89.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 4, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- March 4, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- March 4, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -88.770
Hail, Iroquois
- When
- March 4, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -87.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Kane
- When
- March 4, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- March 4, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -88.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- March 4, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -87.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- March 4, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -87.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- March 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -89.280
Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt
- When
- March 4, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -88.950
Hail, McLean
- When
- March 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -88.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- March 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- March 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- March 4, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -89.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Piatt
- When
- March 4, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Piatt County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -88.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- March 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -88.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion
- When
- March 4, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -87.700
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.
- 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.
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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: 10008404, 10008405, 10008406, 10008407, 10008408, 10008409, 10008410, 10008411, 10008412, 10008413, 10008414, 10008415, 10008416, 10008417, 10008418, 10008419, 10008420, 10008421, 10008422, 10008423, 10008424, 10008425, 10008426.