Tornado, Adams
- When
- May 30, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -91.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 30, 1974
12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 tornado, 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
- 12
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hancock
- When
- May 30, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -91.350
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 30, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -90.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- May 30, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -91.200
Hail, Sangamon
- When
- May 30, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -89.530
Hail, Brown
- When
- May 30, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- May 30, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- May 30, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- May 30, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -90.520
Hail, Christian
- When
- May 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -89.300
Hail, Mason
- When
- May 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- May 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- May 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -89.300
Hail, Macon
- When
- May 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -89.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -89.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 30, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -89.020
Hail, Shelby
- When
- May 30, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 30, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -88.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- May 30, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -88.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Piatt
- When
- May 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Piatt County
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -88.570
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- May 30, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -88.170
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- May 30, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -87.620
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- May 30, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -87.850
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -90.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -90.070
Tornado, Wabash
- When
- May 30, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -87.770
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 30, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 30, 1974
- Hail in Florida, May 30, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 30, 1974
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 30, 1974
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: 10009093, 10009094, 10009095, 10009096, 10009097, 10009098, 10009099, 10009100, 10009101, 10009102, 10009951, 10009952, 10010166, 10010167, 10010168, 10010169, 10010170, 10010171, 10010172, 10010173, 10010174, 10010175, 10010176, 10010177, 10010178, 10010179.