Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- March 23, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -90.900
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 23, 1975
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Knox
- When
- March 23, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Ogle
- When
- March 23, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ogle County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -89.070
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- March 23, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -88.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 23, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -89.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- March 23, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -88.370
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.
- 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 and Hail in Mississippi, March 23, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 23, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 23, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 23, 1975
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 23, 1975
- Tornado in Iowa, March 23, 1975
- Hail in South Carolina, March 23, 1975
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1975Every state in 1975This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1975
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: 10008084, 10008085, 10008086, 10008087, 10008088, 10008089.