Tornado, Fulton
- When
- May 26, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -90.100
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 1975
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morgan
- When
- May 26, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -90.230
Hail, Kane
- When
- May 26, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -88.320
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 26, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 26, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- May 26, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -89.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 26, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Piatt
- When
- May 26, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Piatt County
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -88.570
Hail, Coles
- When
- May 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -88.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- May 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -88.120
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
- Tornado in Florida, May 26, 1975
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, May 26, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 26, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 26, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 26, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 26, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 26, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 26, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 1975
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: 10006759, 10010022, 10010238, 10010239, 10010240, 10010241, 10010242, 10010243, 10010244, 10010245.