Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- November 9, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -90.720
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 9, 1975
13 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- November 9, 8:01 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- November 9, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -90.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- November 9, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -90.420
Tornado, Bureau
- When
- November 9, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bureau County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -89.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- November 9, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -89.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- November 9, 10:01 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- November 9, 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- November 9, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- November 9, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -88.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Kane
- When
- November 9, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -88.250
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- November 9, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -88.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- November 9, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -88.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- November 9, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -88.020
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
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: 10009178, 10009179, 10009180, 10009181, 10009182, 10009183, 10009184, 10009185, 10009186, 10009187, 10009188, 10009189, 10009190, 10009191.