Tornado, McLean
- When
- July 28, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -88.780
Tornadoes in Illinois, July 28, 1976
3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, McLean
- When
- July 28, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -89.170
Tornado, Madison
- When
- July 28, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -89.670
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Iowa, July 28, 1976
- Tornado in Michigan, July 28, 1976
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, July 28, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 28, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 28, 1976
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: 10003212, 10003213, 10003214.