Hail, Champaign
- When
- June 29, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -88.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 29, 1976
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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
- $278,000
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Peoria
- When
- June 29, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -89.750
Tornado, Woodford
- When
- June 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -89.020
Tornado, McLean
- When
- June 29, 3:36 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- June 29, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -88.720
Hail, Will
- When
- June 29, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -88.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- June 29, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -88.070
Hail, Champaign
- When
- June 29, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -88.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- June 29, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -87.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- June 29, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -87.850
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 and Hail in Mississippi, June 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 29, 1976
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 29, 1976
- Hail in New Hampshire, June 29, 1976
- Hail in Maine, June 29, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 1976
- Hail in Kansas, June 29, 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: 10003193, 10003194, 10003195, 10003196, 10003197, 10003198, 10003199, 10003200, 10003201, 10003202.