Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 12, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -89.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 12, 1976
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 69
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- March 12, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -88.980
Tornado, Kendall
- When
- March 12, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.8 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -88.350
Tornado, Du Page
- When
- March 12, 12:57 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14.8 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -88.230
Hail, Will
- When
- March 12, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -88.100
Hail, Will
- When
- March 12, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- March 12, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -87.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- March 12, 1:19 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -87.720
Tornado, Du Page
- When
- March 12, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 25 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -87.920
Tornado, Cook
- When
- March 12, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 41 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -87.900
Tornado, Kankakee
- When
- March 12, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -87.700
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10006916, 10006917, 10006918, 10006919, 10006920, 10006921, 10006922, 10006923, 10006924, 10006925, 10006926.