Hail, Carroll
- When
- March 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -90.100
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 26, 1976
13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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, 6 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- March 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -91.150
Hail, McDonough
- When
- March 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -90.900
Hail, Hancock
- When
- March 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -90.920
Hail, McDonough
- When
- March 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -90.670
Hail, McDonough
- When
- March 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -90.500
Hail, Hancock
- When
- March 26, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- March 26, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -90.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Peoria
- When
- March 26, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Peoria
- When
- March 26, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -89.580
Tornado, Tazewell
- When
- March 26, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -89.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 26, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -89.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Peoria
- When
- March 26, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -89.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell
- When
- March 26, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell
- When
- March 26, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -89.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford
- When
- March 26, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -89.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford
- When
- March 26, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -89.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford
- When
- March 26, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -89.280
Tornado, Woodford
- When
- March 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -89.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -89.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Macoupin
- When
- March 26, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Macoupin County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -89.880
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 26, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 26, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 26, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 26, 1976
- Hail in Iowa, March 26, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 26, 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: 10006952, 10006953, 10006954, 10006955, 10006956, 10006957, 10006958, 10006959, 10006960, 10006961, 10006962, 10006963, 10006964, 10006965, 10006966, 10006967, 10006968, 10006969, 10006970, 10006971, 10006972.