Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- March 4, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -91.130
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 4, 1976
14 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Knox
- When
- March 4, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -90.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- March 4, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -90.150
Tornado, Bureau
- When
- March 4, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bureau County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -89.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- March 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -89.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- March 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 4, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -89.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- March 4, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -89.050
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- March 4, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- March 4, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- March 4, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- March 4, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- March 4, 8:02 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -87.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- March 4, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -89.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- March 4, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -89.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -89.120
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 4, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 4, 1976
- Tornado in Indiana, March 4, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 4, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 4, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 4, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 4, 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: 10009244, 10009245, 10009246, 10011163, 10006905, 10011164, 10006906, 10006907, 10006908, 10006909, 10006910, 10006911, 10006912, 10006913, 10006914, 10006915.