Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- March 28, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -88.550
Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 28, 1977
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -89.380
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -89.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Macoupin
- When
- March 28, 10:13 AM CST
- Where
- Macoupin County
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- March 28, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -90.220
Hail, La Salle
- When
- March 28, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -88.830
Hail, McLean
- When
- March 28, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 0.85 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -89.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- March 28, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -88.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- March 28, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -87.820
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 28, 1977
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 28, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 28, 1977
- Tornado in Michigan, March 28, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 28, 1977
- Tornado in Iowa, March 28, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 28, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 28, 1977
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: 10004077, 10004078, 10004292, 10004293, 10004294, 10004295, 10004296, 10004297, 10004298.