Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- July 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -89.620
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 16, 1980
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $250,000
- 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
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- July 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -88.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- July 16, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- July 16, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- July 16, 2:29 AM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -89.100
Tornado, Kane
- When
- July 16, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.4 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -88.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- July 16, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -88.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- July 16, 3:18 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -87.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- July 16, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -87.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- July 16, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -87.680
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 16, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 16, 1980
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1980
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: 10003074, 10003075, 10003076, 10003077, 10003078, 10003079, 10003080, 10003081, 10003082, 10003083.