Hail, Kankakee
- When
- June 8, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -87.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 8, 1981
7 tornado, 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 tornado, 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, McDonough
- When
- June 8, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -90.800
Hail, Will
- When
- June 8, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -87.630
Hail, Will
- When
- June 8, 5:51 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -87.780
Hail, Hancock
- When
- June 8, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -90.970
Hail, McDonough
- When
- June 8, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -90.670
Tornado, Schuyler
- When
- June 8, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Will
- When
- June 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -87.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- June 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -89.870
Tornado, Tazewell
- When
- June 8, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -89.570
Tornado, Champaign
- When
- June 8, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -88.470
Tornado, De Witt
- When
- June 8, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -88.650
Tornado, Sangamon
- When
- June 8, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -89.750
Tornado, Champaign
- When
- June 8, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -88.620
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10006466, 10006467, 10006468, 10006469, 10006470, 10006471, 10006472, 10003157, 10003158, 10003373, 10003374, 10003375, 10003376, 10003377.