Hail, Christian
- When
- May 26, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -89.120
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 26, 1982
2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, McLean
- When
- May 26, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -88.620
Tornado, McLean
- When
- May 26, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -88.620
Hail, Peoria
- When
- May 26, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -89.480
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 26, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 26, 1982
- Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1982
- Hail in Indiana, May 26, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 26, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 26, 1982
- Tornado in Iowa, May 26, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 26, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 26, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 26, 1982
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: 10005654, 10005655, 10005656, 10005657.