Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 29, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -89.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 29, 1982
6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 10
- Injuries
- 188
- Property damage
- $251 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- May 29, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -89.670
Tornado, Perry
- When
- May 29, 1:11 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -89.620
Tornado, Perry
- When
- May 29, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -89.530
Tornado, Williamson
- When
- May 29, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 181 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250 million
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -89.130
Tornado, Saline
- When
- May 29, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -88.480
Tornado, Saline
- When
- May 29, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -88.670
Hail, Massac
- When
- May 29, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Massac County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -88.900
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 29, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 29, 1982
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 29, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 29, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1982
- Hail in West Virginia, May 29, 1982
- Hail in Georgia, May 29, 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: 10005662, 10005663, 10005664, 10005665, 10005666, 10005667, 10005668, 10005669.