Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- May 31, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -89.030
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 31, 1982
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell
- When
- May 31, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -89.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 31, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -89.530
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- May 31, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -87.920
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 31, 1982
- Tornadoes in Michigan, May 31, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 31, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 31, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 31, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 31, 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: 10005681, 10005682, 10005683, 10005684.