Hail, Clark
- When
- May 1, 2:23 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -87.770
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 1, 1983
14 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 8 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 40
- Property damage
- $38 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 31
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clark
- When
- May 1, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -87.770
Hail, Champaign
- When
- May 1, 3:16 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -88.220
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 1, 3:16 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -88.280
Hail, Champaign
- When
- May 1, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -87.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -87.770
Hail, Clark
- When
- May 1, 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -87.770
Hail, Vermilion
- When
- May 1, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -87.620
Tornado, Greene
- When
- May 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 15 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -90.270
Tornado, Jersey
- When
- May 1, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jersey County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -90.330
Tornado, Jersey
- When
- May 1, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Jersey County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -90.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- May 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -89.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- May 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -89.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -90.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- May 1, 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -88.280
Tornado, Madison
- When
- May 1, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 1,000 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -90.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 1, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -90.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- May 1, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -88.370
Tornado, St. Clair
- When
- May 1, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Moultrie
- When
- May 1, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -88.620
Hail, St. Clair
- When
- May 1, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -89.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 1, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -89.680
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- May 1, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -88.720
Tornado, Effingham
- When
- May 1, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Effingham County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -88.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 1, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -87.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 1, 10:12 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -88.900
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- May 1, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -88.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 1, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -87.730
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 1, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -89.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 1, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -87.700
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Missouri, May 1, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 1, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 1, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 1, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 1, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 1, 1983
- Hail in Ohio, May 1, 1983
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1983
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: 10003496, 10003497, 10003498, 10003499, 10003500, 10003501, 10003502, 10003503, 10003504, 10003505, 10003506, 10003507, 10003508, 10003509, 10003510, 10003511, 10004361, 10004362, 10004575, 10004576, 10004577, 10004578, 10004579, 10004580, 10004581, 10004582, 10004583, 10004584, 10004585, 10004586, 10004587.