Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 15, 1985

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 15, 1985
Start: 1985-06-15T15:10
End: 1985-06-15T17:04
Location: Illinois

June 15, 1985 · NWS NG · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lake

When: June 15, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Lake County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 42.350, -88.100

Tornado, Grundy

When: June 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Grundy County
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 41.450, -88.350

Tornado, Will

When: June 15, 5:04 PM CST
Where: Will County
Rating: F0
Path length: 12 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 41.470, -88.330

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

Every storm in Illinois in 1985 Every state in 1985 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Illinois, 1985

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: 10003312, 10003313, 10003314.