Thunderstorm Wind, Woodford
- When
- November 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -89.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, November 19, 1985
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $525,000
- 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
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, McLean
- When
- November 19, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -88.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- November 19, 3:33 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -89.650
Tornado, McLean
- When
- November 19, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -88.720
Hail, St. Clair
- When
- November 19, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -89.930
Tornado, Piatt
- When
- November 19, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Piatt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -88.500
Tornado, Champaign
- When
- November 19, 4:04 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -88.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- November 19, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -89.700
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.
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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: 10004434, 10004435, 10004436, 10004437, 10004438, 10004439, 10004440, 10004441.