Hail, Stark
- When
- September 28, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -89.670
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, September 28, 1986
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- September 28, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -89.830
Tornado, Winnebago
- When
- September 28, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -89.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Ogle
- When
- September 28, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ogle County
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -89.070
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- September 28, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -88.680
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 Iowa, September 28, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, September 28, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 28, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, September 28, 1986
- Hail in Oklahoma, September 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 28, 1986
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1986Warnings in Illinois, September 1986
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: 10002583, 10002584, 10002585, 10002586, 10002587.