Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- July 5, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -87.770
Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 1987
2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- July 5, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -89.250
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Union | 1987-07-05 | Direct |
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 5, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 1987
- Hail in Alabama, July 5, 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, July 5, 1987
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: 10004841, 10004842.