Hail, Woodford
- When
- April 22, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Woodford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -89.020
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 22, 1988
16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Greene
- When
- April 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -90.220
Hail, Will
- When
- April 22, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Will County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -88.070
Hail, Cook
- When
- April 22, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -87.650
Hail, Macoupin
- When
- April 22, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Macoupin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -89.880
Hail, Kane
- When
- April 22, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -88.280
Hail, Cook
- When
- April 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -87.650
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- April 22, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- April 22, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -89.120
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 22, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -88.980
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- April 22, 6:11 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -88.370
Hail, Effingham
- When
- April 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Effingham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -88.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- April 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -88.280
Hail, Effingham
- When
- April 22, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Effingham County
- Measured
- 1.15 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -88.450
Hail, Cumberland
- When
- April 22, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 1.15 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -88.450
Hail, Coles
- When
- April 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -88.380
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 22, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -90.100
Hail, Clark
- When
- April 22, 7:39 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -87.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell
- When
- April 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -89.550
Hail, Ogle
- When
- April 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ogle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -89.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell
- When
- April 22, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -89.450
Hail, McHenry
- When
- April 22, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -88.270
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.
- 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
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: 10002601, 10002602, 10002603, 10002604, 10002605, 10002606, 10002607, 10002608, 10002609, 10002610, 10002611, 10002612, 10002613, 10002614, 10002615, 10002616, 10002617, 10002618, 10002619, 10002620, 10002621, 10002622.