Thunderstorm Wind, Menard
- When
- June 20, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Menard County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -89.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 20, 1990
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sangamon
- When
- June 20, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -89.800
Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt
- When
- June 20, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- June 20, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- June 20, 12:54 AM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -88.950
Tornado, Champaign
- When
- June 20, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -88.270
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- June 20, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -88.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Coles
- When
- June 20, 1:23 AM CST
- Where
- Coles County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -88.370
Hail, Christian
- When
- June 20, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -89.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Moultrie
- When
- June 20, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -88.620
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- June 20, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -87.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- June 20, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt
- When
- June 20, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- De Witt County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -88.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 20, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -89.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- June 20, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -88.420
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.
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: 10005831, 10005832, 10005833, 10005834, 10005835, 10005836, 10005837, 10006688, 10002455, 10002456, 10002457, 10002458, 10002459, 10002460, 10002461.