Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- June 29, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -89.570
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1990
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- June 29, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- June 29, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- June 29, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -89.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- June 29, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -89.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Ogle
- When
- June 29, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Ogle County
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -89.250
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- June 29, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -88.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- June 29, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -90.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- June 29, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- June 29, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- June 29, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -90.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 29, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -89.480
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- June 29, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- June 29, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- La Salle County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -88.870
Tornado, Lake
- When
- June 29, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -88.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- June 29, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 130 kt (150 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -88.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Kankakee
- When
- June 29, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -87.900
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, Cook | 1990-06-29 | 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.
- 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 New York, June 29, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 29, 1990
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 29, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 29, 1990
- Hail in North Dakota, June 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 29, 1990
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 29, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 29, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 29, 1990
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1990Warnings in Illinois, June 1990
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: 10002480, 10002481, 10002482, 10002483, 10002484, 10002485, 10002486, 10002487, 10002488, 10002489, 10002490, 10002491, 10002492, 10002493, 10002494, 10002495, 10002496.