Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- March 13, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -88.870
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 13, 1990
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rock Island
- When
- March 13, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -90.480
Tornado, Rock Island
- When
- March 13, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -90.330
Tornado, Whiteside
- When
- March 13, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -90.220
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 13, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 13, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, March 13, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 13, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 13, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, March 13, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 13, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 13, 1990
- Hail in Minnesota, March 13, 1990
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1990Warnings in Illinois, March 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: 10005262, 10005263, 10005264, 10005265.