Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- May 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -89.270
Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 15, 1990
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -90.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 15, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 15, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -89.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -89.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -89.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -89.080
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- May 15, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 15, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -87.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- May 15, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -87.720
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 15, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 15, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 15, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 15, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 15, 1990
- Hail in Virginia, May 15, 1990
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: 10004959, 10004960, 10004961, 10004962, 10004963, 10004964, 10004965, 10004966, 10004967, 10004968.