Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- March 22, 12:11 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -88.380
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 22, 1991
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Massac
- When
- March 22, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Massac County
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -88.700
Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- March 22, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -88.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- March 22, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -88.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Kankakee
- When
- March 22, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -88.230
Tornado, Iroquois
- When
- March 22, 10:51 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -87.970
Tornado, Kankakee
- When
- March 22, 10:53 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -87.950
Tornado, Vermilion
- When
- March 22, 11:13 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -87.630
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 Tennessee, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, March 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 22, 1991
- Hail in Missouri, March 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 22, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, March 22, 1991
- Hail in Michigan, March 22, 1991
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1991Warnings in Illinois, March 1991
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: 10003636, 10003637, 10003638, 10003639, 10003640, 10003641, 10003642, 10003643.