Hail, Grundy
- When
- May 14, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -88.430
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 14, 1991
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- None recorded
- 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
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Tazewell
- When
- May 14, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -89.320
Tornado, Tazewell
- When
- May 14, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -89.420
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 14, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -89.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Moultrie
- When
- May 14, 12:24 PM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -88.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 14, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -89.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- May 14, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -88.370
Hail, Hancock
- When
- May 14, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -91.120
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 14, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 14, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 14, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1991
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 14, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Kentucky, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Wyoming, May 14, 1991
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1991Warnings in Illinois, May 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: 10004774, 10004775, 10004776, 10004777, 10004778, 10004779, 10004780, 10004781.