Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 16, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -87.670
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 16, 1991
2 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Piatt
- When
- May 16, 1:07 PM CST
- Where
- Piatt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -88.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- May 16, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -87.780
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 1991
- Tornado in Montana, May 16, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 16, 1991
- Hail in Missouri, May 16, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 16, 1991
- Hail in Mississippi, May 16, 1991
- Hail in Arkansas, May 16, 1991
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: 10004782, 10004783, 10004784.