Thunderstorm Wind, Sangamon
- When
- August 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sangamon County, Divernon
- Coordinates
- 39.758, -89.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Divernon.
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 19, 1993
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $50
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- August 19, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Litchfield
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -89.650
A tornado briefly touched down near Interstate 55 and Highway 108, 7 miles north of Litchfield. No damage was reported.
Tornado, Macoupin
- When
- August 19, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Macoupin County, Atwater
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 35 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -89.730
A tornado briefly touched down in a cornfield 1 mile north of Atwater, causing extensive damage to the crop. No crop damage estimate was available.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 19, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Raymond
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down road signs on Interstate 55 near the Macoupin/Montgomery County line.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 19, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Mt. Olive
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down road signs on Interstate 55 near the Macoupin/Montgomery County line.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Hillsboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and 0.75-inch hail fell in Hillsboro.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Hillsboro
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs and 0.75-inch hail fell in Hillsboro.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 19, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Hillsboro
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down more tree limbs and several power lines in Hillsboro.
Thunderstorm Wind, Schuyler
- When
- August 19, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County, Huntsville
- Property damage
- $50
- Coordinates
- 40.158, -90.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large tree limbs were blown down.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, August 19, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 19, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 19, 1993
- Hail in Oregon, August 19, 1993
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: 10322973, 10322953, 10320309, 10322954, 10322955, 10322956, 10322957, 10322958, 10322264.