Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- August 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, Quincy
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.988, -91.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The public and county sheriff reported downed power lines and poles.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 30, 1993
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 30, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 30, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 30, 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: 10320459.