Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle
- When
- July 7, 11:36 AM CST
- Where
- La Salle County, Marseilles
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.344, -88.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 7, 1994
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- July 7, 11:53 AM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 41.285, -88.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There were numerous trees uprooted, branches downed, wires downed and corn fields flattened by winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kane
- When
- July 7, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County, Aurora
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 41.939, -88.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two businesses were damaged by winds. The roof was torn off a body shop. A tractor semi-trailer was overturned. The damage occurred on the east side of Aurora near Interstate 88.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bureau
- When
- July 7, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bureau County, Princeton
- Coordinates
- 41.404, -89.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two houses were damaged by falling tree limbs.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 7, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 7, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 7, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 7, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 7, 1994
- Hail in South Dakota, July 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1994
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: 10320302, 10320702, 10320415, 10320568.