Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 20, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 20, 1995
Start: 1995-06-20T16:05
End: 1995-06-20T22:25
Location: Illinois

June 20, 1995 · 23 events in 17 counties and zones

18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 23

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.

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Event by event

18 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Logan

When: June 20, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Chestnut
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.125, -89.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, De Witt

When: June 20, 4:05 PM CST
Where: De Witt County, Kenney
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.175, -88.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds uprooted four large trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt

When: June 20, 4:45 PM CST
Where: De Witt County, Wapella
Coordinates: 40.175, -88.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds uprooted four large trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Piatt

When: June 20, 4:47 PM CST
Where: Piatt County, Monticello
Coordinates: 40.010, -88.591 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One tree was blown down.

Hail, Logan

When: June 20, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Lincoln
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.125, -89.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: June 20, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Hartsburg
Coordinates: 40.125, -89.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous power lines were blown down.

Hail, Champaign

When: June 20, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Champaign County, Champaign
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.140, -88.199 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Christian

When: June 20, 5:56 PM CST
Where: Christian County, Kincaid to Palmer
Coordinates: 39.546, -89.277 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down. Also, one grain bin was blown one-half a mile to the northwest, damaging 10 vehicles at the Taylorville Correctional Center. In Taylorville, a business had three walls of its building blown down causing extensive damage. No damage estimate was available.

Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign

When: June 20, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Champaign County, Bondville
Coordinates: 40.140, -88.199 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a structure and into an electrical substation, knocking out power temporarily to the surrounding area. No damage estimate was available.

Hail, Tazewell

When: June 20, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Tazewell County, Delavan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.508, -89.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Christian

When: June 20, 6:22 PM CST
Where: Christian County, Morrisonville
Coordinates: 39.546, -89.277 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down four or five trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: June 20, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Clinton County, Keyesport
Property damage: $105
Coordinates: 38.607, -89.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Roof sections from a home and garage were damaged with power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas

When: June 20, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, Tuscola
Coordinates: 39.770, -88.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous power lines and tree limbs were blown down throughout Douglas County. Also, a tool shed was destroyed and a tractor-semitractor was blown over in Tuscola. The driver of the semi was not injured.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tazewell

When: June 20, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Tazewell County, Delavan
Coordinates: 40.508, -89.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms downed 6- to 12-inch-diameter tree limbs throughout the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Macoupin

When: June 20, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Macoupin County, Girard
Property damage: $125
Coordinates: 39.261, -89.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Five to six homes were damaged and trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Edgar

When: June 20, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Edgar County, Paris
Coordinates: 39.679, -87.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in a cemetary causing minor damage to a few headstones.

Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson

When: June 20, 9:02 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, Eastern
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 37.730, -88.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton

When: June 20, 9:13 PM CST
Where: Fulton County, Farmington
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 40.473, -90.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Farmington.

Thunderstorm Wind, Saline

When: June 20, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Harrisburg
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 37.753, -88.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

U.S. Route 45 was blocked by fallen trees and power lines. Signs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: June 20, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, Countywide
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 37.992, -88.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were downed. In West Frankfort, a tree fell on a car.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: June 20, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Johnson County, Countywide
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 37.460, -88.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: June 20, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Western
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 37.223, -89.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Alexander

When: June 20, 10:25 PM CST
Where: Alexander County, Olive Branch
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 10320433, 10320476, 10320477, 10322659, 10320434, 10320435, 10320659, 10320687, 10320660, 10322828, 10320688, 10320729, 10320504, 10322829, 10320320, 10320515, 10322761, 10320631, 10322971, 10320617, 10320412, 10322724, 10320531.