Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- April 19, 9:40 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County, Hebron to Richmond
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -88.430
Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 19, 1996
At Hebron part of the roof of a house was torn off and a trailer truck was overturned on Price road just east of Hebron. About 2 miles east of Hebron, corn cribs and other outbuildings were damaged and trees were blown down.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
At Hebron part of the roof of a house was torn off and a trailer truck was overturned on Price road just east of Hebron. About 2 miles east of Hebron, corn cribs and other outbuildings were damaged and trees were blown down. About 2 miles southwest of Richmond, farm buildings were damaged and part of the roof of a barn was torn off.
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 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
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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: 5541164.