High Wind, Sangamon
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Sangamon forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.758, -89.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Illinois, April 28, 1996
Strong gradient winds between 40 and 50 mph, with gusts to 61 mph, caused damage over a large area of Central Illinois. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 ILX wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds between 40 and 50 mph, with gusts to 61 mph, caused damage over a large area of Central Illinois. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down. Also, a part of the roof and guttering on the Charleston High School, in Coles County, was blown off. Several barns and machine sheds sustained minor damage and one grain bin was blown over onto a car. No injuries were reported. A window in a business in Pana, Christian County, was blown out and the roof of the building sustained some damage. One tree fell onto a car in Forsyth, Macon County, though fortunately no one was in it at the time. Numerous houses throughout Central Illinois sustained some minor roof and siding damage as well. No damage estimate was available.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Christian
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.546, -89.277 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Macon
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.860, -88.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Logan
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.125, -89.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Moultrie
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Moultrie forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.642, -88.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coles
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Coles forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -88.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.391, -88.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Effingham
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Effingham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.060, -88.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Crawford
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.003, -87.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cumberland
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.273, -88.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clark
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -87.788 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jasper
- When
- April 28, 9:15 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.010, -88.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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: 5543923, 5543924, 5543925, 5543926, 5543927, 5543928, 5543929, 5543930, 5543931, 5543932, 5543933, 5543934.