High Wind, Bond
- When
- September 26, 11:00 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bond forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.887, -89.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Illinois, September 26, 1996
Winds gusting to around 50 mph accompanying a strong cold front caused scattered damage across the Metro-East area. Most damage was limited to trees and power lines, although a few homes were also damaged by falling trees or large limbs.
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
- $140,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Winds gusting to around 50 mph accompanying a strong cold front caused scattered damage across the Metro-East area. Most damage was limited to trees and power lines, although a few homes were also damaged by falling trees or large limbs. An estimated 5000 residents lost power across the area. Some corn was also flattened in fields in Clinton County near St. Rose.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Clinton
- When
- September 26, 11:00 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.607, -89.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Madison
- When
- September 26, 11:00 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -89.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, St. Clair
- When
- September 26, 11:00 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -89.928 (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
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 26, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, September 26 to 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, September 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, September 1996
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: 5562851, 5562852, 5562853, 5562854.