Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- July 19, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County, Reynolds
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -90.670
Numerous reports of large tree limb damage.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 19, 1997
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $5,000
- Events
- 13
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.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
Event by event
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- July 19, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County, East Moline
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -90.470
Numerous reports of large tree limb damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Viola
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.580
Building damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Viola
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.580
Three foot diameter tree downed over highway 67.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 2:57 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Aledo
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.750
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Viola
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.580
Shed moved and car lifted off the road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Gilchrist
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.620
Storage building missing.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Matherville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -90.600
Cornfield flattened near highway 17. Large trees downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 19, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Countywide
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.780
Trees and power lines downed all over the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- July 19, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County, Shanghai City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -90.500
Large tree limbs down on road.
Tornado, McDonough
- When
- July 19, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County, Blandinsville
- Rating
- F0
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -90.870
Tornado sighted but no damage or injuries reported.
Thunderstorm Wind, McDonough
- When
- July 19, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County, Blandinsville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -90.870
High winds reported and power lines flattened.
Thunderstorm Wind, McDonough
- When
- July 19, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- McDonough County, Sciota
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -90.750
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 19 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, July 19, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, July 19, 1997
- Wildfire in New Jersey, July 19 to 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 19, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 19, 1997
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: 5601602, 5601603, 5601604, 5601612, 5601605, 5601608, 5601613, 5601614, 5601606, 5601607, 5601609, 5601610, 5601611.