Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- September 16, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County, East Dubuque
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -90.630
Trees downed.
Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 16, 1997
Thunderstorms with frequent lightning moved across Eastern Iowa into Western Illinois producing widespread wind and lightning damage across both states.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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 DVN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with frequent lightning moved across Eastern Iowa into Western Illinois producing widespread wind and lightning damage across both states.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jo Daviess
- When
- September 16, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess County, Galena
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -90.420
Many trees downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- September 16, 7:50 PM CST to 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County, Countywide
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -89.630
Numerous trees and limbs downed.
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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- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 16 to 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Iowa, September 16, 1997
- Waterspouts in Florida, September 16, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 16, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 16, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, September 16 to 17, 1997
- Hail in North Dakota, September 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, September 16, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, September 16, 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: 5623994, 5623995, 5623996.