Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- July 19, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Du Page County, Lombard
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -88.020
A wall was blown down at a construction site.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 19, 1998
1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:57 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
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nevada, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 19, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, July 1998
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: 5654517.