Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 1998

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 Chicago radar (KLOT), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.

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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.

• High Wind in Ohio, March 27, 19981 death · $2,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 19982 injured · $1.0 million · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Utah, March 27 to 30, 19986 injured · $86,000 · 11 events
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 1998$500,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 27, 1998$90,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 27, 1998$89,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 1998$25,000 · 25 events
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 27, 19981 injured · $30,000 · 1 event
• Heat in Maine, March 27 to 31, 199824 events
• Heat in New York, March 27 to 31, 199824 events
• Heavy Rain in Colorado, March 27, 19981 injured · $20,000 · 1 event
• Heat in Virginia, March 27 to 31, 199822 events

Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, March 1998

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: 5636934.