Illinois, 1998Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 15, 1998
May 15, 1998 · NWS DVN · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- May 15, 6:27 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County, Orion to Woodhull
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -90.380
Thunderstorm winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines across Western Henry county,
Tornado, Henry
- When
- May 15, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County, Galva
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Property damage
- $50
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -90.050
Brief tornado downed powerlines and damaged rooftops in Galva.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 15, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Shannon
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -89.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Whiteside
- When
- May 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Whiteside County, Lyndon
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -89.930
Thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs producing light damage in the city of Lyndon.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 199847 injured · $15 million · F3 · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 19981 death · 31 injured · $950 million · F1 · 74 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 19987 injured · $2.3 million · F3 · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 199811 injured · $1.9 million · F2 · 23 events
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 15, 19981 injured · $4.8 million · F2 · 80 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 15, 19981 injured · $2.6 million · F2 · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15 to 18, 1998$1.1 million · 1.75 in hail · 44 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 19984 injured · $600,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998$3.0 million · 3 in hail · 1 event
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998$313,000 · F1 · 15 events
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998$1.0 million · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 1998$474,000 · 72 kt wind · 16 events
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: 5662841, 5662842, 5662843, 5662844.