Hail, Fulton
- When
- April 27, 9:07 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County, Middlegrove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -90.100
Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, April 27 to 28, 2002
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 27, 8:05 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 8:05 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 905 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY...MAINLY FOR MINOR WORDING CHANGES. FORECAST STILL ON TRACK FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL STILL A POSSIBILITY FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-70...SO FLOOD WATCH TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. .ILX...FLOOD WATCH TNGT ZNS 027>031..036>038..040>057..061. BYRD
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Peoria
- When
- April 27, 9:24 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County, Trivoli
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 40.683, -89.900
Hail, Tazewell
- When
- April 27, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Tazewell County, East Peoria
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 40.667, -89.567
Hail, Woodford
- When
- April 27, 9:45 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Woodford County, Germantown Hills
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.767, -89.483
Hail, Moultrie
- When
- April 27, 9:45 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County, Bethany
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -88.733
Thunderstorm Wind, Moultrie
- When
- April 27, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moultrie County, Sullivan
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -88.617
Several large tree limbs were blown down around town.
Hail, Coles
- When
- April 27, 10:31 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County, 1 mi S of Loxa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.483, -88.267
Thunderstorm Wind, Coles
- When
- April 27, 10:37 PM CST
- Where
- Coles County, 5 mi W of Charleston
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.483, -88.283
The roof of a shed was blown off.
Thunderstorm Wind, Edgar
- When
- April 27, 10:53 PM CST
- Where
- Edgar County, Paris
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.617, -87.700
A large tree was blown down across a powerline.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- April 27, 10:55 PM CST to 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 1 mi S of Xenia
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.617, -88.633
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and powerlines. A shed was destroyed south of Xenia.
Tornado, Clay
- When
- April 27, 11:05 PM CST to 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 2 mi SW of Flora
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -88.517
A tornado touched down 2 miles southwest of Flora near the intersection of county road 1000E and 200N. At this location, it turned an unattached garage on its foundation. As the tornado travelled east along 200N it destroyed a mobile home. The three occupants sustained minor injuries. Debris from the mobile home was blown up to a mile away. It damaged 3 additional homes and a mobile home. Also, numerous trees were blown down and a propane tank was thrown a quarter of a mile. At the intersection of 1100E and 200N, a car was rolled three times and thrown into a ditch. Two occupants in the car had minor injuries, but refused treatment. As it continued east, the tornado destroyed an outbuilding. The last evidence of damage due to the tornado was located on county road 1500E, just north of 200N. Several powerlines and trees were blown over causing minor damage to a house and car.
Flash Flood, Coles
- When
- April 27, 11:15 PM CST to April 28, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Coles County, Mattoon
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -88.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads between Mattoon and Charleston had water over them.
Thunderstorm Wind, Edgar
- When
- April 27, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Edgar County, Paris
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.617, -87.700
Several trees and powerlines were blown down. Some of the fallen trees caused minor damage to a couple of homes. A large farm shed was destroyed on the south edge of town.
Flash Flood, Edgar
- When
- April 27, 11:30 PM CST to April 28, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Edgar County, Paris
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.679, -87.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads in town had over a foot of water on them after very heavy rain fell in a short amount of time.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- April 27, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Lawrenceville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -87.667
Several powerlines were blown down in town.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Missouri, April 27, 2002
- Tornado in Missouri, April 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 27, 2002
- High Wind in Kansas, April 27, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 27, 2002
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 27, 2002
- Tornado in Illinois, April 27, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, April 27 to 30, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, April 27 to 28, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, April 27, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 27, 2002
- Flooding in Illinois, April 27 to 30, 2002
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 2002Warnings in Illinois, April 2002
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: 5290364, 5290365, 5290366, 5290367, 5290368, 5290369, 5290370, 5290371, 5290372, 5290433, 5290432, 5290435, 5290373, 5290434, 5290431.