Thunderstorm Wind, Iroquois
- When
- June 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County, Sheldon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.767, -87.567
Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 4, 2002
Two farm buildings near Sheldon were damaged.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
Two farm buildings near Sheldon were damaged.
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 Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:00 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:00 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 MAIN WX PROB IS IN NEAR TERM WITH ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS. QSTNRY BNDRY ACROSS NRN IL. WW239 WIBIS SHORTLY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IL AND NWRN IN. OTHER QUESTION INVOLVES FLOOD WATCH/WARNING. AM EXPECTING TO ALLOW THESE TO EXPIRE AS MAIN FOCUS FOR RENEWED TSTM DVLPMT APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED SWD ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. VIS SATLT LOOPS SHOW MOST INTS CONVECTION DVLPG OVER WCNTRL IL FRM NR BRL-SRN LASALLE CO. THIS SHUD ALSO LIMIT ANY ADDL DVLPMT N OF I-80. THEREFORE WILL GO GENLY WITH MOS POPS WITH CHC CAT N CNTRL IL AND LIKELY THRU I-80 CORRIDOR...THEN CATEGORICAL TO S. BY 12Z WED...MAIN AXIS OF THETA-E ADVCN SHIFTS S AND E OF FA SO WILL HAVE SOME LINGERING SHWRS IN SRN PORTION OF CWA IN MRNG. DECENT SUBSIDENCE WED-THU SUGGESTS CLRG MAY BE A LTL QUICKER THAN PREV FCST SO MAY MENTION THIS IN NRN IL CTYS FOR WED AFTN. HI PRES BUILDS IN THU-FRI AND WX IS EXPECTED TO BE NIL UNTIL RETURN OF MT AMS ABOUT SAT NIGHT OR SUN BASED ON 12Z AVN. .CHI...NONE MERZLOCK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:22 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
522 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0117 PM YORKVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 KENDALL TREES DOWN ALONG RIVER
ROAD SOUTH OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0210 PM LEMONT IL .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 COOK ON PLAINFIELD ROAD BY
LEMONT, NORTH OF I-55.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0254 PM ANCONA IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LIVINGSTON TORNADO ON GROUND WITH
DEBRIS CLOUD., 1 MILE
WEST OF ANCONA.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0300 PM STREATOR IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LASALLE FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHED
DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0315 PM KATY DID IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LIVINGSTON TOUCH DOWN AT HIGHWAY
170 AND 17
INTERSECTION. REPORTED
BY FIRE AND RESCUE.
ZCZC CHILSRCHI ALL
TTAA00 KCHI DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
522 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0117 PM YORKVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 KENDALL TREES DOWN ALONG RIVER
ROAD SOUTH OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0210 PM LEMONT IL .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 COOK ON PLAINFIELD ROAD BY
LEMONT, NORTH OF I-55.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0254 PM ANCONA IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LIVINGSTON TORNADO ON GROUND WITH
DEBRIS CLOUD., 1 MILE
WEST OF ANCONA.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0300 PM STREATOR IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LASALLE FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHED
DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0315 PM KATY DID IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LIVINGSTON TOUCH DOWN AT HIGHWAY
170 AND 17
INTERSECTION. REPORTED
BY FIRE AND RESCUE.Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:22 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
522 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0117 PM YORKVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 KENDALL TREES DOWN ALONG RIVER
ROAD SOUTH OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0210 PM LEMONT IL .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 COOK ON PLAINFIELD ROAD BY
LEMONT, NORTH OF I-55.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0254 PM ANCONA IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LIVINGSTON TORNADO ON GROUND WITH
DEBRIS CLOUD., 1 MILE
WEST OF ANCONA.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0300 PM STREATOR IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LASALLE FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHED
DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0315 PM KATY DID IL TORNADO
06/04/02 LIVINGSTON TOUCH DOWN AT HIGHWAY
170 AND 17
INTERSECTION. REPORTED
BY FIRE AND RESCUE.The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:29 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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 4, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 4 to 5, 2002
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 4, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 4, 2002
- Flood in Iowa, June 4, 2002
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 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: 5298925.