Storm History: Grundy County, Illinois
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Grundy County, Illinois: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 495
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 29
- Damage
- $117 million
- Episodes
- 351
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 124 | 0 | 14 | $80 million |
| Hail | 88 | 0 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 57 | 0 | 0 | $28 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 49 | 0 | 3 | $772,000 |
| Flood | 35 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 12 | $300,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Drought | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $42,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $38,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, November 12, 1965
- Flash Flood, July 17, 1996
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2008
- Flood, September 15, 2008
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Hail, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 1993
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Tornado, April 19, 1973
- Tornado, May 20, 1975
- Tornado, April 27, 1984
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2006
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flood, June 10, 2015
- Hail, May 12, 2000
- Hail, August 1, 1993
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Hail, July 7, 1991
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2008
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Hail, July 10, 2013
- Flood, August 13, 2011
- Hail, July 6, 2003
- Hail, April 20, 2023
- Hail, August 29, 2022
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, September 3, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Tornado, April 23, 1961
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 27, 1984
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Tornado, November 12, 1965
- Tornado, April 19, 1973
- Tornado, May 20, 1975
- Tornado, June 1, 1980
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Tornado, June 24, 2026
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- High Wind, January 14, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Drought, October 28, 2025
- Heavy Rain, July 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 23, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Heat, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- High Wind, March 3, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2024
- Flood, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 13, 2023
- Hail, April 20, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Hail, August 29, 2022
- Heat, July 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 13, 2022
- Tornado, April 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 2021
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Flood, July 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2020
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Flood, May 17, 2020
- Tornado, May 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 15, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Tornado, June 30, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2018
- Tornado, May 30, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Flood, June 14, 2017
- Hail, March 7, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- High Wind, January 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2015
- Flood, June 10, 2015
- Flood, June 7, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Blizzard, February 1, 2015
- Hail, August 26, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2014
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Hail, July 10, 2013
- Tornado, June 24, 2013
- Tornado, June 12, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, May 28, 2013
- Flood, May 20, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Strong Wind, December 20, 2012
- Hail, August 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, May 20, 2012
- Tornado, May 6, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 1, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Flood, August 13, 2011
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2011
- Flood, May 11, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Strong Wind, April 29, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Heavy Rain, August 26, 2009
- Flood, July 24, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2009
- Tornado, June 19, 2009
- Flood, May 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 10, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 13, 2009
- Blizzard, December 21, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Flood, September 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, August 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2008
- Flood, July 10, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2008
- Hail, May 2, 2008
- Flood, February 17, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2008
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, October 18, 2007
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2007
- Blizzard, February 25, 2007
- Blizzard, February 13, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2006
- Flood, August 10, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2006
- Tornado, May 24, 2006
- Hail, May 17, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Drought, February 1, 2006
- Drought, January 1, 2006
- Drought, December 1, 2005
- Drought, November 1, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2005
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Drought, June 15, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2005
- Flood, March 30, 2005
- Flood, February 14, 2005
- Flood, January 12, 2005
- Hail, July 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, May 23, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 3, 2004
- Tornado, April 20, 2004
- High Wind, March 5, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2004
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Hail, September 26, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 27, 2003
- Hail, July 7, 2003
- Hail, July 6, 2003
- Hail, June 28, 2003
- Tornado, May 28, 2003
- Hail, May 10, 2003
- Wildfire, April 24, 2003
- Hail, March 19, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Grundy CountyEvery warning in Grundy County since 1986Every county in Illinois
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.