Hail and wind reports › March 30, 2025 › Illinois
Hail and wind reports in Illinois, March 30, 2025
26 hail, 29 wind and 2 tornado reports; largest hail 1.75 in; strongest gust 85 mph.
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| Time (UTC) | Type | Size / speed | Place | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-30 17:16 | Wind | damage | Breese | Clinton | Doors of a farm outbuilding blown in and camper blown on its side. Pictures from Slack. (LSX) |
| 03-30 18:07 | Wind | damage | Sullivan | Moultrie | Downs trees and power lines and poles in Sullivan via Facebook post. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:17 | Wind | damage | 2 NW Mattoon | Coles | Photos of power poles down northwest of Mattoon on near highway 33. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:22 | Tornado | 4 SSE Ivesdale | Champaign | The tornado moved from the SW corner of Champaign County to just north of Tolono. It covered 12 miles in 12 minutes doing EF1 damage to outbuildings and trees. It was 2 (ILX) | |
| 03-30 18:30 | Wind | damage | Tolono | Champaign | Building collapsed from high winds. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:33 | Wind | damage | 4 S Pingree Grove | Kane | Kane County EMA reports fence damage along Muirhead Road west of Elgin. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 03-30 18:35 | Hail | 1.50 in | 1 ESE Columbia | Monroe | Largest hail between 1 and 1.5 inches in diameter. (LSX) |
| 03-30 18:35 | Wind | damage | 3 W Charleston | Coles | Several power poles and lines blown down west of 2.5 miles west of Charleston. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:35 | Wind | 68 mph | Willard Airport | Champaign | ASOS station KCMI Willard Arpt Station Elevation: 742 ft. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:40 | Hail | 1.00 in | Effingham | Effingham | (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:42 | Hail | 1.00 in | 3 NW Millstadt | St. Clair | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LSX) |
| 03-30 18:45 | Hail | 1.00 in | Ashmore | Coles | Photo sent with 1 inch hail next to a quarter. Hail lasted for about 15 minutes and ponding of water. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:45 | Wind | 70 mph | Sidney | Champaign | Some structural damage from high winds along with power outages. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:45 | Wind | damage | Sidney | Champaign | Morton building damaged by high winds. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:45 | Wind | damage | Royal | Champaign | At least 8-9 power poles blown down near Royal. (ILX) |
| 03-30 18:46 | Wind | damage | 1 NNW Carpentersville | Kane | Kane County EMA reports power lines downed along Arrow Street and Austin Avenue in Carpentersville. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 03-30 18:52 | Wind | damage | 1 ENE Trout Valley | McHenry | Report of downed power lines that caused a fire. The cause of the downed power lines was reported to be the thunderstorm. Time and location estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 03-30 18:58 | Wind | 66 mph | 3 SW Crescent City | Iroquois | Private weather station KILGILMA8 reported 66 mph gust southwest of Crescent City. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:00 | Wind | damage | 7 NW Danville | Vermilion | House roof damage from strong winds on E 2430 North road. (ILX) |
| 03-30 19:05 | Wind | 85 mph | 2 WSW Hoopeston | Vermilion | Measured wind gusts from 70 to 85 mph. Unofficial nearby report of 105 mph wind gust. (ILX) |
| 03-30 19:07 | Wind | 62 mph | 3 W Bismarck | Vermilion | Wind gust of 62 mph with damage to chicken coop fence. Wind snapped old cedar posts off. (ILX) |
| 03-30 19:07 | Wind | damage | Rossville | Vermilion | Video showing half of large tree blowing down in backyard. (ILX) |
| 03-30 19:17 | Wind | 60 mph | 3 ESE Beaverville | Iroquois | Private weather station reported 60 mph gust southeast of Beaverville. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:22 | Hail | 1.00 in | 5 SE Hecker | Monroe | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LSX) |
| 03-30 19:24 | Wind | 62 mph | 3 ESE Momence | Kankakee | Private weather station reported 62 mph gust southeast of Momence. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:31 | Hail | 1.50 in | 2 ESE New Athens | St. Clair | Slack post of ping pong ball sized hail. (LSX) |
| 03-30 19:31 | Wind | damage | 1 E Orland Hills | Cook | 1.5 inch diameter tree branch broken near Chadbourn Drive and 88th Avenue in Orland Hills. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:39 | Wind | damage | Steger | Cook | Roof blown off building near Sauk Trail and Holeman Avenue in Steger. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:40 | Wind | damage | 1 SSW West Pullman - Ch | Cook | Public report of small tree branches downed near 12th Place and Parnell Avenue in West Pullman Community area of Chicago. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:45 | Wind | damage | Westfield | Clark | 9 power poles broken and blown down. (ILX) |
| 03-30 19:45 | Wind | 74 mph | 1 WSW Lynwood | Cook | Private weather station reported reported 74 mph gust near Ford Heights. (LOT) |
| 03-30 19:53 | Hail | 1.00 in | Addieville | Washington | photos of hailstones compared to a quarter as well as wind driven hail damage to siding of a buiding. siding has multiple quarter sized holes. (LSX) |
| 03-30 19:53 | Hail | 1.75 in | 4 WNW Iuka | Marion | Picture of estimated golf ball sized hail east of Salem. (LSX) |
| 03-30 20:14 | Hail | 1.75 in | Evansville | Randolph | report of golf balls falling in evansville. (LSX) |
| 03-30 20:17 | Wind | damage | Centralia | Marion | Large tree limb down. Time estimated from radar. (LSX) |
| 03-30 20:19 | Hail | 1.75 in | Centralia | Marion | Report from Social Media. (LSX) |
| 03-30 20:31 | Hail | 1.75 in | 2 NNW Cartter | Marion | quarter to golf ball sized hail south and east of Salem IL. (LSX) |
| 03-30 20:35 | Hail | 1.00 in | Flora | Clay | Photo from Facebook of large hail in Flora. (ILX) |
| 03-30 20:36 | Hail | 1.25 in | Nashville | Washington | Via Slack with picture of stones next to ruler - measured half dollar sized hail. (LSX) |
| 03-30 20:47 | Hail | 1.00 in | 6 SW Campbell Hill | Jackson | (PAH) |
| 03-30 20:49 | Hail | 1.75 in | 6 NW Pinckneyville | Perry | (PAH) |
| 03-30 20:55 | Wind | damage | 2 N Olney | Richland | Tree blown down along with pea size hail. (ILX) |
| 03-30 21:00 | Hail | 1.75 in | 1 S Du Quoin | Perry | Golf ball size hail lasted 8 minutes. (PAH) |
| 03-30 21:00 | Hail | 1.50 in | 1 WSW Sesser | Franklin | (PAH) |
| 03-30 21:03 | Hail | 1.50 in | 1 S Flora | Clay | Ping pong size hail south of Flora with photos. (ILX) |
| 03-30 21:05 | Hail | 1.00 in | 3 E Dundas | Richland | (ILX) |
| 03-30 21:08 | Hail | 1.00 in | 1 SW Mount Vernon | Jefferson | Hail fell for about 5 minutes and nearly covered the ground. (PAH) |
| 03-30 21:09 | Hail | 1.00 in | 2 N Vergennes | Jackson | (PAH) |
| 03-30 21:20 | Hail | 1.25 in | 1 NNW Du Quoin | Perry | (PAH) |
| 03-30 21:20 | Wind | damage | Robinson | Crawford | A few powerlines blown down in Robinson along with pea size hail. (ILX) |
| 03-30 21:27 | Hail | 1.25 in | Sesser | Franklin | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (PAH) |
| 03-30 21:50 | Hail | 1.00 in | Yale | Jasper | Time estimated from radar. (ILX) |
| 03-30 21:51 | Wind | 63 mph | Lawrenceville Airport | Lawrence | ASOS station KLWV Lawrenceville AP Station Elevation: 430 ft. (ILX) |
| 03-30 22:11 | Hail | 1.50 in | 2 SSW Christopher | Franklin | (PAH) |
| 03-30 22:38 | Hail | 1.50 in | Hurst | Williamson | (PAH) |
| 03-30 23:05 | Tornado | 1 S Thebes | Alexander | EF-1 tornado. 105 mph. 18.2 mile track. Numerous trees snapped... roof damage to homes and barns. Shrouded in 70-90 mph straight line winds to the south that eventually (PAH) | |
| 03-30 23:30 | Wind | damage | 5 W New Grand Chain | Pulaski | Damage to high school roof. (PAH) |
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