Hail and wind reports › December 28, 2025 › Illinois
Hail and wind reports in Illinois, December 28, 2025
2 hail, 23 wind and 11 tornado reports; largest hail 1.00 in; strongest gust 80 mph.
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| Time (UTC) | Type | Size / speed | Place | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-28 15:24 | Hail | 1.00 in | Pekin | Tazewell | Relayed via broadcast media. (ILX) |
| 12-28 15:54 | Hail | 1.00 in | 5 NE Congerville | Woodford | (ILX) |
| 12-28 15:00 | Wind | damage | Fairview | Fulton | Power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. (ILX) |
| 12-28 15:24 | Wind | damage | Pekin | Tazewell | Power line downed due to thunderstorm winds. (ILX) |
| 12-28 16:30 | Wind | damage | Fairbury | Livingston | Power poles downed. A farm outbuilding also had its roof torn off and sustained siding damage in the Fairbury area. Time estimated from radar. (LOT) |
| 12-28 16:34 | Wind | 80 mph | 1 NNW Forrest | Livingston | An NWS damage survey confirmed that a concentrated area of straight-line winds with estimated peak winds of 80 MPH occurred in and west of Forrest... IL. These strong w (LOT) |
| 12-28 20:54 | Wind | damage | Pontiac | Livingston | A large tree limb was downed onto North Mill Street in Pontiac. Time estimated from radar. (LOT) |
| 12-28 21:17 | Wind | damage | Cullom | Livingston | Multiple large tree branches and limbs downed across the east side of Cullom. A video shared via broadcast media also showed a brief burst of strong winds blowing tree (LOT) |
| 12-28 21:19 | Wind | damage | Mount Zion | Macon | Several trees damaged. (ILX) |
| 12-28 21:24 | Wind | damage | 4 SE Owaneco | Christian | Tree downed by thunderstorm winds. (ILX) |
| 12-28 21:25 | Wind | damage | 3 ESE Saybrook | McLean | Farm outbuilding destroyed. (ILX) |
| 12-28 21:31 | Wind | damage | Gibson City | Ford | Photo shows a large section of roof blown off a farm office building. Time Estimated. (LOT) |
| 12-28 21:55 | Wind | damage | 3 NE Arthur | Douglas | Portion of dairy barn damaged destroyed. Top of tree blown off. (ILX) |
| 12-28 22:00 | Wind | damage | 3 SSE Pittsburg | Fayette | Corrects previous non-tstm wnd dmg report from 3 SSE Pittsburg. Many limbs and at least one large tree knocked down. (LSX) |
| 12-28 22:06 | Wind | damage | 5 NE Donovan | Iroquois | Tree downed near the intersection of E 2880 North Rd. and N 3100 East Rd. (LOT) |
| 12-28 22:40 | Wind | damage | 3 WNW Catlin | Vermilion | Multiple trees down... many shingles off roof... two power poles down. (ILX) |
| 12-28 22:58 | Wind | damage | 3 N Saint Johns | Perry | Trees and powerlines down in the county. Investigating some structural damage near Sunfield. (PAH) |
| 12-28 23:04 | Wind | damage | 2 NNW Mount Vernon | Jefferson | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 NNW Mount Vernon. The roof of a pole barn was blown onto a neighboring house. That house also had a 2X4 through its roof. T (PAH) |
| 12-28 23:15 | Wind | damage | 3 W De Soto | Jackson | Couple of trees down on Kimmel Bridge Road. (PAH) |
| 12-28 23:26 | Wind | damage | Christopher | Franklin | A few trees down. (PAH) |
| 12-28 23:41 | Wind | damage | 3 WNW Golden Gate | Wayne | Powerlines down. (PAH) |
| 12-28 23:51 | Wind | damage | 7 N Galatia | Hamilton | A few trees reported across the roadway. (PAH) |
| 12-28 23:55 | Wind | damage | Albion | Edwards | Few trees and one powerline down. (PAH) |
| 12-29 00:04 | Wind | damage | 2 NNW Mount Vernon | Jefferson | The roof of a pole barn was blown onto a neighboring house. That house also had a 2X4 through its roof. Time estimated from radar. (PAH) |
| 12-29 00:40 | Wind | damage | 5 NNE Big Bay | Pope | Tree down across Grasty Rd. (PAH) |
| 12-28 15:27 | Tornado | 3 SSW Groveland | Tazewell | An EF1 tornado with wind speeds up to 98 mph touched down along Allentown road about 3 miles east of Pekin High School and traveled about 1.75 miles along that road. It (ILX) | |
| 12-28 20:53 | Tornado | 1 WNW Pontiac | Livingston | An NWS damage survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 90 MPH... path length of 0.95 miles... and maximum width of 125 yards impacted a portion of (LOT) | |
| 12-28 20:59 | Tornado | 1 WNW Blue Mound | Macon | The EF-2 tornado touched down in far eastern Christian County where a spotter captured video of the tornado heading toward and crossing IL Route 48. The tornado remaine (ILX) | |
| 12-28 20:59 | Tornado | 1 WNW Blue Mound | Christian | Storm chaser video shows a tornado approaching the Christian-Macon County line from the west... kicking up dirt and corn stubble as it does so. The tornado crossed the (ILX) | |
| 12-28 21:15 | Tornado | 3 E Elwin | Macon | Significant structural damage to home by a tornado. (ILX) | |
| 12-28 21:24 | Tornado | 3 ESE Saybrook | McLean | An EF-1 tornado touched down about 3 miles east-southeast of Saybrook and destroyed a large outbuilding throwing the debris to the E- NE. The tornado appears to have di (ILX) | |
| 12-28 21:31 | Tornado | 6 ESE Stelle | Iroquois | An NWS damage survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 80 MPH... path length of 2.64 miles... and maximum width of 100 yards impacted rural areas w (LOT) | |
| 12-28 21:32 | Tornado | 2 S Gibson City | Ford | Based on eyewitness accounts and an assessment of damage photos provided to the NWS by the Ford County EMA and local broadcast media... it has been confirmed that a bri (LOT) | |
| 12-28 21:40 | Tornado | 2 E Clifton | Iroquois | An NWS damage survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 95 MPH... path length of 9.53 miles... and maximum width of 150 yards impacted rural areas b (LOT) | |
| 12-28 21:53 | Tornado | 2 WSW Martinton | Iroquois | Video footage and photos taken by storm spotters and storm chasers show that a funnel cloud was intermittently in contact with the ground as it tracked across open farm (LOT) | |
| 12-28 22:45 | Tornado | 1 SE Redmon | Edgar | Brief touchdown east of Redmon. Public reported damage to an outbuilding. (ILX) |
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