Hail and wind reports › May 18, 2026 › Illinois
Hail and wind reports in Illinois, May 18, 2026
1 hail, 24 wind and 1 tornado reports; largest hail 1.00 in; strongest gust 79 mph.
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| Time (UTC) | Type | Size / speed | Place | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-18 14:40 | Hail | 1.00 in | Lerna | Coles | Delayed report. Time estimated from radar. (ILX) |
| 05-18 12:56 | Wind | damage | 1 NNE Virginia | Cass | Delayed report from social media. Significant tree damage at the cemetery on the north side of Virginia. Time estimated from radar. (ILX) |
| 05-18 13:12 | Wind | damage | 2 NW Topeka | Mason | Irrigation system flipped over. (ILX) |
| 05-18 13:23 | Wind | damage | 4 SSW Kingston Mines | Tazewell | Power pole down across the road near Spring Lake. (ILX) |
| 05-18 13:38 | Wind | damage | 1 N Pekin | Tazewell | Tree on a house in Pekin. Delayed report... time estimated from radar. (ILX) |
| 05-18 13:38 | Wind | damage | 2 WSW Bartonville | Peoria | Large tree blown down near Limestone High School. Time estimated from radar. (ILX) |
| 05-18 13:58 | Wind | damage | 2 E Hopedale | Tazewell | 3.5-4 foot diameter tree fell... blocking Stringtown Rd. near Hopedale. Delayed report. (ILX) |
| 05-18 14:02 | Wind | damage | 1 WNW Assumption | Christian | Large tree limbs down. (ILX) |
| 05-18 14:07 | Wind | damage | Litchfield | Montgomery | Multiple reports of large tree limbs down around Litchfield. (LSX) |
| 05-18 14:10 | Wind | damage | Buffalo | Sangamon | Tree damage reported in Buffalo. Time estimated by radar. (ILX) |
| 05-18 14:15 | Wind | damage | Minier | Tazewell | Tree fell across road. Delayed report. (ILX) |
| 05-18 14:15 | Wind | 58 mph | Roanoke | Woodford | Measured gust to 58 mph at Woodford County EOC. (ILX) |
| 05-18 14:40 | Wind | 66 mph | Taylorville Airport | Christian | (ILX) |
| 05-18 15:10 | Wind | damage | 4 S Oakland | Coles | Tree uprooted. (ILX) |
| 05-18 15:28 | Wind | damage | 5 SW Paxton | Ford | Paxton EMA shared photos of multiple power poles broken and a nearby outbuilding damaged just north of 1500 East Road and 100 North Road. Debris blown across 1500 East (LOT) |
| 05-18 15:35 | Wind | damage | 1 SE Aurora | Kane | Public report of large branch broken and blocking a street near East Aurora High School. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 05-18 15:45 | Wind | damage | Kankakee | Kankakee | Kankakee County EMA reports widely scattered tree limbs broken in and near Kankakee. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 05-18 15:55 | Wind | 58 mph | Kankakee Airport | Kankakee | Kankakee airport KIKK AWOS reported 58 mph wind gust from the west. (LOT) |
| 05-18 15:55 | Wind | damage | Homewood | Cook | Trained spotter reports a few 3-4 inch diameter branches downed in Homewood. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 05-18 15:58 | Wind | damage | 1 ENE Summit | Cook | Power line downed near 56th Street and South Sayre Avenue in Garfield Ridge community area of Chicago. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 05-18 16:01 | Wind | 79 mph | Midway Airport | Cook | KMDW ASOS recorded 79 mph wind gust from the southwest. (LOT) |
| 05-18 16:07 | Wind | damage | South Chicago | Cook | A few public reports of tree branches broken in the South Chicago community area of Chicago. Relayed via Chicago 311. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 05-18 16:14 | Wind | 58 mph | 3 NE Navy Pier | LMZ741 | Harrison-Dever Crib recorded 50 knot wind gust. (LOT) |
| 05-18 16:14 | Wind | damage | Lakeview - Chicago | Cook | Tree or tree branch broken and blocking roadway near Cornelia Avenue and Fremont Street in Lakeview community area of Chicago. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 05-18 22:55 | Wind | damage | 5 SSW Shawneetown | Gallatin | Three power poles were downed at the corner of Buckeye Rd and Rigsby Rd. (PAH) |
| 05-18 15:25 | Tornado | 5 WSW Paxton | Ford | A brief EF-0 tornado significantly damaged an outbuilding at a farmstead along N 1150E Road just north of E 100N Road near Paxton. (LOT) |
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