McLean County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Nov 1, 2026
McLean County, Illinois has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 8 tornado reports among 75 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 14 hail reports with hail up to 1" and 53 high-wind reports with gusts up to 85 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was on Sep 18, 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
McLean County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across McLean County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
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Storm log — the official record, day by day
Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Friday, September 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 700 PM CDT, Scattered storms and a gust front were pushing slowly south across parts of the tri-state area. The gust front appears locally capable of gusts to around 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1000 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Chillicothe, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, August 15, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 429 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near San Jose to near Alexander. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 624 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Paxton to near Atwood. Movement was east at 60 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Rantoul, Monticello, Hoopeston, Savoy, Mahomet, St.”
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, August 13, 2026
6 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 67 mph
“AWOS station KBMI Bloomington Arpt. (ILX)”
“Large tree... around 30 ft. tall... down near Ireland Grove Rd. south of Bloomington Airport. (ILX)”
- Wind 67 mph Central Illinois Airpor SPC verified report
- Wind 64 mph 2 NE Normal SPC verified report
- Wind 61 mph 6 S Arrowsmith SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 ESE Bloomington SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Normal SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 S Danvers SPC verified report
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 535 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Stanford, or 13 miles west of Normal, moving east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“Brief touchdown in a corn field observed on video. (ILX)”
- Tornado Tornado 2 NE Saybrook SPC verified report
Saturday, July 4, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 332 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Gridley to Towanda to near McLean. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Eureka to near Hopedale. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 738 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Eureka, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Eureka, El Paso, Goodfield, Carlock, Congerville, Secor, Kappa, and Panola.”
“At 801 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Carlock, or 8 miles northwest of Normal, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 70 mph
“Wind gust observation from personal weather station...relayed through broadcast media. (ILX)”
“Transmission pole snapped and hanging wires over roadway at N 2380 E Rd.... just south of E 900 N Rd. (ILX)”
- Wind 70 mph Gridley SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 E Gridley SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Chenoa SPC verified report
Friday, June 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“A line of thunderstorms is sinking southeastward across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, and western Kentucky early this morning. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph, torrential downpours, and frequent lightning can be expected.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 11, 2026
9 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 78 mph
“Large tree snapped about halfway up the base. The tree was approximately two to three feet in diameter. Time estimated by radar. A nearby personal weather station measu (ILX)”
“Social media photo showing a tree blown down. Time estimated by radar. (ILX)”
- Wind 78 mph Le Roy SPC verified report
- Wind 60 mph Saybrook SPC verified report
- Wind 59 mph Central Illinois Airpor SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Le Roy SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Lexington SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 WNW Central Illinois SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 SSW Bloomington SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Carlock SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Bellflower SPC verified report
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Large tree branch down on Six Points Rd. just west of Juniper Ln. (ILX)”
- Wind Unknown 2 SW Bloomington SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Lexington SPC verified report
Monday, June 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1122 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Minier, or 15 miles southeast of Morton, moving north at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 17, 2026
12 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 85 mph, 6 tornado reports
“EF0... peak wind speed 85 mph... path length 3.2 miles. Tracked ENE across western and northern portions of Saybrook. A narrow... one block damage path consisted of sev (ILX)”
“EF1... path length 7.9 miles... peak wind speed 90 mph. The tornado began in rural northeast McLean County about 4 miles northwest of Colfax... damaging trees and power (ILX)”
- Tornado Tornado 1 W Saybrook SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 4 E Pleasant Hill SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado Lexington SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 2 ENE Bloomington SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 5 WNW Bloomington SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 5 S Shirley SPC verified report
- Wind 85 mph Normal SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Saybrook SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 NNE Colfax SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 E Towanda SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Shirley SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Carlock SPC verified report
Sunday, April 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“Moderately strong winds out of the south to southwest will continue late this evening into the overnight hours. Expect a few sporadic gusts of 40 to 50 mph with more frequent gusts of 25 to 40 mph. These winds can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 3, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1"
- Hail 1" Danvers SPC verified report
Thursday, April 2, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and southeast Illinois. WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1159 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Heyworth, or 10 miles south of Bloomington, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Le Roy, Heyworth, and Downs.”
“At 1138 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Atlanta, or 12 miles northeast of Lincoln, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Heyworth, Atlanta, McLean, and Shirley.”
- Hail 0.75" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 26, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1"
- Hail 1" 2 W Holder SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 3 N Shirley SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Normal SPC verified report
Monday, March 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, and west central Illinois. WHEN...Until noon CDT today. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 mph expected today. Then switching directions to west-northwest tonight. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, and west central Illinois. WHEN...Until 10 AM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 mph expected late this morning and afternoon and switching west to northwest during tonight. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, and west central Illinois. WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 7 AM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 14, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...South-southwest winds on Sunday shifting to the west-northwest behind a cold front Sunday night. Sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, and west central Illinois. WHEN...From 10 AM Sunday to 7 AM CDT Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.”
“WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. WHEN...From 10 AM CDT /11 AM EDT/ Sunday to 7 AM CDT /8 AM EDT/ Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds will turn west at 25 to 30 mph during this morning with gusts of 40 to 50 mph into mid afternoon. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, southeast, and west central Illinois. The strongest winds will be this morning from I-74 north with gusts over 50 mph possible. WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and west central Illinois. WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 4 PM CDT Friday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and west central Illinois. WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 4 PM CDT Friday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 6, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Semi truck blown over. Time estimated from radar. (ILX)”
- Wind Unknown Carlock SPC verified report
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 254 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Beason, or 10 miles west of Clinton, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Clinton, Maroa, Wapella, Waynesville, Kenney, Chestnut, Beason, Weldon Springs State Park, Lane, Midland City, and Hallsville.”
“At 329 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Carlock, or 7 miles west of Normal, moving east at 60 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Bloomington, Normal, Hudson, Danvers, Carlock, Towanda, and Central Illinois Regional Airport. This includes the following highways...”
- Hail 0.75" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, January 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 840 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Minonk to near Beason. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, December 28, 2025
2 SPC verified storm reports — 1 tornado report
“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)”
- Tornado Tornado 3 ESE Saybrook SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 ESE Saybrook SPC verified report
Thursday, December 18, 2025
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1254 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Colfax to 8 miles east of Nokomis. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1232 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Lexington to 6 miles north of Nokomis. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McLean County NWS severe weather mention
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Common questions
When was the last severe storm in McLean County, IL?
The most recent recorded event was on Sep 18, 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 75 severe weather events in McLean County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in McLean County recently?
Yes — 14 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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