Thunderstorm Wind — Knox, Illinois

2024-06-25 · near Oak Run, Knox, Illinois

Event narrative

Two large trees were blown down onto a home.

Wider weather episode

A cold front triggered a broken line of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the evening of June 25th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts of around 60 mph, with one storm dropping golf ball-sized hail in Altona in Knox County. Excessive rainfall rates from another storm created localized flash flooding in Canton in Fulton County.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (40.9700, -90.1300)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1189395. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.