Thunderstorm Wind in Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind June 10, 2026 · Jo Daviess County, Illinois

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Few dozen trees and wires down. A couple houses were hit by falling trees.

The wider storm

Several rounds of thunderstorms moved through the region Wednesday and Thursday that brought heavy rain, damaging wind, and several brief tornadoes to eastern IA, northwest IL, and northeast MO. The more widespread wind damage occurred Wednesday afternoon June 10th from a derecho that developed in eastern Iowa and moved east. This downed trees, power lines primarily along and north of I-80. The more significant winds between 70-80 mph winds were seen north of the Hwy 20 corridor. A second round of storms later on produced isolated wind damage, including some damage north of Geneseo, IL that was due to straight-line winds.

Began near Galena (42.4100, -90.4300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1337479. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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