Will County, Illinois
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1956 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
98
Tornado reports
359
Hail reports
160
Floods since 1996
1,418
All events
62
Deaths
$379.4M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Will County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 98 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Lightning struck a house in the 700 block of Miami Street and started a fire. An 85 year old man in the house was unable to get out and died of smoke inhalation.
A man was struck by lightning in Whalon Lake Forest Preserve and died a few days later.
A 52 year old woman drown inside a car that was found submerged in a flooded ditch.
Woman struck by lightning while walking in the 300 block of Janes Avenue.
A 32 year old male walked into a fitness center in Crete on the afternoon of June 23rd and was disoriented and appeared to have been working outside in the heat. He suffered a heat storke and was taken to the hospital, where he died two days later.
A man who was snow blowing walked into the right lane of Coal City Road, just west of Novy Road in dense fog. He was struck and killed by a car that could not stop before hitting him.
Romeoville measured 6.2 inches of snowfall and Joliet measured 5.5 inches of snowfall. The Joliet Police reported 37 traffic accidents and the Illinois State Police reported 36 accidents in Will County. Most of the accidents were fender benders. However, on Interstate 55 near Rou…
Dense fog developed during the afternoon of February 20th. A 20-car pileup occurred on Interstate 57 near Peotone along with clusters of accidents along a stretch of the interstate. There were 12 people injured and state police had to close a six-mile stretch of interstate for se…
A tornado developed near Ridgeland Avenue and Dralle Road, where a high tension metal truss tower collapsed and four others were damaged. Power lines blocked Interstate 57. The tornado destroyed a mobile home and outbuildings east of Ridgeland between Dralle and Stuenkel Roads be…
This is a continuation of a tornado that began at 12:22 PM CST in Grundy County. The tornado moved into Will County on N Will Road just south of State Route 113. There was considerable damage to businesses on State Route 113 between N Will Road and I-55. An RV dealership had nume…
Major flooding affected the city of Joliet during the afternoon and evening hours of July 27th. Torrential Rains fell across parts of the city with 5.50 inches falling in just 90 minutes between 4 pm and 530 pm near Black Road and Infantry Drive. Storm total rainfall of 6.13 inch…
The tornado swept out a path through a mainly residential section on the near west side of Joliet known as the "Cathedral Area". Initial damage was found near the intersection of Jefferson St. (U.S. route 52) and William Street. The damage path then continued northeastward to a p…
Flood Flood
Multiple roadway flooding reports were received from Bolingbrook and Lemont.
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A tree was blown down.
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Trees were snapped and large tree limbs were blown down.
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A tree was snapped near the intersection of Pinecrest Road and Briarcliff Road.
Flood Flood
Street flooding was reported in Crete. A private weather station measured at total of 2.90 inches of rain during two periods of rainfall over 6 hours ending at 19:00 CST.
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Multiple trees and fences were blown down.
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A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 58 mph.
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Trees were blown down, fasica was blown off and siding was damaged. A wind gust to 70 mph was measured.
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A photo showed a small tree blown down.
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Multiple photos showed large tree limbs broken at and near the Inwood Golf Course.
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Multiple tree limbs were broken in northern Plainfield.
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Multiple photos showed large broken tree limbs.
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Numerous large tree limbs and power lines were blown down between Theodore Street and Ingalls Avenue, west of Larkin Avenue. Wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph.
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A large mature tree was blown down across Raynor Avenue at Glenwood Avenue.
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Wind gusts were estimated beween 60 and 70 mph. Small tree limbs were blown down.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 0 |
| 2025 | 74 | 4 |
| 2024 | 67 | 7 |
| 2023 | 49 | 8 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2 |
| 2019 | 74 | 2 |
| 2018 | 22 | 3 |
| 2017 | 49 | 1 |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 |
| 2015 | 34 | 4 |
| 2014 | 33 | 1 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3 |
| 2012 | 38 | 0 |
| 2011 | 45 | 0 |
| 2010 | 56 | 1 |
| 2009 | 31 | 0 |
| 2008 | 47 | 5 |
| 2007 | 76 | 2 |
| 2006 | 75 | 0 |
| 2005 | 38 | 0 |
| 2004 | 61 | 2 |
| 2003 | 53 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 1 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 1 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 |
| 1994 | 19 | 2 |
| 1993 | 6 | 2 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 5 |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 4 |
| 1985 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | 8 | 6 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 3 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | 4 | 2 |
| 1977 | 3 | 2 |
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1975 | 4 | 0 |
| 1974 | 7 | 1 |
| 1973 | 5 | 1 |
| 1972 | 6 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 2 | 1 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | 2 | 1 |
| 1966 | 3 | 0 |
| 1965 | 6 | 1 |
| 1964 | 4 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 6 | 2 |
| 1960 | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | 2 | 0 |
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