Storm reports for March 15, 2016

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On March 15, 2016, 85 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 11 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Morgan County, IL.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (85)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.8 million in property damage and 13 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (104 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rock Island County, IL (near Barstow) · Tornado EF2 · $750,000 · 10 injuries
  “An EF-2 tornado tracked north then curved to the east through upper Rock Island county. An estimated 40 homes were damaged with the most severe damage to a neighborhood in rural East Moline where 10 homes were completely destroyed. Ten people reported minor injuries.”
• Clinton County, IA (near Clinton Muni Arpt) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000 · 3 injuries
  “An EF-1 tornado with winds estimated at 90 mph hit a mobile home park, destroying at least 5 mobile homes and damaging numerous others. At least 3 people were injuried.”
• Peoria County, IL (near Trivoli) · Tornado EF2 · $1 million
  “A tornado touched down 2 miles northwest of Trivoli just west of Quarry Road at 7:42 PM CDT. A garage and house roofs were damaged, a car was picked up and thrown 50 yards into a field, a pickup truck was damaged, and several trees were snapped.”
• Sangamon County, IL (near Knapp) · Tornado EF1 · $280,000
  “A tornado touched down 2.4 miles west of Curran along Werner Road about three quarters of a mile west of the intersection with Farmingdale Road at 7:44 PM CDT. The roof of a home lost some shingles and a few pine trees were broken off in this area.”
• Peoria County, IL (near Pottstown) · Tornado EF0 · $260,000
  “A tornado touched down 4 miles northwest of Peoria just northwest of the intersection of Richwoods Boulevard and Molleck Drive at 8:05 PM CDT. Damage was done to the roof, gutters, soffit, and ceiling tiles of the St. Francis Woods Supportive Living Center.”
• McDonough County, IL (near Good Hope) · Tornado EF2 · $200,000
  “An EF-2 tornado with winds estimated at 115 mph touched down north of Good Hope Illinois in McDonough County. It traveled northeast, crossing into Warren County west of Prairie City and eventually into Fulton County.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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