Hail Swath Map Preview
The Rockford, IL hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.25". There are 2 public hail reports, 50 public wind reports, and 11 nearby tornado reports listed for the March 31, 2023 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Rockford, IL Hail Map
The March 31, 2023 hail swath map for Rockford, IL covers approximately 1,077 square miles and includes an estimated 127,970 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the < 0.50" hail band, covering 505 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the < 0.50" hail band with 85,325 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 505 sq mi | 85,325 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 449 sq mi | 39,149 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 89 sq mi | 2,500 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 32 sq mi | 899 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 3 sq mi | 97 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Rockford, IL Hail Swath Map
Inside the March 31, 2023 hail swath map area for Rockford, IL, HailGeeks estimates 49,694 single-family homes, 7,308 townhomes, and 11,216 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the < 0.50" hail band, with 31,547 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 31,547 | 5,742 | 8,574 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 16,377 | 1,535 | 2,456 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 1,226 | 21 | 150 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 491 | 10 | 32 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 53 | 0 | 4 |
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Counties Inside the Rockford, IL Hail Map
Hail from the March 31, 2023 storm was mapped across 14 counties in the Rockford, IL region. Whiteside County, IL had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.25" with roughly 3,367 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Rockford, IL Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 31 cities near Rockford, IL. Erie, IL had the strongest mapped signal at 1.00", with an estimated 91 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Rockford, IL Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the March 31, 2023 Rockford, IL hail map spans 53 ZIP codes. ZIP 61250 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.25" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 704.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the March 31, 2023 hail map for Rockford, IL currently list 2 public hail reports, 50 public wind reports, and 11 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2023 3:52 PM CT |
1.00 in | Erie | IL | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
March 31, 2023 5:02 PM CT |
1.00 in | 2 N Van Orin | IL | No National Weather Service description provided. |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2023 6:42 PM CT | 3 SSE Mount Carroll | IL | POWER POLES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. | |
March 31, 2023 6:52 PM CT | 4 S Shannon | IL | DAMAGE TO HOMES FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
March 31, 2023 6:53 PM CT | 4 NNW New Bedford | IL | MULTIPLE OUTBUILDINGS AND A DETACHED GARAGE DOWN WITH SIDING DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 7:05 PM CT | 6 NNE Harvard | IL | TREE DAMAGE REPORTED AT ALDEN RD AND STATE LINE RD. | |
March 31, 2023 7:11 PM CT | 1 WNW Amboy | IL | GRAIN BIN DAMAGED AT MAPLEHURST FARMS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 7:11 PM CT | 2 WNW Romeoville | IL | I-55 NEAR WEBER ROAD - SEMI-BLOWN OVER ON I-55. | |
March 31, 2023 7:11 PM CT | 5 SW Amboy | IL | DESTORYED BARN PHOTO SHARED BY PUBLIC TO SOCIAL MEDIA... TIME ESTIMATED ON RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 7:13 PM CT | 2 NNW Plainfield | IL | 135TH ST AND RT. 30. SHINGLES BLOWN OFF... PATIO FURNITURE BLOWN UP OVER THE HOUSE. | |
March 31, 2023 7:18 PM CT | 1 SW Mendota | IL | 5 MOBILE HOME TRAILERS WITH THEIR ROOFS PEELED OFF (TRAILERS ARE STILL STANDING). HEAVY DUTY 6 INCH GIRDERS/I-BEAMS TOSSED ONTO ADJACENT PARKING LOT AT FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET. | |
March 31, 2023 7:21 PM CT | Mendota | IL | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED IN MENDOTA. | |
March 31, 2023 7:22 PM CT | 5 NE Mendota | IL | TWO SEMIS BLOWN OVER ON I-39 NORTHEAST OF MENDOTA. | |
March 31, 2023 7:24 PM CT | 4 SW Steward | IL | PHOTOS SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF TWO GRAIN BINS HEAVILY DAMAGED ALONG WITH 5 LARGE TREES EITHER WITH THEIR TRUNKS SNAPPED OR TOPPLED/UPROOTED. | |
March 31, 2023 7:24 PM CT | West Brooklyn | IL | STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO ROOF... TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 7:26 PM CT | 1 W Brodhead | WI | REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST GREEN CO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 7:29 PM CT | 3 WNW Sublette | IL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT A CAMP SITE NEAR TOWER RD AND LA MOILLE RD NEAR WOODHAVEN LAKES. | |
March 31, 2023 7:35 PM CT | Earlville | IL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. | |
March 31, 2023 7:39 PM CT | 2 N Machesney Park | IL | LARGE TREE DOWNED AND BLOCKING ROADWAY. POWER LINES ALSO DOWNED. | |
March 31, 2023 7:42 PM CT | 1 S Rockton | IL | ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN IN THE BUCKNELL SUBDIVISION NEAR OLD RIVER ROAD AND NORTH MAIN. | |
March 31, 2023 7:46 PM CT | Beloit | WI | DELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF A COLLAPSED GARAGE. | |
March 31, 2023 7:48 PM CT | Belvidere | IL | EM REPORTS ROOF COLLAPSE ON A BUILDING AT 104 NORTH STATE STREET. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. | |
March 31, 2023 7:50 PM CT | 2 ENE Beloit | WI | DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. A COUPLE OF DOWNED TREES AND A FENCE GATE... WHICH WAS CLOSED AND LATCHED... WAS TAKEN OFF ITS HINGES AND THROWN ABOUT 25 FEET INTO THE NEARBY YARD. | |
March 31, 2023 7:50 PM CT | Belvidere | IL | *** 1 FATAL... 24 INJ *** CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM BELVIDERE. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED RELAYED VIA LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OF A ROOF COLLAPSE DURING AT CONCERT AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN BELVIDERE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. AT LEAST 1 FATALITY AND 2 DOZEN INJURIES. | |
March 31, 2023 7:53 PM CT | 4 SSE Sugar Grove | IL | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE... MAINLY TO TREES... IN THE VICINITY OF DICKSON AND GALENA ROADS. DAMAGE CONTINUES ENE TOWARDS MONTGOMERY. | |
March 31, 2023 7:58 PM CT | 3 WSW North Aurora | IL | WIRES DOWNED NEAR HERGET MIDDLE SCHOOL IN AURORA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 7:58 PM CT | 3 WSW North Aurora | IL | SEMI BLOWN OVER ON I-88 NORTHWEST OF AURORA. | |
March 31, 2023 8:00 PM CT | 4 NNE Capron | IL | STRONG WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE TO A RESIDENTIAL CORRUGATED STEEL GARAGE DOOR. | |
March 31, 2023 8:00 PM CT | Harvard | IL | MAIN POWER POLE SNAPPED IN HALF BLOCKING ROAD IN THE AREA OF 23500 BLOCK OF STREIT ROAD. | |
March 31, 2023 8:01 PM CT | Harvard | IL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE REPORT FROM HARVARD. TREE DAMAGE REPORTED IN HARVARD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 8:01 PM CT | 1 SW Batavia | IL | REPORTS OF EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE FROM MAIN/WILSON STREETS SOUTH TOWARDS WALNUT STREET AND EAST ACROSS THE FOX RIVER. MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE ON ELM STREET WHERE DOZENS OF TREES DOWNED... SOME ON HOUSES. CHIMNEY BLOWN OVER AND NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 31. | |
March 31, 2023 8:05 PM CT | 1 SE Aurora | IL | OAK TREE FELL ONTO THE ROOF OF A HOUSE IN AURORA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 8:05 PM CT | 6 NNE Harvard | IL | CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE REPORT FROM 6 NNE HARVARD. TREE DAMAGE REPORTED AT ALDEN RD AND STATE LINE RD. | |
March 31, 2023 8:10 PM CT | 2 W Woodstock | IL | TREE DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 8:11 PM CT | 2 WNW Romeoville | IL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 WNW ROMEOVILLE. I-55 NEAR WEBER ROAD - SEMI-BLOWN OVER ON I-55. | |
March 31, 2023 8:12 PM CT | 2 NW Greenwood | IL | TREE DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 8:13 PM CT | 2 NNW Plainfield | IL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 NNW PLAINFIELD. 135TH ST AND RT. 30. SHINGLES BLOWN OFF... PATIO FURNITURE BLOWN UP OVER THE HOUSE. | |
March 31, 2023 8:20 PM CT | West Dundee | IL | APPROXIMATELY 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE TRUNK UPROOTED. MANY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE BRANCHES ALSO DOWNED IN THE AREA. | |
March 31, 2023 8:22 PM CT | 1 NE Mchenry | IL | WIRES DOWNED ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN MCHENRY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
March 31, 2023 8:46 PM CT | Crest Hill | IL | WIRES DOWN AT THEODORE AND CEDARWOOD. | |
March 31, 2023 7:07 PM CT | 64 mph | 4 NNE Stockton | IL | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 7:19 PM CT | 74 mph | Sublette | IL | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 7:25 PM CT | 67 mph | Amboy | IL | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 7:35 PM CT | 59 mph | 2 SSW Rochelle | IL | KRPJ ASOS PEAK GUST. |
March 31, 2023 7:39 PM CT | 83 mph | 4 SSW Paw Paw | IL | NW EARLVILLE PRIVATE WEATHER STATION MEASURED NORTH OF MERIDIAN. |
March 31, 2023 7:41 PM CT | 75 mph | 3 N Leland | IL | PRIVATE WEATHER STATION NORTH OF LELAND. |
March 31, 2023 7:44 PM CT | 64 mph | 3 E Waterman | IL | PRIVATE WEATHER STATION RECORDED 64 MPH. |
March 31, 2023 7:47 PM CT | 74 mph | 1 ENE Dekalb | IL | TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR GARAGE ROOF DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED. |
March 31, 2023 7:53 PM CT | 64 mph | 2 WNW Sugar Grove | IL | AURORA ASOS MEASURED 64 MPH. |
March 31, 2023 8:06 PM CT | 72 mph | 2 NW Plainfield | IL | MEASURED AT A DAVIS WEATHER STATION. LARGE PINE TREE DOWNED AND MULTIPLE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS BLOWN OVER NEAR MEADOW LANE AND 135TH ST. |
March 31, 2023 8:09 PM CT | 64 mph | 1 N Naperville | IL | PRIVATE WEATHER STATION RECORDED. |
March 31, 2023 8:14 PM CT | 63 mph | Nws Chicago-Romeoville | IL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM NWS CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE. MEASURED AT WFO CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE... IL. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2023 6:39 PM CT | UNK | 3 S Mount Carroll | IL | SATELLITE DERIVED TRACK WITH CONFIRMED POWERLINE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE PEAK WINDS OF 110 MPH . IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 0.97 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 350 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 6:48 PM CT | UNK | 2 S Deer Grove | IL | ESTIMATED PEAK 110 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 13.9 MILES AND WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 6:56 PM CT | UNK | 9 SSW Harmon | IL | [THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN WFO DVNS AREA] NWS SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 110 MPH DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF DEER GROVE... CROSSED THE LEE COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTH OF THE GREEN RIVER AND TRACKED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING NEAR MAYTOWN AND GAME ROADS. |
March 31, 2023 6:59 PM CT | UNK | 6 NW Forreston | IL | SEVERAL FARM STRUCTURES DESTROYED IN FAR NORTHWEST OGLE COUNTY. TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE OBSERVED ON KDVN RADAR. |
March 31, 2023 7:00 PM CT | UNK | 3 NE Sharon | WI | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF TOWN HALL ROAD AND KOCH ROAD. TIME EST BY RADAR. |
March 31, 2023 7:15 PM CT | UNK | 2 NNW Como | WI | ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD H AND WILLOW BEND ROAD SOUTH OF ELKHORN. TIME EST FROM RADAR. |
March 31, 2023 7:24 PM CT | UNK | 3 SE Stillman Valley | IL | *** 1 FATAL... 40 INJ *** AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 28 MILES... MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 900 YARDS... AND PEAK WINDS OF 90 TO 100 MPH MOVED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OGLE... SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO... AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES... WITH SEVERAL FARM BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND A THEATER IN BELVIDERE LOST A LARGE SECTION OF ITS UPPER ROOF. |
March 31, 2023 7:46 PM CT | UNK | 1 E Caledonia | IL | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ILLUMINATED BY LIGHTNING IN THE CALEDONIA AND POPLAR GROVE AREA. TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE OBSERVED ON KMKX RADAR. |
March 31, 2023 8:01 PM CT | UNK | Sharon | WI | REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE BUILDINGS BETWEEN SHARON AND DELEVAN. |
March 31, 2023 8:10 PM CT | UNK | 1 SW Lake Ripley | WI | CAMBRIDGE FIRE DEPT REPORTED SEEING A TORNADO WITH TREE DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US HWY 12 AND SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD. TIME EST FROM RADAR. |
March 31, 2023 8:19 PM CT | UNK | Elkhorn | WI | REPORTS OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR ELKHORN. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the March 31, 2023 Rockford, IL storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Rockford, IL Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Rockford, IL region as the March 31, 2023 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Aug 28, 2022 through Nov 4, 2022, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 2.00". In this set, the strongest related map reached 2.00", and the most recent map shown is from Nov 4, 2022.
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Local Hail Review Options Near Rockford, IL
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