01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 17197MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
WILL · IL
Lightning history
NOAA records coded as Lightning in Will during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports7NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.0per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 701,462
Injuries2direct + indirect fields
Fatalities3direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
7 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.7-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Impact fields on these rows
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$26Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest records in this slice
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| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-16 | NOAA 1,292,423 | Local Official | — | $5K |
| 2025-08-18 | NOAA 1,292,419 | Broadcast Media | — | $20K |
| 2021-07-28 | NOAA 968,238 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2020-05-14 | NOAA 894,151 | NWS Employee | — | $1K |
| 2018-09-03 | NOAA 785,023 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2016-07-28 | NOAA 668,600 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2016-07-28 | NOAA 655,994 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |