Event narrative (NOAA)
A line of thunderstorms moved east across the City of Chicago producing winds in excess of 60 mph. The City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation received thousdands of reports of trees and limbs blown down, and light poles blown down across the city. The worst of the storm of the damage occurred on the south side of the city. A man and a woman were injured by falling tree limbs on the south side of Chicago. A 21 year old woman was struck by a falling tree limb in the Beverly area. She was in the hospital for five weeks before succumbing to her injuries on July 23rd.
Other notable thunderstorm wind events in Illinois
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.