Hail in Macoupin County, Illinois

Hail May 25, 1989 · Macoupin County, Illinois

1.75 in

Hail diameter

Injuries

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

NOAA’s online database has no written narrative for tornadoes before 1996 — just the numbers above, transcribed from the original storm logs. Written accounts from this era do exist in NOAA’s monthly Storm Data publications (scanned, back to 1959).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10002707. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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