Hail — Schuyler, Illinois

2022-05-13 · near Brooklyn, Schuyler, Illinois

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving cold front interacting with a seasonably warm and moist airmass triggered a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the late afternoon and early evening of May 13th. One of the strongest cells within the line dropped golf ball-sized hail near Brooklyn in Schuyler County. Other storms produced excessive rainfall rates that led to minor flash flooding across portions of Schuyler and Fulton Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1030464. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.