Hail — Brown, Illinois

2023-03-31 · near Mt Sterling, Brown, Illinois

Event narrative

A wide swath of large hail up to two inches in diameter fell across the central portions of Brown County. The hail fell in Mt. Sterling, Hersman, Gilbirds, Jaques and Versailles.

Wider weather episode

Ahead of a strong cold front, discrete supercells developed and rapidly moved northeast across the region during the early afternoon. Then as the front moved through the activity became more linear before moving out by late evening. There were numerous reports of large hail, damaging winds and two tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1086248. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.