Hail in Monroe County, Illinois

Hail April 2, 2024 · Monroe County, Illinois

1 in

Hail diameter

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

The wider storm

Through the day of April 1, a warm front lifted north and left much of the area in a warm, moist, and increasingly unstable airmass. This instability combined with strong vertical wind shear to support multiple waves of severe thunderstorms that tracked along and south of I-70 from the evening of April 1 through the early morning of April 2. Into the evening and overnight, a transition to clusters and lines of thunderstorms occurred accompanied by hail up to quarter size (1 diameter), damaging winds, and flash flooding in southwest Illinois.

Began near Columbia Gebhardt Ar (38.4700, -90.2200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1172347. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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