Hail in Randolph County, Illinois

Hail April 2, 2024 · Randolph 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 Wine Hill (37.9500, -89.6700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1172351. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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