Hail in Pulaski County, Illinois

Hail estimated to golf ball size was reported in Mounds.

Scattered thunderstorms developed across Southern Missouri during the early to mid afternoon hours on April 16th. These storms became severe with large hail, eventually morphing into a more linear structure with the threat switching over to primarily damaging winds as the storms moved into the Lakes area and Southern Pennyrile of West Kentucky. Warm moist air lifted dew points into the lower 60s during the afternoon hours. Clearing behind morning showers allowed for SBCAPE values to reach 2000J/kg in far Southern Illinois with DCAPE of 1000J/kg, 0-6km shear of 30kts, and mid-level lapse rates of 7C/km.

With the system primarily tracking from Southeast Missouri to West Kentucky, the lone severe weather report in Illinois was golf ball size hail reported in Pulaski County.