Hail — Henderson, Illinois

2020-04-08 · near Carman, Henderson, Illinois

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front that dropped south across southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Very large hail was reported with some of the severe storms. The hardest hit areas were parts of southeast Iowa and west central Illinois, where hail stones of golf ball to softball sized were reported. Other areas that got storms saw copious amounts of small hail which covered the ground.

This was the second event of back to back days with very large hail in April 2020.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 885905. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.