Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -88.930
Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 14, 1986
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Union
- When
- May 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -89.270
Hail, Williamson
- When
- May 14, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -88.930
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 14, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -89.350
Hail, Wabash
- When
- May 14, 6:24 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -87.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 14, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -87.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabash
- When
- May 14, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -87.770
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 14, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 14, 1986
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 14, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 14, 1986
- Tornado in Florida, May 14, 1986
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10004490, 10004491, 10004492, 10004493, 10004494, 10004495, 10004496.