Hail, St. Clair
- When
- April 3, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -89.930
Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1989
13 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
13 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 3, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -89.380
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -88.900
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 3, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -88.900
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- April 3, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -88.370
Hail, White
- When
- April 3, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -88.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 3, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -88.520
Hail, Edwards
- When
- April 3, 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -88.130
Tornado, Edwards
- When
- April 3, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -88.080
Hail, Wabash
- When
- April 3, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -87.930
Hail, White
- When
- April 3, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -88.000
Hail, White
- When
- April 3, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -88.320
Tornado, Gallatin
- When
- April 3, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gallatin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -88.300
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- April 3, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -89.200
Hail, Alexander
- When
- April 3, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -89.370
Hail, Union
- When
- April 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -89.270
Tornado, Massac
- When
- April 3, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Massac County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -88.200
Hail, Johnson
- When
- April 3, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -88.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Massac
- When
- April 3, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Massac County
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -88.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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 Indiana, April 3, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 3, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 3, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 3, 1989
- Hail in Kansas, April 3, 1989
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1989Warnings in Illinois, April 1989
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: 10004902, 10004903, 10004904, 10004905, 10004906, 10004907, 10004908, 10004909, 10004910, 10004911, 10004912, 10004913, 10004914, 10004915, 10004916, 10004917, 10004918, 10004919, 10004920.