Hail, Saline
- When
- May 5, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -88.530
Hail in Illinois, May 5, 1989
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Alexander
- When
- May 5, 12:08 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -89.270
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- May 5, 12:09 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -89.200
Hail, Pope
- When
- May 5, 12:18 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -88.550
Hail, Massac
- When
- May 5, 12:42 PM CST
- Where
- Massac County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -88.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 5, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 5, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 5, 1989
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: 10002683, 10002684, 10002685, 10002686, 10002687.