Hail, Franklin
- When
- June 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Royalton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.870, -89.120
Hail in Illinois, June 6, 1997
A n isolated thunderstorm became severe over the southwest corner of Franklin County and then drifted slowly south into the northwest corner of Williamson County. Several reports of dime to quarter size hail were received with this storm.
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
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A n isolated thunderstorm became severe over the southwest corner of Franklin County and then drifted slowly south into the northwest corner of Williamson County. Several reports of dime to quarter size hail were received with this storm. No reports of wind damage were received. Later in the evening, another cell briefly produced dime size hail in Carbondale, but this storm was not as strong as the earlier one.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:52 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Williamson
- When
- June 6, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, 1 mi S of Hurst
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -89.150
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 6, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Carbondale
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -89.220
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5603603, 5603604, 5603605.