Hail, Perry
- When
- March 28, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County, 5 mi N of Pinckneyville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -89.380
Hail in Illinois, March 28, 1997
Golf ball size hail was reported throughout northwest Perry County, including Winkle, Rice, and Swanwick. The hail dented cars and broke windows.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Golf ball size hail was reported throughout northwest Perry County, including Winkle, Rice, and Swanwick. The hail dented cars and broke windows. The siding of a trailer was pulled off.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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: 5594308.