Hail, Marion
- When
- February 27, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Salem
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -88.950
Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, February 27, 1999
Golfball size hail broke some windows at a car dealership in Salem. A few mobile homes at a mobile home park also suffered minor wind damage.
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
- $120,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LSX wrote it up.
Golfball size hail broke some windows at a car dealership in Salem. A few mobile homes at a mobile home park also suffered minor wind damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- February 27, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Salem
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -88.950
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
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- Tornado in Louisiana, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, February 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, February 27, 1999
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: 5683167, 5683168.