Hail, Monroe
- When
- February 27, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, 3 mi W of Waterloo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -90.200
Hail in Illinois, February 27, 1999
The county sheriff reported 1 inch hail just west of Waterloo.
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
- None recorded
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
The county sheriff reported 1 inch hail just west of Waterloo.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Kentucky, February 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, February 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 27, 1999
- 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
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, February 1999
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: 5683676.