Hail, Brown
- When
- April 16, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Mt Sterling
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.983, -90.767
Hail in Illinois, April 16, 2000
Storm spotters reported hail up to 1 1/4 inch in diameter.
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
- 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.
Storm spotters reported hail up to 1 1/4 inch in diameter.
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- April 16, 2:56 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Mt Sterling
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.983, -90.767
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
- Hail and High Wind in California, April 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in Tennessee, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, April 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Arkansas, April 16, 2000
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 16, 2000
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, April 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 16, 2000
- Rip Currents in American Samoa, April 16 to 18, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, April 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, April 2000
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: 5139934, 5139935.