Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 7, 12:22 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 2 mi W of Murphysboro
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.767, -89.367
Hail in Illinois, April 7, 2000
A severe thunderstorm produced a narrow swath of large hail across Jackson County from just west of Murphysboro east across the Carbondale area. Most reports indicated nickel to quarter size hail, with one report of golf ball size hail.
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
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced a narrow swath of large hail across Jackson County from just west of Murphysboro east across the Carbondale area. Most reports indicated nickel to quarter size hail, with one report of golf ball size hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 7, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 4 mi S of Carbondale
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.667, -89.217
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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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: 5138219, 5138220.