Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 23, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 2 mi S of Witt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.217, -89.350
Hail in Illinois, August 23, 2000
Storm spotters reported hail up to baseball size across eastern Montgomery County. Numerous crops were destroyed by the hail.
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
- $50,000
- 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 baseball size across eastern Montgomery County. Numerous crops were destroyed by the hail. Some roofs and vehicles were also damaged.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 23, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Irving
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -89.400
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
- Lightning Strike in Utah, August 23, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Washington, August 23 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Illinois, August 23 to 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 23, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, August 23, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 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: 5173417, 5173418.