Hail, St. Clair
- When
- August 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, 5 mi NW of Belleville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.567, -90.050
Hail in Illinois, August 6, 2000
Local law enforcement and storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail west and northwest of Belleville.
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 LSX wrote it up.
Local law enforcement and storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail west and northwest of Belleville.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, St. Clair
- When
- August 6, 5:32 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, 5 mi W of Belleville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.517, -90.083
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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 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: 5170582, 5170583.