Hail, Livingston
- When
- May 12, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Flanagan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.867, -88.850
Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 12, 2000
A series of thunderstorms, some taking on supercell characteristics, moved across Livingston, Ford, Kankakee and Iroquois Counties and into northwest Indiana. The storms produced hail up to golfball size and strong gusty winds.
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
- 5
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 LOT wrote it up.
A series of thunderstorms, some taking on supercell characteristics, moved across Livingston, Ford, Kankakee and Iroquois Counties and into northwest Indiana. The storms produced hail up to golfball size and strong gusty winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Livingston
- When
- May 12, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Odell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -88.517
Hail, Iroquois
- When
- May 12, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County, Clifton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.933, -87.933
Thunderstorm Wind, Kankakee
- When
- May 12, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County, Kankakee
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 41.117, -87.850
Hail, Iroquois
- When
- May 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Iroquois County, Papineau
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.967, -87.717
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
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: 5145489, 5145490, 5145491, 5145493, 5145492.