Illinois, 2000Hail in Illinois, May 18, 2000
May 18, 2000 · NWS LOT · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Hail, Lake
- When
- May 18, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Grayslake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -88.050
Hail, Lake
- When
- May 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Libertyville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.283, -87.950
Hail, Ogle
- When
- May 18, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ogle County, Stillman Vly
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -89.183
Hail, Lake
- When
- May 18, 1:11 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Mundelein
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.267, -88.000
Hail, Lake
- When
- May 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, North Chicago
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.317, -87.833
Hail, Boone
- When
- May 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, 5 mi S of Belvidere
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.183, -88.850
- 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.
- Heat in Texas, May 18, 20002 deaths · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, May 18 to 19, 20001 death · 9 injured · $92,000 · 1.25 in hail · 15 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 18, 2000$2.5 million · F2 · 41 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 18, 2000$76 million · 4.5 in hail · 30 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 18, 20001 death · 73 kt wind · 3 events
- Rip Current in California, May 18, 20001 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 18, 2000$2.4 million · F0 · 28 events
- Wildfire in Alaska, May 18, 20009 injured · $250,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Wisconsin, May 18, 2000$1.4 million · 2 in hail · 34 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 18, 2000$4.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 10 events
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 18 to 20, 2000$3.0 million · 15 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 18, 2000$345,000 · F1 · 36 events
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: 5147073, 5147074, 5144574, 5144575, 5144576, 5144577.