Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- October 4, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 3 mi N of Stolletown
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $210,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.733, -89.450
Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 4, 2000
A severe thunderstorm caused wind and hail damage at a couple of farms north of Stolletown. A machine shed, silos and a couple of grain bins were destroyed at one farm.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $220,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Events
- 3
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.
A severe thunderstorm caused wind and hail damage at a couple of farms north of Stolletown. A machine shed, silos and a couple of grain bins were destroyed at one farm. A couple of soybean fields were hard hit by the hail. Insurance adjusters estimated 80% of the crop to be destroyed. A lightning strike was blamed for the loss of a transformer, a pump motor, a computer and an answering machine.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clinton
- When
- October 4, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 3 mi N of Stolletown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.733, -89.450
Lightning, Clinton
- When
- October 4, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 3 mi N of Stolletown
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.607, -89.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, October 4, 2000
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- Flash Flood in Florida, October 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, October 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, October 4, 2000
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Alaska, October 4 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, October 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, October 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, October 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, October 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: 5157709, 5157710, 5157711.