Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 5, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 5, 2001
Start: 2001-04-05T12:26
End: 2001-04-05T20:30
Location: Illinois

April 5, 2001 · NWS ILX · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 5, 1:54 AM CST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 1:54 AM CST, 10 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
254 AM CDT THU APR 5 2001

RIDGE STILL INFLUENCING CWA AS OF 06Z WITH DEWPTS IN THE UPPER 20S
TO MID 30S. JUST WEST OF CWA...DEWPTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. AS
FOR WF/SF TO S OF IL...WRN SECTION BEGINING TO LIFT N INTO SRN
KS...N OF THIS AREA IS WHERE MCS ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO
FIRE...NEAR KANSAS CITY. ANOTHER AREA OF POSSIBLE MCS ACTIVITY
FURTHER SW IN SWRN KS HAS FIRED UP OVER THE PAST HOUR...BUT BOTH AVN
AND ETA QUICKLY WEAKEN THIS AREA AND FOCUS FURTHER TO THE NE.

FOR CWA...MAIN PROBLEM TODAY WILL BE THE WF LIFTING N OVER CWA AND
ANY RESIDUAL MCS ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY OVER NWRN HALF OF CWA. NO
MAJOR CHANGES TO ZONES AT THIS TIME WITH CHANCE POPS FOR MOST OF
CWA...WILL KEEP IT DRY IN OUR SE. CLOUDS WILL TEMPER TEMPERATURES
TODAY...SO KEEP THEM A LITTLE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY/S HIGHS.

BY TONIGHT...SYSTEM LAYS OUT SW TO NE JUST N OF CWA...SO WILL KEEP
LIKELY POPS IN NRN ZONES...CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE.

ON FRIDAY...CWA IS IN WARM SECTOR WITH MORE HIT AND MISS RWS/TRWS
...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR EVERYONE. MAIN QUESTION WILL BE THE
TEMPS...CONTINUE TO HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN...BUT STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL WARM US UP NICELY. MAV NUMBERS SEEM TOO
HIGH...SO WILL COMPROMISE BETWEEN FWC AND FAN.

STILL LOOKS INTERESTING FOR FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING AS LOW
STRENGTHENS CONSIDERABLY...COULD SEE A FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE THRU
MOST OF CWA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS FOR REST OF EXTENDED...BACKED
OFF ON SHOWERS FOR CWA ON SUNDAY...EXCEPT SE COUNTIES. NO OTHER
CHANGES TO EXTENDED AT THIS TIME...AS MRF NOT IN YET.

...PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION ONLY...

SPI EE 072/058 075/057 073 68454
PIA WW 068/056 072/055 070 68565
DEC EE 071/058 075/057 073 68454
CMI EE 070/057 075/056 072 68354
MTO EE 073/058 076/058 073 68354
LWV EE 075/060 077/061 074 68234

.ILX...NONE.

$$W
BYRD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:08 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-061100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1108 AM CDT THU APR 5 2001

A WARM FRONT...ORIENTED FROM SOUTHERN IOWA THROUGH EASTERN MISSOURI
TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTH TODAY. AS IT APPROACHES CENTRAL ILLINOIS...IT WILL
CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVER2E...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 72...SO SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THE REMAINDER OF
TODAY AND THIS EVENING IN THIS AREA.

PLAHMER

The radar

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Event by event

5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Menard

When: April 5, 12:26 PM CST
Where: Menard County, 3 mi E of Oakford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.100, -89.917

Hail, Logan

When: April 5, 2:12 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 5 mi S of Mt Pulaski
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.950, -89.283

Hail, Macon

When: April 5, 2:57 PM CST to 3:16 PM CST
Where: Macon County, Decatur
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.850, -88.950

Hail, Macon

When: April 5, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Macon County, 4 mi SE of Mt Zion
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.733, -88.833

Hail, Moultrie

When: April 5, 4:22 PM CST
Where: Moultrie County, Lovington
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.717, -88.633

Several cars had $2500-$4500 in damage a piece. No exact number of cars was given.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stark

When: April 5, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Stark County, Wyoming
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.067, -89.767

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

Every storm in Illinois in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, April 2001

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: 5239574, 5239575, 5239576, 5239577, 5239578, 5239579.