Hail, Washington
- When
- August 18, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Nashville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -89.383
Hail in Illinois, August 18, 2001
Hail up to golf ball size fell across central Washington County.
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 LSX wrote it up.
Hail up to golf ball size fell across central Washington County.
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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 400 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001 LOTS GOING ON WITH SVR WX AMIDST US...STG S/W CLOSD LO DROPPING SEWD INTO IL DRAGGING CDFNT THRU CWA THIS EVE. TSTMS DVLPG ALG/AHD OF FNT. SOME CELLS FCST TO BCM SVR DURG NEXT HR OR TWO. ONCE FROPA TAKES PLACE DRIER AIR WL SETTLE IN WITH DWPTS BLO 60 DEG. THE REST OF THE FCST PD WL BE COOLER AND DRY. TSTM WATCH 677 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF CWA. .STL...NONE. PEDIGO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:45 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036 -041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-182100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1245 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ILLINOIS WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST OF THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO QUINCY. FOR THE PERIOD: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WEATHER OUTLOOK: A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH INSTABILITY...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 12:20 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036 -041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-182100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1245 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ILLINOIS WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REST OF THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO QUINCY. FOR THE PERIOD: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WEATHER OUTLOOK: A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH INSTABILITY...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 18, 4:21 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 1 mi S of Nashville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.333, -89.383
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 18, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 1 mi W of Nashville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -89.400
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 18, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Ashley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.333, -89.183
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 18, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 1 mi S of Richview
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.367, -89.183
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
- Wildfire in California, August 18 to 25, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 18, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 18, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, August 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 18, 2001
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 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: 5262805, 5262806, 5262807, 5262808, 5262809.