Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 4, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 4, 2001
Start: 2001-07-04T23:45
End: 2001-07-04T23:45
Location: Illinois

July 4, 2001 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Storm spotters reported damaging wind gusts and nickel size hail in the Wright's Corner area. Some trees were downed and the headlights on a car were broken by the hail.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

Storm spotters reported damaging wind gusts and nickel size hail in the Wright's Corner area. Some trees were downed and the headlights on a car were broken by the hail.

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 Jul 4, 2:45 PM CST, 9 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:45 PM CST, 9 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
345 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2001

WHAT A NICE DAY ACROSS THE MID MISS VLY RGN. LSTS SFC ANALYS SHOWS
WK CD FNT EXTNG FM ERN LWR MI THRU NRN IN AND SW INTO FAR N MO.
OUTFLOWS FM EARLIER CONVECTION CONTS TO BRNG NRLY FLW OF AIR ACRS E
SCTNS OF MO. WK CD FNT SHULD CONT TO WK ITS WAY SWRD AND EXTD FM LWR
OH VLY THRU S CNTRL MO AND THEN NWWRD INTO CNTRL NE. EVEN THOUGH
SFCAPES ARE REACHNG 3000 J/KG OVR PARTS OF CNTRL THRU E MO SFC MSTR
CONV REMAINS QUITE WK ALNG FNTL BNDRY TO OUR N. ALSO LSTST PROFILER
PLOTS SHOW ULJ CORE EXTDNG FM NRN PLNS THRU ERN IA PLACES MUCH OF
NRN AND CNTRL MO IN RIGHT EXIT RGN OF JET STREAK (RGN OF UL CONV).
THUS WE WL ONLY MENTION 20% CHC OF TRW OVR CNTRL THRU S CNTRL MO FOR
THS EVE. NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE IF ANY TRW WL DVLP OVR NE THRU E CNTRL
MO AND EWRD INTO W CNTRL AND PART OF SW IL. WV IMAGERY SHOWS WK
IMPLS OVR SRN MT BEGNG TO DROP SEWRD OVR RDG. EXPCT MCS TO DVLP MCS
OVR WRN SD..NW NE AND MV SEWRD INTO CNTRL/ERN KS/FAR WRN MO..ALNG LL
THETA-E AXIS IN RGN OF STG THETA-E ADVCTN. MCS SHULD REMAIN W OF CWA
THUR MRNG. THUS WL NOT MENTION ANY CHC FOR PCPN OVR WRN ZNS FOR LTR AND
THUR MRNG. WK SUBSDNCE FLW WL CONT TO WK ITS WAY OVR MUCH OF CWA LTR
TNGT THRU THUR. IN LTR PRDS UPR LVL RDG BUILDS EWRD INTO MID-MISS
VLY RGN (FRI AND SAT). ETA IS MUCH MORE AGRESSIVE IN PUSHING MUCH
WRMR AIR ENEWRD ACRS NRN AND CNTRL SCTNS OF CWA ON HEELS OF STG LLJ.
ETA HAS 24C AXIS EXTDNG INTO W IL BY 00 UTC SAT. STG WRM ADVCTN PTRN
PLUS REL FLAT UPR LVL PTRN EXPTD WL KEEP MCS TRACK N MO ACRS IA INTO
NRN IL. BOTH FWC/MAV TEMPS APPR TO BE A LTTL TOO COOL FOR THUR
NIGHTS LOWS AND FRI/S HIGHS OVR NRN..CNTRL AND ERN PARTS OF CWA. WL
RAISE THEM. ALSO EXTD GUID APPRS TO BE ON TRACK FOR SAT HIGH TEMPS
OVR RGN WI MID 90S LIKELY. SERIES OF IMPLS/S WL BRNG CHC FOR PCPN
MAINLY OVR NRN AND ERN SCTNS OF CWA ON SUN THRU MID PART OF NEXT
WEEK.

.STL...NONE.

PRZYBYLINSKI

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:47 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: July 4, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Fayette County, Wrights Corner
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.133, -88.867

Hail, Fayette

When: July 4, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Fayette County, Wrights Corner
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.133, -88.867

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.

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, July 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: 5258325, 5258326.