Hail, McLean
- When
- June 4, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- McLean County, Sacremento
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.417, -87.267
Quarter size hail was reported at a gas station/convenience store.
Hail in Kentucky, June 4, 2001
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 1
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 1:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A LOW OVER OK PANHANDLE WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OK THEN SOUTHEAST THROUGH MEM. A TROUGH/WIND SHIFT WAS ANALYZED EXTENDING FROM THE LOW THROUGH CENTRAL MO. THIS IS LIKELY BEING CAUSED BY OUTFLOW FROM THE COLLISION OF ONGOING CONVECTION AND WAA. 00Z/MON UA RUN SHOWS 850 FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN MO THROUGH CENTRAL IL TO SOUTHWEST IN. REGIONAL RADAR LOOPS DEPICTS TSRA'S DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. THE 925 MB FRONT SEEMS TO ORIENTED WEST TO EAST ACROSS SC MO TO SC KY. KPAH 88D WAS SHOWING SOME PRECIP FIRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY IN W KY. ONGOING PRECIP AND 00Z MON MODEL RUNS SUGGESTS ELEVATED PRECIP TO CONTINUE FIRING ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES AS 30 KNOT JET PUNCHES IN FROM THE SOUTH. THE CONCENTRATION OF WHICH SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED ALONG 850 FRONT. HIGH PRECIP CHCS WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF THE 850 FRONT...BUT WITH LESS AREAL COVERAGE. CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MODELS AGREE ON BOUNDARIES CONTINUE THEIR PUSH NORTHWARD. AS THE SURFACE FRONT NEARS THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTERACT WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FA WILL HAVE LI'S AROUND A NEGATIVE 6 AND SB CAPE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG. ALSO PRECIPITABLE WATER EXCEEDING ONE AND HALF INCHES. NORTHERN SECTION WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE FROM THE SURFACE AS CAP WILL BE SLOWER TO BREAK THERE. OVERNIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES SOMEWHAT AND SHOULD SEE A LULL IN THE WEATHER. AS WE HEAD THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE ATMOSPHERE WILL AGAIN BECOME UNSTABLE WHICH WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER INCREASE IN POPS. THIS IS ALREADY WELL REFLECTED IN GOING ZONES AND WILL MAINTAIN TREND. THERE WILL BE CONTINUED CHCS THROUGH MID WEEK AS RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER SOUTHWEST... KEEPING A NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE AREA AS LONG WAVE TROUGH STEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN US. COLD FRONT SHOULD SWING EAST OF THE FA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE END OF THE WORK WE(EK INTO THE WEEKEND MAV AND FWC ARE IN RSNBL AGREEMENT WITH GOING ZONES AND WILL FOLLOW TREND. .PAH...NONE. KH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 4, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 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: 5248395.