Hail, Washington
- When
- April 12, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Stone Church
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -89.617
Hail in Illinois, April 12, 2002
The County Sheriff Department reported golfball size hail near Stone Church and 3/4 inch hail at Lively Grove.
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
- 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.
The County Sheriff Department reported golfball size hail near Stone Church and 3/4 inch hail at Lively Grove.
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 Apr 12, 1:17 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:17 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 230 PM CST FRI APR 12 2002 CDFNT SLWLNG OVR ERN MO...WL MOVE INTO SE MO TNGT. LIS IN THE -1 -2 ACRS ERN AND SE MO WL PERSIST THRU THIS EVE...WL KP SCT SHWRS IN STL AND E IL COUNTIES THIS EVE AND FOR TNGT IN FAM. A SHRT WV WL SCRS SRN MO SUN AND SUN NGT...PK 30% IN THE FAM AREA FOR SUN AND SUN NGT. FWCS AND MAVS TEMPS LOOKS OK. CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED PART OF THE FORECAST IS MODERATE AS THERE IS SOME DISPARITY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. ECMWF AND CANADIAN ARE SLOWER IN MOVING S/W TROF THRU REGION NEXT MONDAY THAN MRF AND UKMET. BOTH OF CANADIAN AND MRF ENSEMBLES ARE SHOWING TIMING QUESTIONS SO WILL INTRODUCE SUN NITE WITH SHRA/TSRA BUT LEAVE MON DRY FOR NOW. TIMING DIFFERENCES ALSO SEEN WITH MIDWEEK TROF...THO FEEL CURRENT POPS AND TEMP TRENDS LOOK OK. MRF HAS 850MB TEMPS IN THE MID TEENS BY TUES WARRANTING WARMER TEMPS THAN INDICATED...BUT WILL PLAY IT CONSERVATIVE FOR NOW. .STL...NONE
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 12, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Lively Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -89.617
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
- Rip Current in Florida, April 12, 2002
- Flooding in Michigan, April 12 to 20, 2002
- Hail in Texas, April 12 to 13, 2002
- Flood in Wisconsin, April 12 to 19, 2002
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 12, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, April 12, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, April 12, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, April 12, 2002
- Hail in Texas, April 12, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, April 12, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 12 to 13, 2002
- Hail in Texas, April 12, 2002
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, April 2002
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: 5289713, 5289714.