Hail in Illinois, June 26, 2002

Name: Hail in Illinois, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T18:40
End: 2002-06-26T18:40
Location: Illinois

June 26, 2002 · NWS DVN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:07 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:07 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
207 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

SURFACE FRONT AT 18Z WAS FROM CENTRAL UPPER MI THROUGH FAR NE IA
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR OMA. THIS IS MUCH SLOWER THAN YESTERDAYS MODELS
HAD FORECAST AND THUS FORECAST CHALLENGE IS MAINLY SHORT TERM WITH
SEVERE POTENTIAL AND POPS IN FIRST PERIOD. THEN FOCUS ON
TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEEKEND.

CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ASSOCIATED WITH A COUPLE OUTFLOWS FROM OVERNIGHT
STORMS THAT COVERGED OVER EASTERN IA HAD EXITED TO SE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. ASSOCIATED CI DEBRIS SHIELD HOLDING TEMPERATURES DOWN
OVER MOST OF CWFA. THINNING CLOUDS TO WEST SHOULD ALLOW RAPID
WARMING AND DESTABILIZATION IN IA ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. MESOSCALE
BOUNDARY VISIBLE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM CENTRAL TO NE IA WAS
INTERSECTING WITH THE SYNOPTIC FRONT AND ASSISTING SEVERE CONVECTION
ALREADY SEEN IN FAR NE AND SW IA. WITH FROPA DELAYED...SEVERE
POTENTIAL LOOKS HIGHER THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. 18Z SURFACE PRESSURE
FALLS CENTER EAST OF QUAD CITIES INDICATES FRONT AND CURRENT SEVERE
STORMS IN NE IA SHOULD BUILD SE THIS AFTERNOON. ANTICIPATE HIGHEST
SEVERE WIND AND HAIL RISK LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER MAINLY IA ZONES
NORTH OF I-80...WITH SOME CONTINUING INTO EVENING ALONG FRONT INTO
NW IL AND FAR NE MO.  PER SPC MCD... WATCH MAY BE ISSUED AND WILL
WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE FOR SEVERE WORDING.

MODELS IN SOMEWHAT AGREEMENT WITH FRONT LAYING OUT FROM ABOUT
FREEPORT TO IOWA CITY BY 00Z. NGM HAD BEST QPF PLACEMENT FOR MORNING
CONVECTION...THEN MODELS SHOW GREATER VARIABILITY BY 00Z AND 06Z.
ETA HAD FARTHEST NORTH PLACEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT INTO NW IL THROUGH
12Z AND THIS LOOKS REASONABLE LOOKING AT UPPER QG FORCING AND
DELAYED TIMING FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS. WILL THUS GO WITH LIKELY
POPS TONIGHT FOR ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT NW OF CID-DBQ LINE...WHERE POST
FRONTAL SHOWERS SHOULD END BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

NW FLOW ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS AT SURFACE THURSDAY WITH
DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIRMASS. MIXING TO H85 WOULD PRODUCE LOWER 80S
AND WILL GO CLOSE MOS GUIDANCE. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD
WITH HIGH CENTERED OVER CWFA BY EARLY SATURDAY. THIS SUPPORTS
WARMING TREND AND CAPPED ENVIRONMENT THROUGH REST OF WEEK INTO
WEEKEND AND WILL TREND TOWARD WARMER END OF GUIDANCE. FOR
EXTENDED...MEDUIM RANGE MODELS NOT IN MUCH AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF
SHORTWAVES ALONG SOUTHERN EDGE OF WESTERLIES FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. MONDAY NOW LOOKS DRY AND WILL REMOVE TSRA CHANCES...BUT
CONTINUE FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CWFA.

IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.

DLS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:27 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
527 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    LADORA                    IA   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   IOWA                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:53 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
553 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    VICTOR                    IA   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   IOWA                           SIDING BLOWN OFF
                                          HOMES.  RELAYED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
615 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 PM    3 NNW CORALVILLE          IA   55-60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.  BRANCHES DOWN.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:46 PM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
646 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    3 W WEST BRANCH           IA   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:21 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
721 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0710 PM    WILTON                    IA   60+ MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   MUSCATINE                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rock Island

When: June 26, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Rock Island County, 5 mi W of Andalusia
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.433, -90.817

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, June 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: 5300900.