Hail, Randolph
- When
- May 1, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County, Evansville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.083, -89.933
Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
Hail in Illinois, May 1, 2002
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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 1, 3:00 AM CST, 17 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:00 AM CST, 17 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 400 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002 CONCERNS FOR THIS FCST PD... MDT RISK SVR TSTMS OVR MOST OF CWA TDA/THIS EVE HVY PCPN TEMP FCSTS FOG SFC LOW NOW OVR NRN OK FCST TO DPN AND LIFT NEWD ACRS E CNTRL MO THIS AFTN AND INTO IN TNGT. MODELS STILL DIVERGE AS TO LOCATION OF SFC LOW CNTR AS IT LIFTS ENEWD TWD INDIANA TNGT. ETA STILL FURTHEST SOUTH AND NGM/AVN STILL HOLDING IT FURTHER N. PROB IS THAT DENSE FOG HAS FORMED N OF WRM FNT ACRS SRN THIRD MO. SGFNT SVR WX FCST TO DVLP NR SFC LO AND ALG/NR WRM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED MOST OF CWA IN MDT RISK FOR TDA AND TNGT. THIS FOG DVLPMT HAS COMPLICATED MATTERS AS ELY FLOW N OF LOW WL TEND TO HOLD IT IN AND MID/HI CLDS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVR WRN MO OVERHEAD TO EXASTERBATE THE PROBLEM. CURRENT PRES FALLS STILL IN OK NEAR LOW AS IT BEGINS TO DEEPEN SLOWLY. MODELS ALL DVLP PCPN IN COLD AIR OVR NRN MO/CNTRL IL TDA AND THIS EVE BUT DO LITTLE IN THE WARM AIR...HWVER COND WILL CONTINUE TO HEAT UP AND DEVELOP W/TIME TDA. HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW AVN MODEL AGAIN TODAY AND ALLOW WRM FNT TO LIFT NWD AS LOW DEEPENS NEWD. PROB IS WHAT TO DO WITH FOG/LOW CLDS N OF LOW. LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY LIFT NWD INTO E CNTRL MO/SRN IL FOR AWHILE THIS MRNG. HV MODIFIED TEMPS DOWN A BIT DUE TO COLD AIR PLACEMENT AND THE EWD ORIENTATION OF LLJ. OFFICE HAS SET UP A STAFFING PATTERN FOR SGFNT SVR WX EPISODE THIS AFTN/EVE. NEXT THING IS HVY PCPN. FLOOD GUIDANCE LESS THAN 2 INCHES IN MOST AREAS AND 1.00 TO 1.50 IN MANY PLACES...PCPBL WATER TOTALS ARE UNSEASONABLY HIGH HWVR CELL MVMTS WILL BE RAPID AND LOCATION STILL IN DOUBT...SO WILL MENT LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUTS IN IL ZONES BUT NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR FLOODING. STILL IN A QUANDRY ABOUT TEMPS...60S NORTH...FOG MAY HOLD AREAS ALG/NR I-70 AROUND 70 DEG WITH WELL INTO 80S SOUTH. IF LOW TREKS ALG AVN FCST GUIDELINES LOOK FOR SKIES TO CLEAR AND TEMPS TO JUMP QUICKLY. FOG....WL MENT DENSE FOG OVR SRN ZONES THIS MRNG BUT NOT ISSUE AN ADVISORY AS DAYLIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR BETTER DRIVING VISIBILITIES QUICKLY. .STL...NONE PEDIGO
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 3:06 PM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
406 PM CDT WED MAY 01 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM PARIS MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MONROE REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
1240 PM EWING MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 LEWIS REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.
1245 PM URSA IL 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 ADAMS REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.
1245 PM HARDIN IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 CALHOUN REPORTED BY CALHOUN
COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
1245 PM GOLDEN EAGLE IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 CALHOUN REPORTED BY CALHOUN
COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
1247 PM MENDON IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 ADAMS REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.
0112 PM BENLD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MACOUPIN REPORTED BY MACOUPIN
COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
0115 PM NEW LONDON MO 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 RALLS REPORTED BY NEW LONDON
POLICE.
0115 PM 4N BUNKER HILL IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MACOUPIN REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.
0120 PM MOUNT OLIVE IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MACOUPIN REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
0120 PM LITCHFIELD IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
0120 PM LITCHFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02 MONTGOMERY SEMI-TRAILERS BLOWN OVER
ON I-55. FROM A STORM
CHASER.
0128 PM PANAMA IL WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02 BOND POWER LINES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY BOND COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
0138 PM LIVINGSTON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02 MADISON LARGE TRUCKS OVERTURNED
ON I-70 NEAR LIVINGSTON.
REPORTED BY MACOUPIN
COUNTY EMA.
0140 PM GREENVILLE IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 BOND REPORTED BY BOND COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
0141 PM COFEEN IL 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS.
0145 PM 3NW WOBURN IL 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 BOND REPORTED BY BOND COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
0146 PM 4S BARRY IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 PIKE REPORTED BY PIKE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
0148 PM GREENVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02 BOND REPORTED BY BOND COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
TREES UPROOTED.
0200 PM 4E STAUNTON IL WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02 MACOUPIN TRAIN DERAILED ALONG THE
MACOUPIN/MADISON/BOND
COUNTY LINE.REPORTED BY
MACOUPIN COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
0207 PM 8SE VANDALIA IL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 FAYETTE REPORTED BY FAYETTE
COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
0215 PM KINMUNDY IL TORNADO
05/01/02 MARION BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY
POSSIBLE TORNADO.
REPORTED BY MARION COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
0215 PM KINMUNDY IL 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MARION REPORTED BY MARION COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
0220 PM FARINA IL 2.00 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 FAYETTE REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
STATE POLICE.
0220 PM SALEM IL WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02 MARION TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
0300 PM 1W PALMYRA IL TORNADO
05/01/02 MACOUPIN REPORTED BY MACOUPIN
COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC
REPORTED TORNADO ON THE
GROUND. POWER LINES
DOWN.
0312 PM FARMERSVILLE IL 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/01/02 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.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
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 1, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 1, 2002
- Flood in Alaska, May 1 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 31, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, May 1, 2002
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 1, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 1, 2002
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, May 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: 5291782.