Hail in Illinois, May 28, 2002

Name: Hail in Illinois, May 28, 2002
Start: 2002-05-28T14:21
End: 2002-05-28T14:21
Location: Illinois

May 28, 2002 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 28, 1:20 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:20 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
220 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

WK UPPER LOW NOTED OVER OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME UPPER
SUPPORT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...COMBINED WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY FIRING UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FA. THE
ACTIVITY WAS MOST NUMEROUS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A LOT OF THE
ACTIVITY IS LIKELY DIURNAL IN NATURE...AND A DIMINISHING TREND
SHOULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...STILL ENOUGH OF A CONCERN TO LEAVE
IN AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE AND NOT ELIMINATE COMPLETELY.

NO REAL MODEL PREFERENCE. ALL THE MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN
THEIR SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS OR SO. THE UPPER LOW WILL DROP
SE TOWARD THE GULF COAST. SO...WILL LEAVE SMALL CHANCE POPS IN
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BEST MOISTURE SETS UP OVER SW ILLINOIS AND
SE MISSOURI. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY NOT AS PREVALENT FURTHER EAST
INTO SW INDIANA AND WRN KY. AVN AND MRF HINT AT DRY WEATHER FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY...THEN MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NORTH...AND TUESDAY ALL LOCATIONS.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED PREVIOUS FORECAST NUMBERS AND GUIDANCE.

.PAH...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:18 PM CST, 3 minutes before

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-290200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
32O PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

THREATS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG STORMS ARE LIKELY...AND AN
ISOLATED BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY OCCUR AS WELL. THE MAIN
THREATS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH...GUSTY WIND 30
TO 50 MPH...AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN.

DISCUSSION...
A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOIST BUT
WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED
UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS. ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERIC
WINDS FIELDS ARE SOMEWHAT WEAK. SO STORMS THAT FORM IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT WILL TEND TO PULSE IN INTENSITY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
FLARE UP TO A POINT WHERE THEY WILL PRODUCE MAINLY SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WIND. HAIL TO UP 3/4 INCH IS A POSSIBILITY. THE STORMS WILL
TEND TO MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:20 PM CST, 1 minute before

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-290200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
320 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

THREATS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG STORMS ARE LIKELY...AND AN
ISOLATED BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY OCCUR AS WELL. THE MAIN
THREATS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH...GUSTY WIND 30
TO 50 MPH...AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN.

DISCUSSION...
A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOIST BUT
WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED
UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS. ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERIC
WINDS FIELDS ARE SOMEWHAT WEAK. SO STORMS THAT FORM IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT WILL TEND TO PULSE IN INTENSITY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
FLARE UP TO A POINT WHERE THEY WILL PRODUCE MAINLY SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WIND. HAIL TO UP 3/4 INCH IS A POSSIBILITY. THE STORMS WILL
TEND TO MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jackson

When: May 28, 2:21 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Vergennes
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.900, -89.333

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, 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: 5295926.