Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 3:10 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Eau Claire
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.817, -91.483
Hail in Wisconsin, April 18, 2002
14 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
- 14
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 18, 2:25 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 2:25 PM CST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 325 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002 A LONG DAY WHICH BEGAN EARLY MRNG WITH 70+ WRNG HAIL EVENT THANKFULLY ENDS WITH BEST SVR THREAT EAST OF MPX CWA. FIRST...WATCHES AND ADVISORIES... WILL LET WIND ADVRY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FADE OUT WITH ZONE ISSUANCE. WINDS BEHIND DRYLINE/COLD FRONT GUSTY BUT NOT MEETING CRITERIA. WL KEEP TORNADO WATCH IN RUSK...CHIPPEWA...EAU CLAIRE...BUT THESE 3 COUNTIES RIGHT IN INITIATION REGION...SO THESE WILL CLEAR RATHER SOON AFTER ZONE ISSUANCE. THIS WILL PRETTY MUCH END SVR THREAT FOR MPX CWA. TONIGHT...LOW JUST NORTH OF KMSP TO CONT TO WEAKEN AND MOVE NE...AS UPR SYSTEM SHEARS/ACCELERATES NORTHEAST. COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY THRU WISC COUNTIES...BUT BEST PARAMETERS QUICKLY MARCHING OUT OF CWA AHEAD OF LOW. SC/ST DECK OVER NWRN CWA TO DROP SE ON GOOD CAA. SOME SPRINKLES/FLURRIES PSBL...BUT WINDS LOOK LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. WILL BE A BRIEF PD OF GUSTINESS AS ISALLOBARIC COMPONENT SLIDES ACROSS CWA...BUT BRISK CONDS TO BE THE RULE. FRIDAY...COLD FNT MAKES IT INTO MS VLY AND STALLS. STRONG CAA AND H9/H8 TEMPS WELL BELOW 0C MEAN ANY SUN IN THE MORNING WILL POP AMPLE SC. EVEN SOME INSTABILITY SPRINKLES/FLURRIES PSBL...ESP SOUTH/EAST NEAREST TO THAT STALLED FRONT. COLDEST WEST/NORTH WHERE THICKNESS TROUGH REMAINS. IN FACT...NOT MUCH RISE AT ALL IN SOME WRN/NRN COUNTIES. ON FRIDAY NIGHT...A RIPPLE COMING OUT OF DVLPNG SWRN TROF WILL RIDE ALONG FRONT AND JUST BRUSH SERN CWA WITH SPRINKLES/-SHRA. VRY SCT NATURE AS SFC HIGH KEEPS ON SUPPRESSING ANY DEEPER MOISTURE SOUTH. BEST WAA WAY ALOFT SO NOT TOO CONCERNED. SATURDAY...MORE OF THE SAME. COLD ALOFT AND MORNING SUN WILL POP DIURNAL CU THAT SHOULD MAKE FOR A BKN-OVC. PBLY MORE SPRINKLES. ANOTHER RIPPLE ALONG STALLED FRONT SAT NIGHT TO BRING A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OF -SHRA. IN FACT...MID LEVEL S/W SAT NIGHT NOT TOO BAD. BUT LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. THIS CHANCE CARRIES THRU IN EAST ON SUN. FINALLY SOME WARMING BY NEXT WEEK...BUT NOTHING LIKE WE HAVE SEEN. GOOD FROPA MIDDLE NEXT SUGGEST SOME MORE CHILLY AIR IN OFFING. .MSP...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 01Z WISCONSIN ZONES 016...027...028 BINAU
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- April 18, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, 5 mi N of Chippewa Falls
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -91.383
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- April 18, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, 6 mi NE of Chippewa Falls
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -91.300
Hail, Pepin
- When
- April 18, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Pepin County, 13 mi E of Durand
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.633, -91.700
Hail, Dunn
- When
- April 18, 3:33 PM CST
- Where
- Dunn County, 2 mi S of Rock Falls
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.683, -91.683
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Eau Claire
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.817, -91.483
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 3:52 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, 7 mi SW of Eau Claire
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -91.583
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Altoona
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -91.433
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, 7 mi S of Eau Claire
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.717, -91.483
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, 4 mi W of Fall Creek
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.767, -91.350
Hail, Rusk
- When
- April 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County, Hawkins
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.517, -90.717
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Ludington
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.833, -91.117
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, 5 mi W of Foster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.633, -91.400
Hail, Eau Claire
- When
- April 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, Augusta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.683, -91.117
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
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 18, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Wisconsin, April 18 to 19, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 18, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, April 18, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, April 18, 2002
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 18, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 18 to 19, 2002
More
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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: 5292859, 5292923, 5292924, 5292925, 5292926, 5292927, 5292928, 5292929, 5292930, 5292931, 5292932, 5292933, 5292934, 5292935.