Illinois, 2003

Hail in Illinois, August 2, 2003

August 2, 2003 · NWS LSX · 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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
300 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH AMPLITUDE TROF TO PERSIST THRU 48 HRS OVR ERN U.S. WITH
NEARLY NLY FLOW ALOFT OVR OUR AREA. GIHEMOUS RIDGE CONTINUES
OVR WRN U.S. ENERGY RIDING OVR TOP OF RDG FALLS ACRS AREA AND
WITH DWPTS STILL NR 70 AFTN LIS HV FALLEN TO MINUS 10 OVR
CNTRL IL.

LOOKS LIKE DRYER AIR WILL FILTER IN THRU 36 HR AND THAT SHUD QUIET
THINGS DOWN A BIT FOR TMW AFTN AND EVE EXCEPT PSBLY IN EXTRM SRN
PTN CWA.

LTL CHG FOR REST OF FCST. TEMPS RMN LTL BLO NORMAL.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...NONE.
.IL...NONE.

PEDIGO
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 6:15 AM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-031000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
715 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF
THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA WILL BE ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. BESIDE THE THREAT OF
STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
FLOODING PROBLEMS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED FRIDAY ACROSS THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE AREA.
HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF THE
AREA.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT...
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LSX (ALL LOWER CASE)

JPK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:24 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT SAT AUG 02 2003

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

0441 PM    WHITE HALL                IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/02/03   GREENE                         REPORTED BY GREENE COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Macoupin

When
August 2, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Macoupin County, Woodburn
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.050, -90.017

Storm spotters reported golfball size hail.

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

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: 5377296.