Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 25, 2004

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 25, 2004
Start: 2004-05-25T21:37
End: 2004-05-25T21:49
Location: Illinois

May 25, 2004 · NWS PAH · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.

A severe thunderstorm moved east from the Johnson County line across the Glendale area, then turned southeast toward Golconda. The storm was at its strongest in the Glendale area, then weakened as it approached Golconda. Near Glendale, nickel-size hail and winds close to 70 MPH occurred. Some siding was blown off a house, a barn and house roof was damaged, and numerous trees were down. As the storm continued in the direction of Golconda, some trees were blown down on Illinois Route 146 about 4 miles west of Golconda. One large tree landed on a house. Most of the storm's path was through the Shawnee National Forest.

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 25, 1:25 PM CST, 8 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:25 PM CST, 8 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
225 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF THE FA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION HAD DESTABILIZED AS INDICATED BY
LAPS LI VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 9...SO ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR
MOVE INTO OUR REGION WILL HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF A SEVERE
THREAT.  GIVEN THIS...ALONG WITH SOUTHWARD SAGGING SURFACE FRONT AND
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM ONGOING CONVECTION... EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
TO MOVE INTO AND INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR FA THIS
EVENING AND OVER THE REST OF THE FA MAINLY WEDNESDAY.  AS A
RESULT...WILL KEEP POPS HIGHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE SURFACE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR DIMINISH AS IT SAGS
SLOWLY SOUTH IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS ALONG WITH SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO OUR NORTH SHOULD BRING A DECREASING TREND
TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THE
LIMITED INFLUX OF DRIER/MORE STABLE AIR ALONG WITH THE WASHING OUT
OF THE FRONT AS EVIDENCED BY REDEVELOPMENT OF A BROADSCALE SOUTHERLY
FLOW BY MIDDAY THURSDAY WILL LEND TO A CONTINUED CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.  THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT (SLIGHT RISK) REMAINS IN TACT THROUGH DAY 3/FRIDAY GIVEN THE
PERSISTENT INSTABILITY.  BY FRIDAY...ETA LIFTED INDICES ARE AT A
MINIMUM THROUGH THE CURRENT MODEL RUN.

HAVE UPPED DEWPOINTS AND LOW TEMPS A BIT THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS
GIVEN LESSER SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF DRIER AIR.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

SHANKLIN

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 7:09 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
809 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-261000-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY-
CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY-
CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY-
GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-
HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-
LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-
MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-
POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-
STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN-
WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL-
WILLIAMSON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN...
HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO
809 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE
REGION. SCATTERED  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN
IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND MAY BE
REQUESTED AT LATER TIMES AS WELL.

JAP

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 7:09 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
809 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MCLEANSBORO             38.09N 88.53W
05/25/2004                   HAMILTON           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER ROADS ON STATE ROUTE 142 BETWEEN MCLEANSBORO
            AND BROUGHTON.

0615 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARMI                   38.09N 88.17W
05/25/2004                   WHITE              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS BACK ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

&&

MJN

Local storm report, May 25, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
855 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANDVIEW               37.94N 86.98W
05/25/2004                   SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THREE TREES DOWN WERE 6 INCH DIAMETER LOCUST TREES 30 TO
            40 FEET HIGH.

&&

MJN

Special weather statement, May 25, 8:01 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
901 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

MOZ076-087-260300-
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-PERRY MO-
901 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE IN CAPE GIRARDEAU AND
PERRY COUNTIES MISSOURI THROUGH 1000 PM...

AT 859 PM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY...ABOUT TO AFFECT OLD APPLETON AND
NEARBY COMMUNITIES. EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH WITH
THIS STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

Local storm report, May 25, 8:09 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
909 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0855 PM     HAIL             1 W LONGTOWN            37.67N 89.79W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        PERRY              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME OF THE HAIL WAS A LITTLE THAN PENNY SIZE.

&&

CW

Local storm report, May 25, 8:47 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
947 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 PM     FLOOD            SANTA CLAUS             38.12N 86.93W
05/25/2004                   SPENCER            IN   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            THE ENTIRE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY EXPERIENCING MAJOR
            FLOODING. PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS AND WATER
            RESCUES WERE ONGOING. ALSO..WATER HAD INUNDATED NUMEROUS
            HOMES. THIS WAS ONGOING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN EARLIER
            IN THE EVENING.

&&

CW

Local storm report, May 25, 8:52 PM CST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
952 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0444 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W SESSER              38.09N 89.07W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 LARGE TREES DOWN...35 TO 40 FOOT TALL MAPLES

0455 PM     HAIL             BONNIE                  38.20N 88.91W
05/25/2004  0.88 INCH        JEFFERSON          IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SESSER                  38.09N 89.05W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL VERY LARGE TREES DOWN AND UPROOTED NEAR REND
            LAKE...SOUTH OF ROUTE 154 NEAR THE GOLF COURSE. TIME
            APPROXIMATE.

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E WEST FRANKFORT      37.90N 88.87W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR YELLOW BANKS ROAD. TIME
            APPROXIMATE.

0517 PM     TORNADO          WEST FRANKFORT          37.90N 88.93W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN WEST FRANKFORT AND
            THOMPSONVILLE.

0519 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TAMAROA                 38.14N 89.23W
05/25/2004                   PERRY              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREET FLOODING IN TAMAROA...NUMBER OF STREETS CLOSED.

0524 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BENTON                  38.01N 88.92W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD NEAR THE BENTON AND
            WEST CITY AREAS ALONG ROUTE 14.

0526 PM     TORNADO          THOMPSONVILLE           37.91N 88.76W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO ON GROUND EAST OF THOMPSONVILLE HEADING EAST.

0531 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BENTON                  38.01N 88.92W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLASH FLOODING WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

0542 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NORRIS CITY             37.98N 88.33W
05/25/2004                   WHITE              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY DISTRICT 19 SOUTHEAST OF NORRIS
            CITY HEADING TOWARD OMAHA ON ROUTE 1.

0548 PM     HAIL             CARMI                   38.09N 88.17W
05/25/2004  0.25 INCH        WHITE              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

0601 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BENTON                  38.01N 88.92W
05/25/2004                   FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERE STREET FLOODING ON RT. 34 EAST OF BENTON.
            APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 8 INCHES AT SOME LOCATIONS. SIDE
            STREETS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD AS WELL AT THE TIME OF THE
            REPORT.

0615 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MCLEANSBORO             38.09N 88.53W
05/25/2004                   HAMILTON           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER ROADS ON STATE ROUTE 142 BETWEEN MCLEANSBORO
            AND BROUGHTON.

0615 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARMI                   38.09N 88.17W
05/25/2004                   WHITE              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS BACK ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

0627 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GENTRYVILLE             38.11N 87.03W
05/25/2004                   SPENCER            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER US HWY 231 IN GENTRYVILLE.

0637 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHANDLER                38.04N 87.37W
05/25/2004                   WARRICK            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...1 HOME HEAVILY DAMAGED...1
            CAR HEAVILY DAMAGED DUE TO FALLING TREES. THE DAMAGE WAS
            FROM GARDNER ROAD AND HWY 261 UP THROUGH THE CITY OF
            CHANDLER.

0637 PM     TSTM WND GST     NEWBURGH                37.95N 87.40W
05/25/2004  47 MPH           WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0637 PM     TSTM WND GST     NEWBURGH                37.95N 87.40W
05/25/2004  0 MPH            WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            47 MPH WIND GUST IN NEWBURGH.

0638 PM     HAIL             PROVIDENCE              37.40N 87.75W
05/25/2004  0.25 INCH        WEBSTER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL IN PROVIDENCE

0642 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 N SANTA CLAUS         38.19N 86.93W
05/25/2004  3.50 INCH        SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTS CAME FROM SPOTTERS IN THE MARIAH HILL AREA OF
            NORTHERN SPENCER COUNTY, INDIANA.

0655 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SANTA CLAUS             38.12N 86.93W
05/25/2004  3.70 INCH        SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS RAIN FELL IN 1 HOUR AND 10 MINUTES IN SANTA CLAUS.

0702 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NE OWENSBORO         37.86N 86.99W
05/25/2004                   DAVIESS            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 TREES DOWN IN MACEO.

0710 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BOONVILLE               38.05N 87.27W
05/25/2004                   WARRICK            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CITY STREETS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANDVIEW               37.94N 86.98W
05/25/2004                   SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THREE TREES DOWN WERE 6 INCH DIAMETER LOCUST TREES 30 TO
            40 FEET HIGH.

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANDVIEW               37.94N 86.98W
05/25/2004                   SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.

0716 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N ELDORADO            37.86N 88.44W
05/25/2004                   SALINE             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER OF ROADWAY ILLINOIS ROUTE 142.

0745 PM     HEAVY RAIN       TENNYSON                38.08N 87.12W
05/25/2004  3.25 INCH        WARRICK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THIS RAINFALL FELL IN ONE HOUR. 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
            4 MILES NORTH OF TENNYSON IN 45 MINUTES.

0855 PM     HAIL             1 W LONGTOWN            37.67N 89.79W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        PERRY              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME OF THE HAIL WAS A LITTLE THAN PENNY SIZE.

0935 PM     FLOOD            SANTA CLAUS             38.12N 86.93W
05/25/2004                   SPENCER            IN   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            THE ENTIRE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY EXPERIENCING MAJOR
            FLOODING. PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS AND WATER
            RESCUES WERE ONGOING. ALSO..WATER HAD INUNDATED NUMEROUS
            HOMES. THIS WAS ONGOING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN EARLIER
            IN THE EVENING.

&&

CW

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pope

When: May 25, 9:37 PM CST to 9:49 PM CST
Where: Pope County, Glendale
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.450, -88.667

Thunderstorm Wind, Pope

When: May 25, 9:37 PM CST
Where: Pope County, 2 mi S of Glendale
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.417, -88.667

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, May 2004

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: 5397767, 5397768.