Hail, Adams
- When
- September 19, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 6 mi E of Quincy
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -91.283
Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 19, 2005
Storm spotters reported some large trees blown down and 1 inch hail east of Quincy.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- 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
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
Storm spotters reported some large trees blown down and 1 inch hail east of Quincy.
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 Sep 19, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 325 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... CONCERNS THIS PKG TO BE CNVCTN ACTVTY THIS EVE/TNGT AND THEN EFFECT TRACK OF RITA TO HAVE ON POPS IN XTNDD. UA MDLS INITIALIZED FAIR WITH NAM 12Z 85H ABT 30M HI OVR FA. AT 500MB S/WV OVR GT LKS LIFTING QUICKLY NE WITH FLWG WV COMING OUT OF NRN PLNS TO MOV E. QSTNRY 500MB HI OVR LA TO BGN RETROGRADING TO TX AND THEN QSTNRY AGAIN WITH MAIN BAND OF WLYS ACRN NRN TIER U.S. AT LWR LVLS 85H TROF XTNDD FM SRN MN SW INTO TX/OK PHNDL. STG WAA AHD OF TROF HAS PUSHED AFTN TEMPS INTO UPR 80S/LWR 90S THIS AFTN. THIS AIRMASS VRY UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPES 3500-4500 ACRS RGN AND LIS -6/-8. SQLN HAS DVLPD ALG CDFNT OVR NRN MO/WRN IL AND WL MOV SE DURG EVE AND TNGT. STGR TSRA MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WNDS AND LRG HAIL. AMASS BHND FNT HAS LWR RH AND SUM 5-10F COOLER TEMPS. TEMPS ON TUE TO STIL BE ABV NRML WITH MSTLY CLR SKIES AND LGT NELY SFC WNDS AS SFC HI BLDS OVR RGN. FOR XTNDD NXT CHC FOR PCPN TO BE FRI/SAT FOR NRN ZNS AS S/WV MOVS ACRS TO N. HV FOLLOWED GFS GUID ON TRACK OF RITA AND INCRSD CLDS AND POPS IN SRN ZNS SUN NGT. TEMPS TO RMN ABV NRML THRU XTNDD WITH MAXES IN MID/UPR 80S THRU WKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ST LOUIS 68 87 63 89 / 80 10 10 10 QUINCY 61 85 58 86 / 80 10 10 10 COLUMBIA 64 87 60 88 / 80 10 10 10 JEFFERSON CITY 64 87 61 88 / 80 10 10 10 SALEM 65 86 57 85 / 80 10 10 10 FARMINGTON 67 85 56 87 / 80 10 10 10 && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WDB
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 2:13 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 313 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-201200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL- COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION- MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES- ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 313 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM THAT BECOMES SEVERE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT. CVKING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 11:59 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1259 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ILZ095>097-MOZ018>019-026>027-034>035-200100- ADAMS-BROWN-PIKE-KNOX-LEWIS-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-SHELBY- 1259 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 800 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ADAMS IL... BROWN IL... PIKE IL... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI KNOX... LEWIS... MARION... MONROE... RALLS... SHELBY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL AND QUINCY. TES
Local storm report, Sep 19, 3:59 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
459 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL QUINCY 39.93N 91.39W
09/19/2005 1.00 INCH ADAMS IL STORM CHASER
0455 PM HAIL 2 SE QUINCY 39.91N 91.36W
09/19/2005 1.00 INCH ADAMS IL STORM CHASER
&&
BYRDThe radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- September 19, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 6 mi E of Quincy
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -91.283
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
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- Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 19, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 19, 2005
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 19, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 19, 2005
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: 5475283, 5475284.