Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 16, 5:05 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County, Mt Erie
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.517, -88.233
Hail in Illinois, April 16, 2006
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
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 Apr 16, 1:00 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 1:00 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 .DISCUSSION... ONGOING CONVECTION HAS A LITTLE IC LIGHTNING DESPITE LACK OF HITS ON CG PLOT. ITS APPARENTLY ISENTROPICALLY DRIVEN AND CONTAINS MAINLY LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW CORES INTO THE 40S DBZ. WE WL EXPERIENCE THIS ELEVATED WARM SECTOR THREAT THIS AM...THEN THE COLD FRONT WL COME IN THIS PM/EVENING WITH THE SLGT RISK SVR PER SWODY1. THUS LTL CHANGE TO THE NEAR TERM FORECAST SAVE FOR CLOUD/TEMP TWEEKS. FROPA TONIGHT WL THEN LEAD TO A DRY MON-TUE FORECAST WITH THE NEXT CHC PCPN COMING TUE NIGHT-WED. MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THE MID WEEK SYSTEM WILL BE WELL OFF TO THE NORTH AND AS SUCH SHOULD POSE A MINIMAL PCPN CHANCE. ANOTHER BREAK WED NIGHT-THU WL BE FOLLOWED BY A THU NIGHT-FRI CHC. THIS CHANCE MAY POSE A LTL BETTER THREAT OF SVR WITH THE LOW IN THE GREAT LAKES AND A MORE POTENT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...AS REFLECTED BY COOLER MEX MOS NOS LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. SAT HIGHS WERE MUTED FROM MOS DUE TO CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEBRIS. WE WL GO CLOSE TO MOS TODAY IN HOPES THE SAME DOESNT HAPPEN AGAIN. THE NAM/GFS ARE SIMILAR SO WERE CLOSER TO THEIR NOS IN THE MEDIUM TERM...WHICH IS COOLER THAN THE NGM MOS. THE LONG RANGE WE ARE MORE IN STEP WITH THE COLLABORATIVE PICTURE/HPC BUT MADE A MOVE IN THE DIRECTION AT LEAST OF THE NEWEST/COOLER MEX MOS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 3:58 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 458 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-171000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 458 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, April 16, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, April 16, 2006
- Hail in Indiana, April 16, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, April 16 to 17, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 16, 2006
- Hail in Kentucky, April 16, 2006
- Debris Flow and Strong Wind in California, April 16 to 17, 2006
- Hail in Virginia, April 16, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 16, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 16, 2006
- High Wind in Utah, April 16, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Montana, April 16 to 17, 2006
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, April 2006
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: 5501211.