Hail, Washington
- When
- May 1, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 1 mi W of Okawville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -89.567
Hail in Illinois, May 1, 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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 1, 9:42 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 9:42 PM CST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1042 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 .DISCUSSION... HV CLEARED A SMALL PART OF TORNADO WATCH #271...BASICALLY THE COUNTIES JUST NW OF THE METRO AREA...BUT DUE TO NEW STORMS FORMING OVR OZARKS HV OPTED TO HANG ONTO WATCH ALG-S OF I-70. WORKING ON NEW ZONES THAT REFLECT ABV THINKING. TRUETT && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...APRS THAT MOST OF THE SHRA AND TSRA ACTIVITY OVR THE CWA SHOULD BE E AND S OF STL BY 06Z TUE AS SHRTWV TROF EXTDG FM NERN MO SW THRU SWRN MO CONTS MOVG EWD. MID LVL CLOUDINESS OVR THE CWA SHOULD CONT TO CLEAR FM W TO E WITH A CLR SKY IN UIN AND COU AT OR SHORTLY AFT 06Z TUE AND A CLR SKY IN SUS AND STL ARND 09Z TUE OR SHORTLY AFT. SHOULD HAVE A RELATIVELY WK W-NW SFC WND LTR TGT AHD OF FAIRLY WK SFC RDG MOVG EWD THRU THE REGION. SFC WNDS SHOULD BCM SLY ON TUE AFTN INTO TUE EVNG ON THE W SIDE OF SFC RDG AS IT PUSHES EWD INTO THE TN VLY REGION. COULD BE SOME PATCHY LGT FOG LT TGT AND EARLY TUE MRNG WITH A CLRG SKY...LGT WND AND STANDING WATER LEFT OVR FM EVNG RAINFALL. GKS && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 2:36 PM CST, 7 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 336 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-021200- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-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- 336 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE THIS EVENING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERSECTS A SURFACE TROUGH WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OUT AHEAD OF IT. THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF ST LOUIS...OR IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND IN THE EASTERN OZARKS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NEEDED THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. TES
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 8:44 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
944 PM CDT MON MAY 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG EDWARDSVILLE 38.80N 89.96W
05/01/2006 MADISON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS. TREES AND LIMBS
BLOCKING SEVERAL STREETS.
&&
TRUETTLocal storm report, May 1, 9:31 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1031 PM CDT MON MAY 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM HAIL FESTUS 38.22N 90.41W
05/01/2006 E1.75 INCH JEFFERSON MO PUBLIC
AT INTERSECTION OF I-55 AND HWY 61
&&
TRUETTLocal storm report, May 1, 9:49 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1049 PM CDT MON MAY 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HAIL RUMA 38.13N 90.00W
05/01/2006 E0.75 INCH RANDOLPH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
TRUETTThe radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:01 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 1 to 8, 2006
- Drought in Oklahoma, May 1 to 31, 2006
- Wildfire in Michigan, May 1, 2006
- Flood in Nevada, May 1 to 31, 2006
- Drought in Oklahoma, May 1 to 10, 2006
- Drought in Colorado, May 1 to 31, 2006
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 1 to 2, 2006
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2006
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2006
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2006
- Drought in Arkansas, May 1 to 10, 2006
- Drought in Utah, May 1 to 31, 2006
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, May 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: 5510232.