Hail in Illinois, June 22, 2008

Name: Hail in Illinois, June 22, 2008
Start: 2008-06-22T16:17
End: 2008-06-22T16:30
Location: Illinois

June 22, 2008 · NWS LOT · 3 events in 1 county or zone

Strong to severe storms moved across parts of northeast Illinois during the afternoon hours of June 22nd.

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: 3

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 LOT wrote it up.

Strong to severe storms moved across parts of northeast Illinois during the afternoon hours of June 22nd.

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 Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
315 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

.DISCUSSION...
315 PM CDT

THERE IS A LOT OF CUMULUS CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WISCONSIN SEEN
ON THE VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
INSTABILITY IN THE AIR IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
THE SOUNDING AT LINCOLN AT 18 UTC SHOWED A LIFTED INDEX OF
MINUS 8.1 AND 2100 JOULES PER KILOGRAM. WILL KEEP SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE POPS THIS EVENING. THE NEXT
500 MB VORTICITY MAXIMUM AND SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE OVER NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS BY 03 UTC. THE LOCAL WRF ARW SHOWS LIFT WITH THIS SHORT
WAVE IN THE OMEGA FIELD.

ON MONDAY THE FLOW AT 500 MB IS FORECAST TO BE NORTHWEST. THE ENTIRE
500 MB TROUGH AND ITS LARGE CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST.
THIS EASTWARD MOVEMENT IS SEEN EVEN TODAY. A SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE
INTO WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS MONDAY. WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR MONDAY IN THE 70S. A RIDGE IS FORECAST TO
BUILD OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY 18 UTC WEDNESDAY. WE WILL FORECAST
INCREASING HIGH TEMPERATURE INTO THE 80S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE
NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS WARM AIR RETURNS
TO THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...
1241 PM CDT

1800 UTC TAFS...FAIRLY TURBULENT DAY COMING INTO THE REGION TODAY
AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE TAF REGION OVER THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO AND LINGER THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS
CURRENTLY UNSTABLE ENOUGH THAT CLEAR SKIES HAVE RAPIDLY TURNED
INTO A WIDESPREAD CU FIELD WITH SOME TOWERING CU MIXED IN. CURRENT
THINKING IS THAT STORMS WILL MAINLY COME IN TWO WAVES...ONE
THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON AND ANOTHER TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE DROPS DOWN FROM WISCONSIN. TRENDED A BIT MORE ON THE
PESSIMISTIC SIDE EVEN THOUGH FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN TIMING ISNT
THE BEST DUE TO HOW TURBULENT THE CURRENT AIRSPACE AND HOW FAST A
TCU COULD DEVELOP. WIND FIELD IS CURRENTLY A MESS WITH A LEFTOVER
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND ANOTHER SFC
TROF EXTENDING FROM EASTERN WISCONSIN ON DOWN INTO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS. THESE FEATURES MAY BECOME THE FOCUS FOR FURTHER
STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME
NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...GOING NORTH
TOMORROW MORNING.

EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH SOME BRIEF
DROPS DOWN TO MVFR POSSIBLE WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS.

HALBACH

&&

.MARINE...
1246 PM CDT

OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THROUGH THE
LAKE...SHOULD BE A FAIRLY QUIET PERIOD ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN WITH
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BECOMING SOUTHERLY LATER IN THE PERIOD. WITH
WINDS REMAINING RATHER LOW...WAVES WILL STAY DOWN AS WELL.

HALBACH

&&

.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:35 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
230930-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 /435 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE
  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDES ALL OF
  THE FORECAST AREA OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
  AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST THIS EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  A  500 MB SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN
  ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. THIS TROUGH
  WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
  PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

PORTIONS OF THE ROCK...PECATONICA...AND FOX RIVERS WILL REMAIN
IN FLOOD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

PORTIONS OF THE ROCK...PECATONICA...AND FOX RIVERS WILL REMAIN
IN FLOOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ740>745-230930-
WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR-
WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND-
NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY-
GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY-
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS
NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-230930-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE
MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH
FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TOW RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE
TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM
OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID
LAKE-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO
MID LAKE-
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE OPEN WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:34 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
134 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0122 PM     HAIL             RENSSELAER              40.94N 87.15W
06/22/2008  M0.75 INCH       JASPER             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:35 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
135 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0110 PM     HAIL             E WHEATFIELD            41.19N 87.05W
06/22/2008  E1.00 INCH       JASPER             IN   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF WHEATFIELD INDIANA. HAIL
            LASTED 6 TO 7 MINUTES

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:47 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
147 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0100 PM     HAIL             2 SSW DE MOTTE          41.17N 87.21W
06/22/2008  M1.75 INCH       JASPER             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:57 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
157 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0107 PM     HAIL             5 SW KOUTS              41.27N 87.09W
06/22/2008  M0.75 INCH       JASPER             IN   PUBLIC

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0220 PM     HAIL             2 SW ROUND LAKE         42.33N 88.14W
06/22/2008  M0.25 INCH       LAKE               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT US ROUTE 12 AND HARTIGAN ROAD IN VOLO, ILLINOIS.

&&

RODRIGUEZ

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:45 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
445 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0440 PM     HAIL             1 SE BOLINGBROOK        41.69N 88.06W
06/22/2008  E0.25 INCH       WILL               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT INTERSECTION OF I-55 AND IL-53

&&

IZZI

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cook

When: June 22, 4:17 PM CST to 4:19 PM CST
Where: Cook County, 0.82 mi NNW of Morton Grove
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 42.041, -87.776

Quarter size hail was reported at Dempster and Austin Avenue.

Hail, Cook

When: June 22, 4:20 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Cook County, 1 mi E of Lincolnwood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 42.020, -87.710

Penny size hail was reported for ten minutes.

Hail, Cook

When: June 22, 4:24 PM CST to 4:26 PM CST
Where: Cook County, 2.8 mi NNE of Avondale
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 42.009, -87.666

Nickel size hail was reported in the Rogers Park Neighborhood.

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

Every storm in Illinois in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, June 2008

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: 105290, 105291, 105292.