Hail in Illinois, May 13, 2008

Name: Hail in Illinois, May 13, 2008
Start: 2008-05-13T07:10
End: 2008-05-13T11:55
Location: Illinois

May 13, 2008 · NWS LSX · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms dropped hail on parts of West Central and Southwest Illinois from early morning to early afternoon on May 13.

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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $10,000
Events: 6

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.

Severe thunderstorms dropped hail on parts of West Central and Southwest Illinois from early morning to early afternoon on May 13.

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 13, 3:30 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:30 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

.DISCUSSION...
/430 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008/
MAIN FCST ISSUE FOR TDY WL BE CVNTN AND MAX TEMPS.

THE LARGEST FCST PROBLEM TDY IS POPS. MDLS INDICATE WAA PRECIP AHEAD
OF CDFNT FOR MUCH OF TDY. EVEN WITH WAA AHEAD OF THE CDFNT...ATMO
SHUD DESTABILIZE ENUF THAT CVNTN WL DEVELOP ALONG CDFNT AS THE CAP
WEAKENS AS INITIAL S/W MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN. GIVEN FCST
HODOGRAPHS...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE THE ANTICIPATED MODE OF CVNTN
WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE THREAT OF
SVR WX WL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TNGT AS ATMO STABILIZES.

THE CDFNT WL STALL ACROSS NRN AR AS THE SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE
REGION ON WED. MDLS HAVE A CUT OFF UPR LOW DEVELOP ACROSS WRN US
LATER TDY. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP AND WL BE THE NEXT WX
PRODUCER AS IT LIFTS NEWD WITH A DEVELOPING SFC LOW ON THURS. MDLS
INDICATE THIS SYSTEM MAY BE MORE OF A +RA EVENT AS OPPOSED TO SVR
WX. ATTM...AM KEEPING QPF AMOUNTS DWN AS MDLS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
THIS S/W AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA.

AFTER PRECIP CHCS ON THURS AND EARLY FRI...WE SHUD DRY OUT OVR THE
WEEKEND WITH NWLY AND WLY WINDS KEEPING TEMPS BLW SEASONAL AVGS.

TRENDED TWD WRMR MOS FOR TDY AND TNGT WHILE GOING TWD COOLER MOS FOR
TMW AND INTO FRI MRNG.

TILLY

&&

.AVIATION...
/1100 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2008/
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...SURFACE RIDGE HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST ALLOWING
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO RETURN TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. IN THE
MEANTIME...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS QUICKLY RETURNING TO THE REGION
WITH SATELLITE SHOWING SC DECK SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN
MO AS OF 04Z. THIS IS AHEAD OF NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM AND WILL SEE THE
SC DECK SPREAD INTO KCOU BY 10Z...THEN INTO KUIN BY 12Z. DUE TO SOME
RESIDUAL RIDGING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MO...KSUS/KSTL WILL NOT SEE SC
DECK MOVE INTO TIL AFTER 21Z.

AS FOR PCPN CHANCES...KCOU WILL SEE SOME SCATTERED RWS DEVELOP IN
WARM SECTOR BEGINNING AROUND 18Z...THEN AFFECT KUIN AROUND 21Z.
KSUS/KSTL WILL NOT SEE SHOWERS TIL AFTER 02Z. THE MORE ROBUST
ACTIVITY WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS PROGGED TO
MOVE INTO KCOU AROUND 06Z WEDNESDAY...SO ADDED MENTION OF
PREDOMINANT TRWS FOR KCOU BEGINNING AT 04Z. REST OF SITES TO NOT SEE
MAIN ACTIVITY TIL JUST AFTER CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD.

BYRD

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 6:04 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
704 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-141200-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-
SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-
CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-
ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-
ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS-
704 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS
THROUGH THE REGION. ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE STORMS THIS MORNING
COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE LATE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD PRODUCT FOR SPECIFIC
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.

MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD PRODUCT FOR SPECIFIC
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

TRUETT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 4:45 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0544 AM     HAIL             HAWK POINT              38.97N  91.13W
05/13/2008  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00062

TRUETT

Local storm report, May 13, 4:46 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0535 AM     HAIL             TROY                    38.98N  90.98W
05/13/2008  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00063

TRUETT

Local storm report, May 13, 4:47 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0538 AM     HAIL             ROSEBUD                 38.39N  91.40W
05/13/2008  E0.50 INCH       GASCONADE          MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00064

TRUETT

Local storm report, May 13, 5:53 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
653 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0652 AM     HAIL             PACIFIC                 38.48N  90.75W
05/13/2008  E0.50 INCH       FRANKLIN           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00065

MILLER

Local storm report, May 13, 6:06 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
706 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0705 AM     HAIL             HOUSE SPRINGS           38.42N  90.57W
05/13/2008  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00066

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, May 13, 6:26 AM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
726 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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

0720 AM     HAIL             ARNOLD                  38.43N  90.37W
05/13/2008  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON          MO   PUBLIC

            I 55 AND RICHARDSON RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00067

MILLER

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:12 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Monroe

When: May 13, 7:10 AM CST
Where: Monroe County, 1 mi N of Columbia
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.465, -90.200

Hail, Randolph

When: May 13, 7:56 AM CST
Where: Randolph County, Modoc
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.050, -90.030

Hail up to nickel size covered the ground in Moduc.

Hail, St. Clair

When: May 13, 10:55 AM CST
Where: St. Clair County, 5 mi W of Belleville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.520, -90.073

Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail west of Belleville.

Hail, St. Clair

When: May 13, 11:05 AM CST
Where: St. Clair County, 4 mi NW of Belleville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.561, -90.032

Storm spotters reported nickel size hail northwest of Belleville.

Hail, St. Clair

When: May 13, 11:15 AM CST
Where: St. Clair County, Fairview Hgts
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.570, -90.000

Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail in Fairview Heights.

Hail, Adams

When: May 13, 11:55 AM CST
Where: Adams County, Payson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Crop damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.820, -91.250

Storm spotters reported hail up to golf ball size in Payson. One roof and a couple of cars were damaged.

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, May 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: 100381, 100384, 100385, 100387, 100388, 100389.