Hail, Brown
- When
- October 30, 12:08 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 6.21 mi SW of Versailles
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.829, -90.747
Hail in Illinois, October 30, 2013
Isolated thunderstorms developed along and north of a warm front. Some of the storms produced hail.
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 happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms developed along and north of a warm front. Some of the storms produced hail.
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 Oct 30, 12:08 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 12:08 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 11:19 AM CST, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1219 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-311130- 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 MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO- ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO- WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO- MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- 1219 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...GENERALLY NORTH OF A CALIFORNIA...WHITE HALL LINE...MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EXPECT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. TRUETT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 30, 10:49 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1149 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1149 AM HAIL QUINCY 39.93N 91.39W
10/30/2013 E0.25 INCH ADAMS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GOSSELINLocal storm report, Oct 30, 10:51 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1151 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM HAIL 2 N NEW LONDON 39.61N 91.40W
10/30/2013 E0.50 INCH RALLS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GOSSELINLocal storm report, Oct 30, 10:52 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1152 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1141 AM HAIL QUINCY 39.93N 91.39W
10/30/2013 E0.25 INCH ADAMS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
GOSSELINSpecial weather statement, Oct 30, 10:58 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1158 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013 ILZ095>097-MOZ035-301745- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-RALLS MO- 1158 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BROWN...SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1155 AM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HANNIBAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... FALL CREEK... PAYSON... BARRY... BEVERLY... CAMP POINT... CLAYTON... GOLDEN... BUCKHORN... MOUNT STERLING... THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. PHILLIPSON
Local storm report, Oct 30, 11:33 AM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1233 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM HAIL MOUNT STERLING 39.98N 90.76W
10/30/2013 E0.25 INCH BROWN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY PEA SIZED HAIL... A FEW STONES A LITTLE BIT
LARGER.
&&
GOSSELINSpecial weather statement, Oct 30, 11:50 AM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1250 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013 ILZ095>097-301830- ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- 1250 PM CDT WED OCT 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BROWN...SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEVERLY...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BUCKHORN... MOUNT STERLING... THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. PHILLIPSON
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:06 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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, October 30 to 31, 2013
- Dense Fog in Iowa, October 30, 2013
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, October 30 to 31, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, October 30 to 31, 2013
- Hail in Nebraska, October 30, 2013
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, October 30, 2013
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 30 to 31, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 30, 2013
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 30, 2013
- Hail in Nebraska, October 30, 2013
- Frost and Freeze in Oregon, October 30, 2013
- Hail in Kansas, October 30, 2013
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, October 2013
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 481711.