Hail Map in Illinois on May 2, 2018

The weather event in Illinois on May 2, 2018 includes Wind and Hail maps. 11 states and 925 cities were impacted and suffered possible damage. The total estimated number of properties impacted is 136,409.

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Wind

Hail

136,409

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 1.00" hail or larger

33,559

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 1.75" hail or larger

24,066

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 2.50" hail or larger

Storm reports in Illinois

Illinois

Date	Description
05/02/20186:40 PM CDT	Milner ave and south 1st street. Quarter sized hail covering the ground. Time estimated.
05/02/20186:35 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near DE KALB
05/02/20186:32 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near 2 S BYRON
05/02/20186:27 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near 1 WNW MORRISON
05/02/20186:25 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.75 inch wind near MORRISON
05/02/20186:23 PM CDT	Relayed via rfd ham net
05/02/20186:22 PM CDT	Hail damage to roofs and cars. Delayed report.
05/02/20186:21 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near MORRISON
05/02/20186:16 PM CDT	Social media report
05/02/20186:14 PM CDT	Multiple social media reports of 2.5 inch diamater hail in far se rockford
05/02/20186:10 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near 2 E ROCKFORD AIRPORT
05/02/20186:07 PM CDT	Report relayed by rockford ham net
05/02/20186:05 PM CDT	Multiple reports of golf ball sized hail around the rockford airport.
05/02/20186:00 PM CDT	Mainly dime to nickel size hail... But one quarter size stone.
05/02/20185:54 PM CDT	Via facebook...delayed report.
05/02/20185:54 PM CDT	Penny to quarter size hail on the southwest side of winnebago
05/02/20185:53 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.25 inch wind near 4 N HITT
05/02/20185:35 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near 4 SSE MOUNT CARROLL
05/02/20185:23 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near 3 SE SAVANNA
05/02/20185:20 PM CDT	Corrects previous hail report from 1 w freeport albertus. 0.75 inch.
05/02/20185:15 PM CDT	Quarter size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
05/02/20185:10 PM CDT	20 power poles downed and several roofs pulled back.
05/02/20185:10 PM CDT	18 power poles downed...along with a corn crib and metal silos in a debris field oriented roughly toward east. Location a quarter mile south of 6731n 2250w.
05/02/20185:03 PM CDT	Chicago oemc reports numerous trees down and an apartment building roof peeled back. Damage is east of the dan ryan/i-94 possibly to the lake and between 63rd and 39th
05/02/20185:00 PM CDT	Roof damage to a building across from washington park at 51st and king drive...5035 king drive. Also downed trees in the area. Damage resulted in an evacuation order by
05/02/20184:53 PM CDT	Reported by southwest airlines employee.
05/02/20184:52 PM CDT	Multiple reports of damange from strong winds and quarter size hail near midway airport. Damage to trees... Vehicles... Light poles... And houses including siding and a
05/02/20184:51 PM CDT	58 knot gust.
05/02/20184:46 PM CDT	Report via twitter
05/02/20184:45 PM CDT	A couple tree limbs two inches in diameter down and pea size hail
05/02/20184:45 PM CDT	Several telephone poles snapped in half on renwick road
05/02/20184:30 PM CDT	Large tree branch broken. Reported by off duty nws employee. Time estimated.
05/02/20184:53 AM CDT	At 953 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Prophetstown, or 11 miles south of Morrison, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Sterling, Rock Falls, Prophetstown, Tampico, Lyndon, Deer Grove, Emerson, Fenton, Yeoward Addition, Whiteside County Airport, Galt, Portland Corners, Prophetstown State Recreation Area, Spring Hill, Hamilton Corners, Como, Leon Corners, Denrock, Grimes Addition and Douglas Park.This includes Interstate 88 between mile markers 20 and 44.
05/02/20184:08 AM CDT	At 908 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Richmond, or near Twin Lakes, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Waukegan, North Chicago, Gurnee, Mundelein, Highland Park, McHenry, Vernon Hills, Zion, Grayslake, Libertyville, Lake Forest, Round Lake, Antioch, Beach Park, Wauconda, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, Island Lake, Long Grove and Park City.
05/02/20183:50 AM CDT	At 850 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bayside to Harvard, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Oak Creek, Mount Pleasant, South Milwaukee, Pleasant Prairie, Cudahy, Whitefish Bay, Greendale, St. Francis, Hales Corners, Sturtevant, Fox Point, Twin Lakes, Union Grove and Bayside.
05/02/20183:31 AM CDT	At 831 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clinton, or 7 miles northeast of Beloit, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Woodstock, Harvard, South Beloit, Marengo, Roscoe, Poplar Grove, Richmond, Capron, Hebron and Greenwood.
05/02/20183:23 AM CDT	At 822 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Janesville, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Whitewater, Elkhorn, Delavan, Lake Geneva, Milton, East Troy, Williams Bay, Genoa City, Walworth, Clinton, Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, Sharon, Darien, Como, Pell Lake, Potter Lake, Powers Lake, Richmond, Springfield and La Grange.
05/02/20182:51 AM CDT	At 750 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Donahue, or near Davenport, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Davenport, Bettendorf, Eldridge, Le Claire, Walcott, Princeton, Long Grove, Donahue, McCausland, Maysville, Park View, Princeton Wildlife Area, Davenport Municipal Airport, Scott County Park and Plainview.This includes the following highways... Interstate 74 in Iowa near mile marker 1. Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 284 and 305. Interstate 280 between mile markers 1 and 3.
05/02/20182:24 AM CDT	At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rolling Meadows, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Chicago, Cicero, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Skokie, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Oak Park, Glenview, Elmhurst, Lombard, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Wheeling, Park Ridge, Addison, Northbrook, Highland Park, Wilmette and Vernon Hills.
05/02/20182:02 AM CDT	At 702 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elgin, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Elgin, Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Palatine, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Hoffman Estates, Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Wheeling, Mundelein, Algonquin, Vernon Hills, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Lake Zurich, Barrington, Long Grove, Sleepy Hollow and East Dundee.
05/02/20181:34 AM CDT	At 634 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sterling, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Dixon, Amboy, Franklin Grove, Nelson and Harmon.
05/02/20181:28 AM CDT	At 627 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shabbona, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... St. Charles, Batavia, Geneva, Sycamore, DeKalb, North Aurora, Elburn, Cortland, Maple Park, Lily Lake, Virgil and Burlington.
05/02/20181:20 AM CDT	At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kirkland, or 8 miles south of Belvidere, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Belvidere, Marengo, Genoa, Hampshire, Kirkland, Kingston, Burlington and Union.
05/02/20181:04 AM CDT	At 604 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Garden Plain, or near Clinton, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Fulton, Garden Plain, Albany, Lyndon, Coleta, East Clinton, Emerson, Union Grove, Ustick, Fenton, Round Grove, Penrose, Malvern, Como, White Pigeon, Morrison-Rockwood State Park and Douglas Park.This includes Interstate 88 between mile markers 27 and 44.
05/02/201812:57 AM CDT	At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of Amboy, or 9 miles north of Mendota, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Shabbona, Somonauk, Waterman, Malta, Paw Paw, Sublette, Lee, Compton, Steward and West Brooklyn.
05/02/201812:53 AM CDT	At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Forreston, or 12 miles west of Mount Morris, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Oregon, Mount Morris, Byron, Polo, Forreston, Leaf River and Adeline.
05/02/201812:46 AM CDT	At 546 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lowell, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Cedar Lake, Lowell, De Motte, Hebron, Boone Grove, Thayer, Sumava Resorts, Dunns Bridge, Malden, Forest City, Roselawn, Winfield, Kouts, Lake Dalecarlia, Wheatfield and Schneider.
05/02/201812:19 AM CDT	At 518 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Freeport, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Freeport, German Valley, Ridott, Albertus Airport and Stephenson County Fairgrounds.
05/02/201812:17 AM CDT	At 516 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shannon, or near Freeport, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Byron, Winnebago, Pecatonica, Forreston, Leaf River and Adeline.
05/02/201812:02 AM CDT	At 502 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bourbonnais, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Manteno, Momence, Grant Park, Aroma Park, Hopkins Park and Sun River Terrace.
05/01/201811:51 PM CDT	At 451 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Midway Airport, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Chicago, Cicero, Berwyn, Stickney, Midway Airport, Burbank, Bridgeport, Forest View, Bedford Park, Englewood, Hyde Park, Bridgeview and South Chicago.
05/01/201811:35 PM CDT	At 435 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Plainfield, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Joliet, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Plainfield, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Mokena, Lemont, Ingalls Park, Woodridge, Darien, Shorewood, Goodings Grove, Crest Hill, Crystal Lawns and Fairmont.
05/01/201810:30 PM CDT	Lots of hail - there was a fear that windows would break
05/01/20189:34 PM CDT	Relayed via twitter.
05/01/20189:34 PM CDT	Relayed via twitter.
05/01/20189:33 PM CDT	2.25 inch diameter hail at fairfield and petite lake road.
05/01/20189:32 PM CDT	A local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near LAKE VILLA
05/01/20189:31 PM CDT	At deep lake road just south of grass lake road.
05/01/20189:31 PM CDT	Relayed via twitter.
05/01/20189:28 PM CDT	From lake county skywarn. Route 59 and grass lake road.
05/01/20189:20 PM CDT	From lake county skywarn. Route 59 and grass lake road.
05/01/20189:20 PM CDT	2.25 inch diameter hail via lake county skywarn. Nearest intersection winn road and route 12.
05/01/20189:10 PM CDT	2.5 to 2.75 inch diameter hail relayed via facebook.
05/01/20187:18 PM CDT	Downed pine tree about 40 feet tall. Estimated winds arouind 65 mph.
05/01/20187:06 PM CDT	Relayed via twitter.

All States Impacted by Hail Map on May 2, 2018

Cities Impacted by Hail Map on May 2, 2018

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