Hail in Chicago on Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 31 hail reports in Chicago on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, between 6:52 pm and 8:54 pm CST, in 5 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 SW Darien (DuPage County) at 7:54 pm. NOAA radar flagged 2,529 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 1,026 rated a 100% chance of hail and 846 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 24 places in Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Darien 3 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Bolingbrook 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Lockport 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Naperville 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Oak Forest 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Plainfield 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Aurora 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Downers Grove 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- East Dundee 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hegeswisch - Chicago 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Hoffman Estates 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Homer Glen 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Huntley 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- La Grange Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lemont 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Maple Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Midlothian 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Midway Airport 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Oak Lawn 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Orland Hills 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Romeoville 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- South Holland 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wayne 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Woodridge 1 report, up to 2.00 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Standard Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:52 pm | 1.00 | Huntley | McHenry | Public report of quarter sized hail in Huntley. (LOT) |
| 7:05 pm | 1.00 | 3 ESE Maple Park | Kane | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 7:25 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Wayne | DuPage | Photo shared via social media showing 1 inch diameter hail in Wayne. Time estimated from radar. (LOT) |
| 7:30 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSE East Dundee | Kane | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 7:34 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSW Hoffman Estates | Cook | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 7:38 pm | 1.00 | 4 ESE Aurora | DuPage | Estimated quarter size hail near Eola and Ogden. (LOT) |
| 7:47 pm | 1.50 | 3 N Plainfield | Will | NWS employee reports hail up to 1.5 inch diameter in Plainfield. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 7:49 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSE Naperville | DuPage | Quarter sized hail near 87th Street and Naper Boulevard in Naperville. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 7:50 pm | 1.50 | 3 N Plainfield | Will | (LOT) |
| 7:51 pm | 1.00 | 3 WSW Bolingbrook | Will | Will County EMA reported hail up to quarter sized in west Bolingbrook. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 7:54 pm | 2.50 | 1 SW Darien | DuPage | Photo shared via social media showing 2.5 inch diameter hailstone on the south side of Downers Grove. Another report of 2 inch diameter hail was also received from the (LOT) |
| 7:56 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSE Naperville | DuPage | Nickel to quarter size hail near Washington and 87th. (LOT) |
| 7:57 pm | 1.75 | Romeoville | Will | Photo shared via broadcast media showed golf ball sized hail in north Romeoville. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:00 pm | 2.00 | 2 ESE Woodridge | DuPage | Photo shared via social media shows hail up to hen egg size between Downers Grove and Darien. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:00 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Downers Grove | DuPage | Quarter sized hail reported in south Downers Grove. (LOT) |
| 8:01 pm | 1.25 | 1 E Bolingbrook | Will | Public report of half dollar sized hail in eastern Bolingbrook. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:06 pm | 1.75 | 2 SW Darien | DuPage | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:09 pm | 1.00 | 1 E Lockport | Will | NWS employee observed quarter sized hail in Lockport. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:09 pm | 1.75 | Darien | DuPage | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.00 | La Grange Park | Cook | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:11 pm | 1.00 | Lockport | Will | (LOT) |
| 8:12 pm | 1.00 | Homer Glen | Will | (LOT) |
| 8:13 pm | 1.00 | 3 ESE Lemont | Cook | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:30 pm | 1.00 | 3.0 SW Midway Airport | Cook | Quarter size hail from 830pm to 835pm. Peak wind 41 mph. (LOT) |
| 8:36 pm | 1.50 | 1 W Oak Lawn | Cook | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:37 pm | 1.25 | 1 ENE Orland Hills | Cook | Photo relayed by Kane County EMA shows hail approximately half dollar sized near 162nd Street and 88th Avenue in Orland Park. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:44 pm | 2.00 | 1 NNW Oak Forest | Cook | Time estimated from radar. (LOT) |
| 8:45 pm | 1.50 | 1 NW Oak Forest | Cook | Trained spotter reports hail up to ping pong ball sized near 155th and Long Avenue in Oak Forest. Hail occurred from 840pm to 852pm. (LOT) |
| 8:46 pm | 1.50 | 1 WNW Midlothian | Cook | Relayed via mPING. Time estimated by radar. (LOT) |
| 8:52 pm | 1.00 | South Holland | Cook | Photo shared via social media showing 1 inch diameter hail in South Holland. Time estimated from radar. (LOT) |
| 8:54 pm | 1.75 | Hegeswisch - Chicago | Cook | Photo shared via social media showing hail in the Hegewisch community area of Chicago with the largest hailstone appearing to be roughly the size of a golf ball. Time e (LOT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
2,529 signatures from 9 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 1,026 were rated 100% and 4 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORD | 1,079 | 294 | 343 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:40 pm | 9:01 pm |
| KMDW | 853 | 381 | 322 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:44 pm | 8:58 pm |
| KMKE | 237 | 93 | 12 | 0 | 1.00 in | 6:25 pm | 8:12 pm |
| KMKX | 89 | 63 | 45 | 1 | 2.00 in | 5:46 pm | 8:58 pm |
| KLOT | 74 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 1.50 in | 5:40 pm | 8:53 pm |
| KILX | 69 | 58 | 26 | 0 | 1.50 in | 5:58 pm | 8:59 pm |
| KDVN | 65 | 52 | 35 | 2 | 2.25 in | 6:05 pm | 8:31 pm |
| KIWX | 42 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 2.00 in | 7:21 pm | 9:00 pm |
| KGRR | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1.00 in | 7:34 pm | 8:57 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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