Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
835 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS

4:50 AM CST... DAMAGING WIND 40 TO 50 MPH AT PLYMOUTH AND NAUVOO IN
               HANCOCK COUNTY.

5:00 AM CST... TORNADO. DAMAGING WIND. 4 MILES EAST OF BENTLEY IN
               HANCOCK COUNTY. RESIDENCE DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO OUT
               BUILDINGS. POWER LINES DOWN. TWISTED METAL.

5:15 AM CST... DAMAGING WIND 50 TO 55 MPH AT MACOMB IN MCDONOUGH COUNTY.
               DAMAGE TO LUMBER YARD. OTHER SCATTERED DAMAGE IN MACOMB.

5:35 AM CST... DAMAGING WIND NEAR LONDON MILLS IN FULTON COUNTY. TREE
               LIMB FELL ON POWER LINE.

6:00 AM CST... STRONG WIND AT PEORIA WEATHER OFFICE. 35 MPH ASSOCIATED
               WITH GUST FRONT.

6:20 AM CST... TORNADO. DAMAGING WIND. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AT
               ALLENTOWN IN TAZEWELL COUNTY. DAMAGE TO A FARM. POWER
               LINES ACROSS ALLENTON BLACKTOP OR 6 MI%LES EAST OF
               ROUTE 121.

STUMETZ

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
835 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS

4:50 AM CST... DAMAGING WIND 40 TO 50 MPH AT PLYMOUTH AND NAUVOO IN
               HANCOCK COUNTY.

5:00 AM CST... TORNADO. DAMAGING WIND. 4 MILES EAST OF BENTLEY IN HANCOCK
               COUNTY. RESIDENCE DESTROYED WITH DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDINGS.
               POWER LINES DOWN. TWISTED METAL. REPORTED TO NWS AT 6:10 AM.

5:15 AM CST... DAMAGING WIND 50 TO 55 MPH AT MACOMB IN MCDONOUGH COUNTY.
               DAMAGE TO LUMBER YARD. OTHER SCATTERED DAMAGE IN MACOMB.

5:35 AM CST... DAMAGING WIND NEAR LONDON MILLS IN FULTON COUNTY. TREE
               LIMB FELL ON POWER LINE.

6:00 AM CST... STRONG WIND AT PEORIA WEATHER OFFICE. 35 MPH ASSOCIATED
               WITH GUST FRONT.

6:20 AM CST... TORNADO. DAMAGING WIND. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AT
               ALLENTOWN IN TAZEWELL COUNTY. DAMAGE TO A FARM. POWER
               LI)NES ACROSS ALLENTOWN BLACKTOP OR 6 MILES EAST OF
               ROUTE 121.

STUMETZ
/CORRECTION TO 5:00 AM REPORT AT BENTLEY/

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WEATHER UPDATE FOR PEORIA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
945 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOPE TOODAY...SOME
MAY BE SEVERE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR THE
TIME BEING AND ONLY A FEW SHOWERS REMAIN IN THE GALESBURG AREA AS OF 945 AM.
WE MAY SEE A LITTLE SUN THIS MORNING BUT THUNDERSTORMS %ARE EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOPE BY AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S BY
MID DAY AND WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING.

BREESER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1100 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOPE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
...SOME MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1055 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOPE THIS AFTERNOON...SOME MAY
BE SEVERE.

PERSONS ARE URGE TO LISTEN TO RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIABLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON.
ATTN ISP DISTS...6...9...10...18 AND 12

HILLIARD

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WEATHER UPDATE FOR PEORIA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1115 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991

...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP TODAY...SOME
MAY BE SEVERE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...

NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED BY RADAR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS OF
11AM THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES HAD
RISEN TO 70 BY LATE MORNING AND WINDS PICKED UP CONSIDERABLY TO 20 TO
25 MPH...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 38 MPH.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE MID 70
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY...ESPECIALLY
IN THUNDERSTORMS.

BREESER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
215 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST...

SKIES ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUE TO BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH VERY STRONG WINDS
FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST.

HERE AT CAPITOL AIRPORT GUSTS TO 63 MPH (55 KNOTS) WERE RECORDED AT
157 PM CST.  GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  TREE LIMBS AND SCREEN DOORS AS WELL AS OTHER
LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS COULD BE DAMAGED FROM THESE VERY STRONG WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...SO BE ON THE ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

MUNDY
ATTN ISP DIST 6...9...10...18 AND 12