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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 27, 20086 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 27, 2008, 3:15 PM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2008, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2008, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 27, 10:58 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 455 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KILX 272115
SVRILX
ILC023-029-035-041-045-049-272200-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0293.081227T2115Z-081227T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
315 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST.

* AT 316 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF COOKS MILL TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF NEOGA...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SULLIVAN TO 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF EFFINGHAM...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOLEDO...
  JEWETT...
  JANESVILLE...
  RARDIN...
  GREENUP...
  CHARLESTON...
  OAKLAND...
  HAZEL DELL...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ASHMORE...CASEY...
CLARKSVILLE...DENNISON...HUMBOLDT...KANSAS...LERNA...MARSHALL...
MARTINSVILLE...MATTOON...OLIVER...PARIS...REDMON...VERMILION...WEST
UNION AND WESTFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 201.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 154.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3935 8753 3933 8762 3919 8761 3917 8846
      3963 8846 3973 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 274DEG 48KT 3965 8839 3922 8840

$$

SMITH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 272147
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
347 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ILC041-049-272157-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081227T2200Z/
DOUGLAS-EFFINGHAM-
347 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND
NORTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 346 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3918 8846 3958 8828 3973 8753 3935 8753
      3933 8762 3919 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 274DEG 48KT 3944 8799

$$

ILC023-029-035-045-272200-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081227T2200Z/
CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-
347 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR SOUTHERN EDGAR...CLARK...CUMBERLAND AND EASTERN COLES COUNTIES...

AT 346 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFIELD...OR ABOUT 9
MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  CLARKSVILLE...
  MARTINSVILLE...
  REDMON...
  ORANGE...
  MARSHALL...
  BELL RIDGE...
  LINCOLN TRAIL STATE PARK...
  OLIVER...
  DENNISON...
  PARIS...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 189.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 154.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3918 8846 3958 8828 3973 8753 3935 8753
      3933 8762 3919 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 274DEG 48KT 3944 8799

$$

SMITH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 272201
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
401 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ILC023-029-035-045-272212-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081227T2200Z/
CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-
402 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EDGAR...CLARK...
CUMBERLAND AND EASTERN COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM CST...

AT 400 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3918 8846 3958 8828 3973 8753 3935 8753
      3933 8762 3919 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 274DEG 48KT 3943 8799

$$

SMITH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 27, 3:00 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 3:00 PM CST, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 258 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

FORECAST PROBLEMS TODAY INVOLVE A NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. FIRST IS THE
MAJOR SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT EFFECTING THE
AREA TODAY. SECOND IS WEAK LOW SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES ON MONDAY AND THEN ANOTHER LOW ON LATE TUESDAY. THESE TWO
WILL BE DRY FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE LAST IS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ON THURSDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT TO MONDAY NIGHT
UPPER AIR...MSAS SURFACE DATA...AND SATELLITE/PROFILER COMBO
DISPLAY SHOWED EXTREME WINDS FROM ALOFT TO THE LOW LEVELS. VERY
MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMAS AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT FED THE SQUALL LINE
THAT MOVED OUT OF MO DURING MORNING. STRONG WIND FIELDS AIDED IN
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN 2/3 CWA THROUGH THE DAY.
BOWING LINE SEGMENTS PRODUCED THE DAMAGE.

EXPECT THE UPPER TROF TO BEGIN TO SURGE EAST BY EVENING. THIS SHOULD
SHOVE THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE COOL POOL OFF TO THE EAST EARLY THIS
EVENING AND CLEAR THE WARM SECTOR SOUTHEAST OF CWA. USED NAM AND RUC
FOR MODIFIED WIND FORECAST THROUGH 06Z...AS MODELS A LITTLE SLOW ON
THE FRONT AND PCPN POSITIONS.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY TO SATURDAY
FLOW DURING THIS PERIOD IS ZONAL WITH COUPLE MINOR SYSTEMS MOVING
THROUGH REGION. FAST MOVING FIRST SYSTEM ON THURSDAY...LOW MOVING
NORTH OF REGION ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY...BUT
REGION SHOULD REMAIN DRY.

THE NEXT SYSTEM IS A FRONTAL SYSTEM ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PROBLEM WITH THIS FEATURE IS THAT THE GFS AND EUR HAVE 2 DIFFERENT
SOLUTIONS. FRONTAL PASSAGE TIMING IS SAME, BUT GFS HAS LOW PRESSURE
AREA DEVELOPING ON FRONT OVER MID OH VALLEY, WITH THE EUR HAVING LOW
IN GREAT LAKES AND COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH. STILL A LITTLE EARLY
TO BE SELECTION ONE VERSUS THE OTHER...BUT RESULT IN EITHER CASE
SHOULD BRING CHANCE OF SNOW ON THU NIGHT AND FRI...SO INCREASED POPS
A BIT ON FRI.

GOETSCH
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL FROPA...WITH
CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN BEHIND THE
FRONT TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL
SHIFT WESTERLY AND REMAIN STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT.

BAK
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ILZ038-042>046-
051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ILZ027>031-
036>038-040>044-047>054-061.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ILZ045-046-055.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 10:22 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1022 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-281200-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-
SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
1022 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STEADY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD NOON FOR AREAS WEST OF
I-55. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH
OF RAIN ALREADY FELL SINCE MIDNIGHT FOR SOME AREAS WEST OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER. ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH AROUND 2 MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

THE WARM RAIN WILL ALSO MELT ANY REMAINING SNOW AND ICE ON THE
GROUND...AND THE FROZEN GROUND WILL FORCE MOST OF THE WATER TO
RUNOFF. HEAVY RAINS...MELTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLE CLOGGED STREET
DRAINS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING TODAY.

COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TONIGHT...WITH ANY RAIN
POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW. ANY WET SURFACES
MAY RE-FREEZE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

ILZ038-042>044-051>054-061-281200-
CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-
SHELBY-
1022 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO
TONIGHT. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY
THIS EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND BECOME STRONG AGAIN. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS A RESULT.

STEADY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS EAST
OF I-55. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM
THIS EVENING.

THE FROZEN GROUND WILL FORCE MOST OF THE WATER TO RUNOFF. HEAVY
RAINS AND POSSIBLE CLOGGED STREET DRAINS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
TODAY. BASEMENTS WILL LIKELY SEE WATER SEEPAGE AS WELL.

COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TONIGHT...WITH ANY RAIN
POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW. ANY WET SURFACES
MAY RE-FREEZE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

ILZ045-046-055-281200-
CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-VERMILION-
1022 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT.
DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST-WEST ROADS. WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY THIS EVENING BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT...AND BECOME STRONG AGAIN. THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS A RESULT.

STEADY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS EAST
OF I-55. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING.

THE FROZEN GROUND WILL FORCE MOST OF THE WATER TO RUNOFF. HEAVY
RAINS AND POSSIBLE CLOGGED STREET DRAINS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
TODAY. BASEMENTS WILL LIKELY SEE WATER SEEPAGE AS WELL.

COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TONIGHT...WITH ANY RAIN
POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW. ANY WET SURFACES
MAY RE-FREEZE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 3 PM.

ILZ056-057-062-063-066>068-071>073-281200-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-
LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
1022 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT.
DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST-WEST ROADS. WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY THIS EVENING BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT...AND BECOME STRONG AGAIN. THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS A RESULT.

COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TONIGHT...WITH ANY RAIN
POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW. ANY WET SURFACES
MAY RE-FREEZE. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING...MAINLY AFTER 4 PM.

BAK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:36 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
236 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N SPRINGFIELD         39.81N 89.64W
12/27/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LOOSE DEBRIS FROM STATE FAIRGROUNDS BLOWN ACROSS PEORIA
            ROAD AND STRUCK A GAS STATION. TIME ESTIMATED

&&

25

Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:38 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
238 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1222 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE SPRINGFIELD        39.80N 89.62W
12/27/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            OUTDOOR DISPLAYS FROM HARDWARE STORE BLOWN OFF PARKING
            LOT. DISPLAYS UNANCHORED. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

25

Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:41 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
241 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1226 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N SPAULDING           39.90N 89.54W
12/27/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NEAR INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMSVILLE RD AND TURKEY RUN
            RD...UNANCHORED MOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF ITS PAD WHICH BROKE
            GAS LINE FEED. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

25

Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:46 PM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
246 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W SPRINGFIELD         39.78N 89.72W
12/27/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FARMSTEAD WEST OF SPRINGFIELD ON MQUEEN RD SUSTAINED
            SIGNIFICANT STRAIGTLINE WIND DAMAGE. TIME AND LOCATION
            ESTIMATED.

&&

25

Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:51 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
251 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N SPRINGFIELD         39.81N 89.64W
12/27/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AT STATE FAIRGROUNDS...ROOF DAMAGE TO 3 LARGE BARNS AND
            GRANDSTAND OVERHANG. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

25

Local storm report, Dec 27, 3:00 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E BLOOMINGTON         40.48N 88.88W
12/27/2008                   MCLEAN             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE TO FOUR BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED AT A FARMSTEAD NEAR
            IRELAND GROVE AND TOWANDA BARNES ROAD. IN ADDITION...A
            MACHINE SHED WAS DESTROYED.

&&

BAK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 6:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	6 days
Dec 27, 3:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	12 hr
Dec 27, 3:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	35 min
Dec 27, 3:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	3 hr
Dec 27, 10:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Schuyler and 1 more	65 min
Dec 27, 11:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark	56 min
Dec 27, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	66 min
Dec 27, 11:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria	24 min
Dec 27, 12:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard and 3 more	58 min
Dec 27, 12:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
Dec 27, 12:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	48 min
Dec 27, 12:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon and 1 more	60 min
Dec 27, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 3 more	38 min
Dec 27, 12:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby	66 min
Dec 27, 12:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 3 more	34 min
Dec 27, 12:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	31 min
Dec 27, 12:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	37 min
Dec 27, 12:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	63 min
Dec 27, 12:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	31 min
Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Moultrie and 3 more	65 min
Dec 27, 1:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	33 min
Dec 27, 1:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	44 min
Dec 27, 1:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	41 min
Dec 27, 1:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	40 min
Dec 27, 1:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	3 hr
Dec 27, 1:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	25 min
Dec 27, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby	60 min
Dec 27, 1:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	22 hr
Dec 27, 2:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	41 min
Dec 27, 2:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion	34 min
Dec 27, 2:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	43 min
Dec 27, 2:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Stark	3 hr
Dec 27, 3:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	3 hr
Dec 27, 3:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	49 min
Dec 27, 3:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	24 min
Dec 27, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	27 min
Dec 27, 4:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	12 hr
Dec 27, 5:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	43 min
Dec 27, 5:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	11 hr
Dec 27, 5:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Stark	6 hr
Dec 27, 5:55 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Stark	6 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.