Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL

000 
WWUS53 KILX 021543
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1043 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ILC019-029-041-147-021615-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080502T1615Z/
CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-PIATT-
1043 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...SOUTHEASTERN PIATT...DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN
COLES COUNTIES...

AT 1038 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SADORUS TO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GARRETT TO 4 MILES WEST OF COOKS MILL...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TUSCOLA TO 6 MILES EAST OF SULLIVAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  HUMBOLDT...
  ARCOLA...
  PHILO...
  VILLA GROVE...
  CAMARGO...
  FAIRGRANGE...
  MURDOCK...
  LONGVIEW...
  HINDSBORO...
  BUSHTON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 226.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4001 8798 3957 8797 3955 8847 3979 8847
      3979 8861 4000 8857
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 270DEG 39KT 3998 8832 3986 8829
          3957 8843

$$

BARKER

000 
WWUS53 KILX 021600
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ILC147-021610-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080502T1615Z/
PIATT-
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIATT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3955 8847 3978 8837 4000 8829 4000 8824
      4001 8823 4001 8798 3957 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 270DEG 39KT 3997 8808 3985 8808
          3957 8825

$$

ILC019-029-041-021615-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080502T1615Z/
CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES...

AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF PHILO TO VILLA GROVE TO
2 MILES SOUTH OF HUMBOLDT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCOLA TO 7 MILES
NORTH OF MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  FAIRGRANGE...
  BUSHTON...
  HINDSBORO...
  BROADLANDS...
  RARDIN...
  OAKLAND...
  NEWMAN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND 223.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3955 8847 3978 8837 4000 8829 4000 8824
      4001 8823 4001 8798 3957 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 270DEG 39KT 3997 8808 3985 8808
          3957 8825

$$

BARKER

000 
WWUS53 KILX 021615
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ILC019-029-041-021625-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080502T1615Z/
CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-
1115 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...DOUGLAS
AND NORTHERN COLES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1115 AM CDT...

AT 1112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3955 8847 3978 8837 4000 8829 4000 8824
      4001 8823 4001 8798 3957 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 270DEG 39KT 3996 8808 3984 8808
          3957 8825

$$

BARKER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
937 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 937 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
KILX CWA...IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS MISSOURI.
STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FURTHER SOUTH...MAINLY
SOUTHEAST OF SAINT LOUIS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...HOWEVER
CELLS MORE ELEVATED IN NATURE HAVE BEEN PRODUCING A FEW WIND/HAIL
REPORTS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. NAM-WRF CONTINUES TO HANDLE THE
DEVELOPING SITUATION QUITE WELL...JUST AS IT HAS FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL RUNS. MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING...THEN THE QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT
ADDITIONAL STORMS CAN FIRE ALONG THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. NAM-WRF CONTINUES TO SUGGEST DEVELOPMENT AFTER
21Z...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. LATEST RADAR
MOSAIC SHOWS A THIN LINE OF REFLECTIVITY ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSOURI MARKING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT...HOWEVER STORMS HAVE
YET TO DEVELOP ACROSS THAT AREA. WITH WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...THINK IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR
ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE AND STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT.
NAM-WRF SOLUTION STILL SEEMS REASONABLE AT THIS POINT...SO WILL
FOLLOW CLOSELY. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE CATEGORICAL POPS
ACROSS THE BOARD THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY CATEGORICAL POPS EAST
AND SOMEWHAT LOWER POPS FURTHER WEST THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE STORMS
MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO RE-FIRE BEFORE FROPA.

BARNES
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 615 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL DEEPEN AS IT
MOVES THROUGH IOWA AND INTO WISCONSIN THROUGH 12Z SAT. COLD FRONT
EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL REACH THE ILLINOIS RIVER AROUND
21Z TODAY AND SWEEP THROUGH ALL OF THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS TERMINALS BY
06Z SAT. ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS MORNING TAZ-DEC-CMI WILL MOVE OUT
BY 15Z TODAY AS ATTENTION THEN TURNS WESTWARD TO MORE EXTENSIVE
CONVECTION ALONG THE MAIN COLD FRONT. MORNING SQUALL LINE NOW
ENTERING EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS MAY WEAKEN SOMEWHAT...BUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR RESTRENGTHENING WILL EXIST AFTER 14Z AS SURFACE
HEATING DESTABILIZES THE ATMOSPHERE. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
WILL BE ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE COLD FRONT
SHOULD REACH PIA/SPI BY 00Z SAT...BMI/DEC BY 03Z...AND CMI BEFORE
06Z. OVERALL...CONDITIONS SHOULD BE VFR OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...WITH CLEARING AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.

04
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 315 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

FORECAST CONCERN IS RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS SPC HAS
POSTED A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK ACROSS CENTRAL/SE IL THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO MID EVENING. THIS DUE TO AN ANTICIPATED SQUALL LINE MOVING
EAST ACROSS IL AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY. 00Z SHORT RANGE
MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. DIFFERENCES CONTINUE
WITH MEDIUM RANGE MODELS FOR NEXT WORK WEEK AND SLOW ECMWF REMAINS
MODEL OF CHOICE.

08Z/3 AM SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONG 994 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER
CENTRAL SD WITH AN OCCUDED FRONT EXTENDING EAST INTO SW MN...THEN
TURNS INTO A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN IA INTO FAR
NW MO...SE KS AND CENTRAL OK. WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED NORTH OF IL/IN
INTO FAR SOUTHERN WI/LOWER MI. WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS
DEVELOPED WITH SSW 40 KT OR STRONGER LOW LEVEL JET AND MOVED NE INTO
CENTRAL/SE IL OVER AREAS SE OF I-55. ALSO HAVE A WEAK SHORT WAVE
OVER THE MID MS VALLEY LIFTING NNE. THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER SOUTH OF
TAYLORVILLE. LINE OF CONVECTION JUST MISSED GALESBURG AS IT LIFTED
NE INTO FAR NW IL AND SW WI. A STRONG TO SEVERE SQUALL LINE WAS
PLOWING ENE INTO WESTERN MO OUT OF EASTERN KS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT.
SOUTH BREEZES 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH KEEPING MILD
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH DANVILLE AND ROBINSON
STILL AT 70F. MOIST DEWPOINTS FROM 55 TO 60F. ALOFT A STRONG 543 DM
500 MB LOW WAS DEEPENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA WHILE STRONG UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN U.S.

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING EARLY
AND MID MORNING AS SHORT WAVE LIFTS NNE ACROSS IL AND ALSO SUPPORTED
BY STRONG SSW LOW LEVEL JET AND THETA E/MOISTURE ADVECTION. HAVE
LIKELY CHANCE OF CONVECTION THIS MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. SQUALL
LINE IN WESTERN MO TO MOVES INTO WESTERN IL AROUND 12Z AND SHOULD
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL IL THIS MORNING. STRONG STORMS STILL
POSSIBLE OVER THE MS VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE HAIL. A LULL IN CONVECTION DURING MIDDAY THEN A STRONG TO
SEVERE SQUALL LINE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL/SE IL FROM MID
AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
WITH MODERATE RISK FROM I-72 SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN THREAT ALSO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN IL WHERE
PRECIPITATABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES OR BETTER AND SEVERE
RISK CONTINUES IN EASTERN IL DURING EARLY AND MID EVENING. MILD
HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AGAIN WITH MOIST DEWPOINTS FROM 60 TO
65F THANKS TO VERY BREEZY SSW WINDS TODAY.

PER SPC DAY1 DISCUSSION...STRONGEST BELT OF MID LEVEL FLOW OF 90
KT...WILL ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
INTO MO LATER THIS MORNING AS UPPER LOW PIVOTS SOUTH AND DEEPENS
OVER NEBRASKA. THIS DEEPENING PROCESS WILL ENCOURAGE STRENGTHENING
OF LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY WHERE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY RECOVERY WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A SHARP COLD FRONT. IF
CONVECTION DOES NOT BREAK OUT AHEAD OF MAIN COLD FRONT THEN BOUNDARY
LAYER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY RECOVERY WILL BE MUCH GREATER ACROSS
MO/IL AHEAD OF WIND SHIFT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MUCH
MORE BUOYANT AIRMASS FOR POTENTIALLY TORNADIC SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THIS REGION FAVOR MULTIPLE CONVECTIVE
MODES GIVEN THE STRONG COLD FRONT AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR
PRE-FRONTAL STORMS WITHIN THE WARM ADVECTION ZONE. GREATEST THREAT
FOR DAMAGING TORNADOES SHOULD FROM SOUTHERN IL SOUTH TO AR. DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL SHOULD ACCOMPANY SEVERE SQUALL LINE AS IT PROGRESSES
EWD INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT.

COLD FRONT EXISTS EAST INTO INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT WITH DISTINCE DRY
WEDGE MOVING EAST ACROSS IL DURING THE EVENING. TRIMMED BACK
CONVECTION CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AND MOST AREAS LOOK DRY
OVERNIGHT. MODELS QUICKER BRINGING IN COOLER AIR TONIGHT BEHIND
STRONG COLD FRONT AND LOWERED THE LOWS A FEW DEGREES TONIGHT. STRONG
UPPER LEVEL TROF SHIFTS INTO IL SAT BRINGING MORE LOW CLOUDS BACK
INTO THE AREA AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
COULD BRING ISOLATED THUNDER SAT AFTERNOON. COOLER HIGHS RANGING
FROM 55F NW OF THE IL RIVER TO THE MID 60S IN SE IL WHERE MORE
SUNSHINE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS SHIFTS EAST
OF IL INTO INDIANA THIS EVENING ENDING SHOWER CHANCES WITH DECREASE
CLOUDS FROM THE WEST DURING SAT NIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OF 1022
MB BUILDS ACROSS THE MO VALLEY BY DAWN SUNDAY. THIS HIGH PRESSURE
DRIFTS OVER IL AND MID MS VALLEY SUNDAY PROVIDING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
AND HIGHS NEAR 65F.

LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST OF IL OVER THE OHIO VALLEY BY DAWN MONDAY
AS UPPER LEVEL HEIGTS RISE OVER THE MS VALLEY. THIS SHOULD BRING A
MILDER SEASONABLE DAY IN THE LOWER 70S WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. ILLINOIS IS IN A WNW UPPER LEVEL FLOW MON WITH WEAK SHORT
WAVES BYPASSING NORTH AND SOUTH OF IL SO KEEPING A DRY FORECAST. TUE
SHOULD BE DRY AS STRONGER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE MS
VALLEY. GFS AGAIN APPEARS TO AGRESSIVE/QUICKER EJECTING SHORT WAVES
WITH QPF INTO IL TUE. LIKE THE SLOWER ECMWF APPROACH WHTIH KEEPS
CENTRAL/SE IL DRY THROUGH WED. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EJECTING NE FROM
TX ACROSS IL BY THU NIGHT TO BRING GOOD CHANCE OF CONVECTION TO AREA
FROM WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT.

HUETTL

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-031100-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AS A STRONG SPRING
STORM CROSSES THE MIDWEST. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE
HAIL THIS MORNING...THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES
WILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LOW...HOWEVER BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FROM HAVANA DOWNSTREAM
THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BRING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS ACTIVITY...SO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE SITUATION BECOMES BETTER
DEFINED.

ALTHOUGH STAGES ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
FALL...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT 1030 AM CDT TODAY.

ILZ027>031-037-038-042-043-048-051>053-031100-
CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-MENARD-PEORIA-
SANGAMON-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND THIS EVENING AS
A STRONG SPRING STORM CROSSES THE MIDWEST. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING...THE MORE FAVORED TIME
PERIOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM NOON THROUGH 9 PM. ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LOW...HOWEVER
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BRING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS ACTIVITY...SO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE SITUATION BECOMES BETTER
DEFINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT 1030 AM CDT TODAY.

ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031100-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
VERMILION-
600 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT AS A STRONG SPRING STORM CROSSES THE MIDWEST. ALTHOUGH
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING...THE MORE
FAVORED TIME PERIOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 4 PM THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
LOW... HOWEVER BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BRING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS ACTIVITY...SO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE SITUATION BECOMES BETTER
DEFINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT 11 AM CDT TODAY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
528 AM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

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

0520 AM     HAIL             RANTOUL                 40.30N 88.16W
05/02/2008  U0.75 INCH       CHAMPAIGN          IL   MESONET

            SWOP REPORT

&&

KELLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
951 AM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

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

0930 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TAYLORVILLE             39.52N 89.26W
05/02/2008                   CHRISTIAN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE OF UNKNOWN SIZE UPROOTED

&&

KELLY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008

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

0945 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ASSUMPTION              39.52N 89.05W
05/02/2008                   CHRISTIAN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ASSUMPTION

&&

KELLY