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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 3, 2008Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 4:13 AM CDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2008, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 4:30 AM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Alsey, IL	ONE INCHE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH HAIL CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ALSEY BRICK FACTORY. ALSO WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT AND HAIL DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS VEHICLES WAS REPORTED.
Jun 3, 4:38 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Alsey, IL	LARGE TREE DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO A HOME AND CAR. RELAYED FROM SCOTT CO SHERIFF DEPT.
Jun 3, 4:38 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Alsey, IL	GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL IN ALSEY. REPORT FROM SCOTT CO SHERIFF DEPT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 17 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 3, 3:31 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 030913
SVRILX
ILC137-171-031000-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0088.080603T0913Z-080603T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
413 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF EXETER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...
  AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALSEY...
  MANCHESTER...
  MURRAYVILLE...
  WOODSON...
  JACKSONVILLE...
  ALEXANDER...
  FRANKLIN...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...BLUFFS...CHAPIN...
LITERBERRY...MEREDOSIA AND NAPLES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 79.

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.

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

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 3987 9056 3987 9001 3954 8996 3952 9058
      3971 9064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 290DEG 42KT 3967 9050

$$

SMITH

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 030922
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
423 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC137-171-031000-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080603T1000Z/
MORGAN-SCOTT-
423 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
FOR MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 419 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES EAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MURRAYVILLE...
  WOODSON...
  LAKE JACKSONVILLE...
  SINCLAIR...
  NORTONVILLE...
  ALEXANDER...
  FRANKLIN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 79.

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 3983 9056 3984 9001 3954 8996 3952 9058
      3971 9064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0923Z 290DEG 42KT 3963 9036

$$

SMITH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 030930
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
430 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC137-171-031000-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080603T1000Z/
MORGAN-SCOTT-
430 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 429 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MANCHESTER...
  JACKSONVILLE...
  MURRAYVILLE...
  WOODSON...
  LAKE JACKSONVILLE...
  NORTONVILLE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 71.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3974 9059 3975 9015 3954 9011 3952 9058
      3971 9064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 290DEG 42KT 3964 9044

$$

SMITH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 030938
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
438 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC137-171-031000-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080603T1000Z/
MORGAN-SCOTT-
438 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 434 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALSEY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 47 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MURRAYVILLE...
  WOODSON...
  LAKE JACKSONVILLE...
  NORTONVILLE...

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 3968 9050 3967 9049 3967 9015 3954 9012
      3954 9015 3953 9017 3953 9027 3953 9052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 294DEG 41KT 3956 9037

$$

SMITH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 031000
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
458 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC137-171-031008-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080603T1000Z/
MORGAN-SCOTT-
458 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 AM CDT...

AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS 
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THE SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND TREE
DAMAGE OCCURRED IN ALSEY FROM THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM. REMAIN ALERT FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3968 9050 3967 9049 3967 9015 3954 9012
      3954 9015 3953 9017 3953 9027 3953 9052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 294DEG 41KT 3946 9010

$$
GEELHART/HARDIMAN

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 Jun 3, 3:26 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:26 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
326 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 326 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

SHORT TERM...TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. A VERY COMPLEX FORECAST IN THE
SHORT TERM SW-NE ORIENTED 50-55KT LOW LEVEL JET OVER MISSOURI
OVERNIGHT HAS LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL TRAINING CLUSTERS
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWA IN AN AREA OF VERY STRONG LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LLJ. MOST OF
THE STORMS HAVE BEEN ELEVATED...BUT WARM/MOIST ADVECTION HAS
CLEARLY LEAD TO A CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT SOUTH OF THE I-72
CORRIDOR... AS A STRONG CELL MOVED OVER SANGAMON COUNTY WAS
FINALLY ABLE TO BRING STRONG WINDS DOWN TO THE SFC. THIS STORM
EVENTUALLY MORPHED INTO A SUPERCELL WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY. METAR OB
FROM KTAZ INDICATED STRONGLY BACKED SFC FLOW... WITH PROFILER/VAD
WINDS INDICATING 40-50 KT SW WINDS JUST ALOFT... THUS THERE WAS
PLENTY OF STRONG WIND SHEAR READY TO BE TAPPED STRETCHED AS THIS
CELL BECAME SFC-BASED.

BIG QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS. NCEP
MODELS AT 00Z DID NOT PICK UP ON MCS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO
NORTHWESTERN IOWA... AND SUGGEST FOCUS FOR ONGOING CONVECTION
WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD IN TIME AS LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY/AXIS OF STRONG
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE PUSHES NORTHWARD AS WARM/MOIST AIR ADVECTS
INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA.

06Z NAM AND ONE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL RUC MODELS WERE THE ONLY ONES
TO HAVE ANY REFLECTION OF ONGOING MCS IN NW IOWA. BOTH SUGGEST
THIS SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD...BASICALLY
RIDING JUST NORTH OF THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY...PARALLEL TO THE
850-700MB THETA GRADIENT.

MESOSCALE EVOLUTION EXPECTED TODAY...AND THIS IS A PRETTY LOW
CONFIDENCE FORECAST...IS FOR FOCUS OF ELEVATED STORMS TO SHIFT
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY UP
AROUND THE I-74 CORRIDOR BY MID-MORNING. IOWA MCS OR ITS REMNANTS
AND LEADING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LOOK TO REACH THE FAR WESTERN CWA
BETWEEN 15-18Z. EXPECT THIS WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR A SECOND
ROUND OF CONVECTION IN THE WARM SECTOR SOUTH OF THE FRONT. SPC HAS
MOST OF THE CWA IN A MODERATE RISK... AND TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE GIVEN STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR ESPECIALLY WHERE SFC WINDS
ARE LOCALLY BACKED CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT. ALTHOUGH WE COULD NOT
BUY A HAILSTONE WITH EARLIEST STORMS OVERNIGHT...HAIL THREAT WILL
BE ENHANCED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS STEEPER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI ADVECT INTO THE AREA.

06Z NAM SUGGESTS SEVERAL MORE WAVES OF CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING
HOURS AS LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVES PUSH ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE
HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR...AND EXPECTED RETURN
OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...WE MAY NEED TO THINK ABOUT GOING
WITH A FLOOD WATCH ACROSS PART OF THE CWA. WITH THE CURRENT PRECIP
FOCUS DRIFTING NORTH...WE HAVE SOME TIME TO WORK WITH. MORNING
COOP REPORTS WILL PROVIDE GOOD GROUND TRUTH OF OVERNIGHT
RAINFALL... AND HOPEFULLY BY MID-MORNING THE MESOSCALE EVOLUTION
WILL BECOME A BIT MORE CLEAR.

EXPECT A MESS OF BOUNDARIES AROUND EARLY WEDNESDAY...BUT MAIN LOW
LEVEL FRONT WILL BE DRIFTING NORTH. WITH WARMER MID-LEVEL AIR
MOVING IN...CONVECTIVE COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE LESS...BUT KEPT THE
HIGH CHANCE POPS IN FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THURSDAY LOOKS FAIRLY HOT AND DRY AS STRONG CAPPING DEVELOPS. COLD
FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY...BUT LATEST TRENDS
SUGGEST EASTERN RIDGING WILL BUILD A LITTLE FARTHER WEST THAN
PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...SO THE FRONT WILL BE SPUTTERING AS IT REACHES
THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND MAY HAVE A TOUGH TIME BREAKING
THE CAP.

HARDIMAN

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1246 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008...FOR THE 06Z TAFS

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SPI AND DEC OVER THE
NEXT 3 HOURS OR SO. PIA...BMI AND CMI SHOULD REMAIN JUST NORTH OF
ANY HAIL STORMS. I HIT SPI AND DEC HARDER IN THE TEMPOS FOR IFR
VIS AND GS FOR HAIL. WINDS IN GENERAL HAVE NOT BEEN TOO GUSTY IN
THE STORMS...DUE TO THE ELEVATED NATURE OF THE STORMS. THERE
APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER STORM COMPLEX APPROACHING CENTRAL ILLINOIS
FROM THE NW WHICH MAY ARRIVE IN THE MORNING. THERE IS SOME
INDICATION IT MAY WEAKEN WHEN IT ARRIVES...SO FOR NOW WILL NOT
MENTION STRONG MORNING STORMS IN THE TAFS JUST YET.

ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY...AS WE
BREAK THE CAP AND TAP INTO SOME VERY UNSTABLE AIR. WILL WAIT TO
HIT THOSE VERY HARD TOO. WILL MOST LIKELY TEMPO SOME IFR AS THE
TIME APPROACHES.

SHIMON

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:33 PM CDT, 12 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-031100-
CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-
MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
333 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH TOWARD THE AREA. THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...VERY
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR
OTHER POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

ANOTHER PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS WILL
BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST
ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-
EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-
SHELBY-VERMILION-
333 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH TOWARD THE AREA. THE BEST
CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR
OTHER POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

ANOTHER PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS WILL
BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST
ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

GOETSCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
310 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0225 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BERRY                   39.72N 89.48W
06/03/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOUSE IN BERRY. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

SCHAFFER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
311 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0216 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCHESTER               39.75N 89.54W
06/03/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREES DOWN IN RURAL ROCHESTER. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

SCHAFFER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:13 AM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
313 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
06/03/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DAMAGE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD. TIME
            ESTIMATED.

&&

SCHAFFER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
314 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0304 AM     HAIL             BLUE MOUND              39.70N 89.12W
06/03/2008  M0.88 INCH       MACON              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SCHAFFER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:22 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
322 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0235 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EDINBURG                39.66N 89.39W
06/03/2008                   CHRISTIAN          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO BUILDINGS COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN EDINBURG. TIME
            ESTIMATED.

&&

SCHAFFER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:50 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0225 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BERRY                   39.72N 89.48W
06/03/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE ON A HOUSE AND LARGE TREE ON A MOBILE HOME IN
            BERRY. REPORTED BY SHERIFF. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

SCHAFFER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler	52 min
Jun 2, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	52 min
Jun 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	23 min
Jun 3, 12:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Sangamon	3 hr
Jun 3, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Menard, Sangamon	8 hr
Jun 3, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	48 min
Jun 3, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	43 min
Jun 3, 2:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	23 min
Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	31 min
Jun 3, 2:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	37 min
Jun 3, 3:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	24 min
Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	16 min
Jun 3, 5:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	4 hr
Jun 3, 5:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	4 hr
Jun 3, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon	3 hr
Jun 3, 7:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	3 hr
Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Douglas, Edgar	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	39 min
Jun 3, 8:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay	29 min
Jun 3, 8:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	32 min
Jun 3, 9:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Macon	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	38 min
Jun 3, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	42 min
Jun 3, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan	39 min
Jun 3, 10:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Tazewell	41 min
Jun 3, 10:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	34 min
Jun 3, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	9 days
Jun 3, 10:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	40 min
Jun 3, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason	13 days
Jun 3, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell and 1 more	47 min
Jun 3, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	39 min
Jun 3, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	50 min
Jun 3, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	39 min
Jun 3, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	37 days
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	McLean	3 hr
Jun 3, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	32 days
Jun 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Shelby	43 min
Jun 3, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Edgar	33 min
Jun 3, 12:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Macon	3 hr
Jun 3, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	20 min
Jun 3, 3:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 27 more	30 hr
Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard	11 days
Jun 3, 3:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Menard	11 days

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.