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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 3, 20085 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 10:51 AM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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, 11:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Forsyth, IL	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE ON ONE HOME. FROM MACON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 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 3, 3:31 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 471 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 031551
SVRILX
ILC021-115-139-147-173-031630-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0097.080603T1551Z-080603T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1051 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.

* AT 1051 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAROA TO 8 MILES WEST OF
  WARRENSBURG TO 11 MILES WEST OF KINCAID...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 9 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN TO 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRDEN...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAROA...
  HARRISTOWN...
  FORSYTH...
  TAYLORVILLE...
  STONINGTON...
  OREANA...
  DECATUR...
  BLUE MOUND...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 167.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
SANGAMON AND MENARD COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND 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 3944 8848 3936 8951 3962 8954 3982 8927
      3982 8923 3987 8922 3993 8916 4006 8915
      4007 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 266DEG 53KT 4014 8908 3998 8909
          3958 8951

$$

GEELHART/BARNES

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 031604
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC021-115-139-147-173-031630-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080603T1630Z/
CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-
1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PIATT...MACON...CHRISTIAN...MOULTRIE AND NORTHERN SHELBY
COUNTIES...

AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES EAST OF MAROA TO BLUE MOUND TO 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MORRISONVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
SOUTH OF CLINTON TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR TO 13 MILES WEST OF
TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  HERVEY CITY...
  DECATUR AIRPORT...
  OAKLEY...
  MOWEAQUA...
  MOUNT ZION...
  LONG CREEK...
  CISCO...
  VANDERVILLE...
  MILMINE...
  OWANECO...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 167.

LAT...LON 3944 8848 3936 8952 3959 8954 3973 8930
      3985 8915 4005 8902 4007 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 274DEG 52KT 4004 8884 3969 8901
          3947 8943

$$
GEELHART/BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 031615
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC021-115-139-147-173-031630-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080603T1630Z/
CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-
1115 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PIATT...EASTERN MACON...CHRISTIAN...MOULTRIE AND
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 1110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CISCO TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALTON CITY TO 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF VANDERVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
WEST OF MONTICELLO TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TAYLORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MONTICELLO...
  BETHANY...
  BEMENT...
  ASSUMPTION...
  LOVINGTON...
  HAMMOND...
  WESTERVELT...
  SULLIVAN...
  KIRKSVILLE...
  FINDLAY...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 167.

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 3944 8848 3936 8952 3949 8953 3963 8923
      3976 8903 4006 8888 4007 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 274DEG 52KT 4002 8863 3967 8880
          3946 8923

$$
GEELHART/BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 031626
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILC021-115-139-147-173-031635-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080603T1630Z/
CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-
1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN PIATT...EASTERN
MACON...CHRISTIAN...AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
1130 AM CDT...

AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MOULTRIE AND EASTERN 
PIATT COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1215 PM.

LAT...LON 3944 8848 3936 8952 3949 8953 3963 8923
      3976 8903 4006 8888 4007 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 274DEG 52KT 4000 8844 3965 8861
          3945 8905

$$
GEELHART/BARNES

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, 10:30 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:30 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1030 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 1030 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS ILLINOIS PRODUCING
SCATTERED DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT WILL
BE EXTENDED AHEAD OF THE BOW UNTIL 2 PM.

IMPACT OF THIS BOW ON LATER CONVECTION MAY BE TO DELAY THE
INITIATION UNTIL EARLY EVENEING.

BARKER
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 650 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008...FOR THE 12Z TAFS

STORMS MAY TAKE A SHORT BREAK EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN A LINE OF
STORMS FROM IOWA MAY REACH OUR CWA BY MID MORNING. 4KM WRF OUTPUT
SHOWS THE CONVECTION MOSTLY DISSIPATING AS WE HEAD INTO LATE
MORNING...WITH A BREAK UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WHEN THE
WARM FRONT SAGS BACK SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT. A MODERATE RISK IS IN
PLACE FOR LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...SO I ADDED +TSRAGS AND VRB
GUSTS TO 45KTS EARLY THIS EVENING. IFR CIGS AND VIS WILL BE LIKELY
IN THE HEAVIER STORMS.

THE BACK EDGE OF STORMS OVERNIGHT SHOULD COME BETWEEN 06Z AND
09Z.

SHIMON
&&

.PREV 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

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-041100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-
SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
ON WEDNESDAY. THAT SYSTEM WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR OTHER POSSIBLY
SEVERE STORMS...AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUR AREA IN
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

ANOTHER PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY 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 WILL BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN BETWEEN
4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY
MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 11 AM CDT FOR THE WESTERN
HALF OF OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. AN E MAIL WILL PROVIDE DETAILS OF
THE CALL.

ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-041100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION-
546 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
ON WEDNESDAY. THAT SYSTEM WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR OTHER POSSIBLY
SEVERE STORMS...AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUR AREA IN
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

ANOTHER PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY 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 WILL BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN BETWEEN
4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY
MANAGERS AND MEDIA WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1130 AM CDT FOR THE
EASTERN HALF OF OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. AN E MAIL WILL PROVIDE
DETAILS OF THE CALL.

SHIMON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:20 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1020 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

1011 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKFORD                 40.10N 89.97W
06/03/2008                   MENARD             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AD 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY COUNTY
            EMERGENCY MANAGER SPOTTERS. FROM EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

JPARR

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:25 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1025 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

1000 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HAVANA                  40.30N 90.06W
06/03/2008                   MASON              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN HAVANA...AS WELL AS
            MANY PARTS OF RURAL MASO COUNTY.

&&

JPARR

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:30 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1030 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

1021 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W PETERSBURG          40.01N 89.87W
06/03/2008                   MENARD             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLES DOWN AND TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER

&&

JPARR

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:37 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1037 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

1031 AM     TSTM WND GST     SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
06/03/2008  M64 MPH          SANGAMON           IL   ASOS

&&

JOUSLEY

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:41 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1041 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

1021 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PETERSBURG              40.01N 89.85W
06/03/2008                   MENARD             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            JUST WEST OF PETERSBURG ON NEWMANSVILLE ROAD A TRACTOR
            TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN.

&&

OUSLEY

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:48 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1048 AM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0830 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW FLORA              38.71N 88.53W
06/03/2008                   CLAY               IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            APPROXIMATELY 4.5 NORTHWEST OF FLORA NORTH OF OAKMOUND
            LANE ON BUTTONWOOD ROAD A BIG BARN DOOR WAS BLOWN IN WITH
            TREE LIMBS DOWN RANGING FROM 3 INCHES TO 10 INCHES IN
            DIAMETER.

&&

OUSLEY

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, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	47 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, 10:55 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.