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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 27, 20085 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 1:12 PM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 33 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, 1:12 PM CST (19:12 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2008, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 tornado 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 
WFUS53 KILX 271912
TORILX
ILC019-039-113-115-147-271945-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0070.081227T1912Z-081227T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
112 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 145 PM CST.

* AT 113 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  WELDON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DE LAND...
  FARMER CITY...
  MANSFIELD...
  FISHER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 257.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 169.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM...AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THAT
ROTATION REACHING THE GROUND. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS...AND VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES
BLOCK TRAFFIC. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 4005 8880 4028 8895 4042 8848 4042 8845
      4041 8845 4041 8843 4041 8797 4040 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 229DEG 57KT 4018 8878

$$

SMITH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 271923
SVSILX

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

ILC019-039-113-115-147-271945-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-081227T1945Z/
CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-MACON-MCLEAN-PIATT-
123 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN...NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN...NORTHERN PIATT...EASTERN
DE WITT AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES...

AT 121 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF FARMER
CITY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  MANSFIELD...
  BELLFLOWER...
  FOOSLAND...
  FISHER...
  LUDLOW...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 257.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 169.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 4005 8880 4028 8895 4042 8848 4042 8845
      4041 8845 4041 8843 4041 8797 4040 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 232DEG 53KT 4021 8863

$$

SMITH

000 
WWUS53 KILX 271941
SVSILX

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

ILC115-271950-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-081227T1945Z/
MACON-
140 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 135 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 4013 8860 4038 8860 4042 8848 4042 8845
      4041 8845 4041 8797 4040 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 232DEG 53KT 4036 8837

$$

ILC019-039-113-147-271945-
/O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-081227T1945Z/
CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-MCLEAN-PIATT-
140 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN...NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN...NORTHEASTERN PIATT AND
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DE WITT COUNTIES...

AT 135 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
FOOSLAND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF GIBSON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS ARE STILL THREATENED...
  LUDLOW...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 257.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 169.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING   
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 4013 8860 4038 8860 4042 8848 4042 8845
      4041 8845 4041 8797 4040 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 232DEG 53KT 4036 8837

$$

SMITH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Dec 27, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1131 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 1012 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST THIS
MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS ARE CONTINUING
TO TRANSPORT UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION. A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WHILE THE INSTABILITY
WILL NOT BE VERY GOOD...THE STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
AT LEAST A FEW SEVERE STORMS AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

GOING FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND SEE NO REASON TO MAKE CHANGES
AT THIS TIME. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WILL
INCREASE AROUND MIDDAY.

BAK
&&

.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
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 330 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED FOR FULTON AND KNOX COUNTIES
AS VISIBILITIES HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED WITH WARM FRONT LIFTING
NORTH INTO NORTHERN IL EARLY THIS MORNING.

00Z SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT THIS WEEKEND AS
A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS EASTWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS DURING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXITING EAST INTO INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT.
FORECAST CONCERN IS FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY TODAY
ALONG WITH NEAR RECORD HIGHS TODAY. QUIETER WX IN STORE FROM
SUNDAY THROUGH WED WITH ZONAL UPPER LEVEL FLOW...WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES BUT STILL A BIT ABOVE NORMAL.

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

A 999 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MN HAS A COLD FRONT OVER
CENTRAL IA INTO NW MO...SE KS AND CENTRAL OK WHERE 1000 MB LOW
PRESSURE. MODELS SWEEP STRONG COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS IL THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINS STILL LIKELY TODAY WITH
THE HEAVIEST RAIN AXIS FROM I-55 WEST TO ALONG THE IL RIVER WHERE
1.75 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ARE AROUND 1.50 INCHES...EXTREMELY HIGH FOR
LATE DEC. SPC ISSUED TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL IL NW OF
I-70 AND FROM CHAMPAIGN WESTWARD UNTIL 9 AM. THUNDERSTORMS RACING
NE NEAR 60 MPH WITH 60 KT SW LOW LEVEL JET. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS NW OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE. CONVECTION
SHOULD OVERSPREAD REST OF CENTRAL IL DURING THIS MORNING AND MAY
NOT GET INTO SE IL BY THE WABASH RIVER UNTIL LATER TODAY. DECIDED
TO REMOVE SE COUNTIES OUT OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING SINCE THEY ARE EXPECTING LESS RAINFALL OF 1 INCH
OR LESS AND NO SNOW/ICE MELT THERE. STRONG WIND FIELDS TODAY AHEAD
OF COLD FRONT AND BEHIND COLD FRONT THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY FROM
I-55 EAST WHERE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED. WINDY OVER THE IL RIVER
VALLEY BUT APPEARS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS TIME WITH
IS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR
STRONGER. SPC PUSHED SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
SW OF CWA. BUT WITH SUCH STRONG WIND FIELDS...STILL COULD BE A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH HIGH WINDS EAST OF I-55. BUMPED UP
HIGHS TODAY INTO THE 60S... RANGING FROM 60F NW OF THE IL RIVER TO
LOWER 70S NEAR THE WABASH RIVER. NEAR RECORD HIGHS TODAY WHICH ARE
64F AT PEORIA AND LINCOLN WHILE 66F AND SPRINGFIELD.

STRONG COLD FRONT ACCELERATES EAST OF IL BY MIDNIGHT WITH RAIN
DIMINISHING QUICKLY BEHIND IT FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THIS EVENING.
JUST SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN/SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH NO SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY EAST
OF I-55 AS SOUTH WINDS TURN WEST BEHIND STRONG COLD FRONT. DRY
SLOT WORKS NE INTO CENTRAL/SE IL OVERNIGHT WITH DECREASING CLOUDS.

A PIECE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES BREAKS OFF AND MOVES
INTO AR/TN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S CENTRAL IL AND MID 40S SE IL. HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE EASTERN STATES MON AND KEEPS MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES AGAIN AND A BIT MILDER HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ZONAL UPPER LEVEL FLOW OVER
THE MIDWEST DURING MID WEEK WITH DRY WEATHER THROUGH THU. COLD
FRONT PASSES THROUGH IL DRY ON TUE WITH SOME COOLING BEHIND THE
FRONT TUE NIGHT AND WED WITH TEMPERATURES GETTING CLOSER TO
NORMAL. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO IL THU NIGHT INTO FRI AND
APPEARS TO HAVE A BIT MORE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH TO BRING A CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW. 00Z GFS BECOMES MUCH STRONGER WITH LOW PRESSURE
EJECTING INTO IL BY SUNSET FRI BUT 00Z ECMWF HAS THIS LOW PRESSURE
PASSING NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. SO BIG DIFFERENCES HERE WITH
THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND TENDED TO LEAN TOWARD THE ECMWF
SOLUTION. LOOKS LIKE SOME COOLING AGAIN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM BY
WEEKS END.

&&

.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 THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ILZ045-046-055.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 10:22 AM CST, 2 hours 50 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, 12:34 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1234 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
12/27/2008                   SANGAMON           IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            A LARGE SECTION OF THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF THE U.S. GRANT
            SCHOOL AT THE INTERSECTION OF MONROE AND STAGE.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Dec 27, 12:38 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1238 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINCOLN                 40.15N 89.37W
12/27/2008                   LOGAN              IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            POWER POLES AND LINES DOWN FOR AT LEAST ONE QUARTER MILE
            ALONG STATE RT 10 OUTSIDE NWS OFFICE

&&

25

Local storm report, Dec 27, 12:45 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1245 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1235 PM     TSTM WND GST     LINCOLN                 40.15N 89.37W
12/27/2008  M60 MPH          LOGAN              IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. SEMI BLOWN OVER ON
            I-55 NEAR MILE MARKER 126.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Dec 27, 12:53 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1253 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

1200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW TRIVOLI           40.67N 89.95W
12/27/2008                   PEORIA             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DOWNS
            SCHOOL ROAD AND WASSON ROAD IN SOUTHWEST PEORIA COUNTY.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Dec 27, 1:01 PM CST, 11 minutes before

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

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

1201 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CANTON                  40.56N 90.04W
12/27/2008                   FULTON             IL   MESONET

            SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSE AND TREE LIMBS ON POWER LINES

&&

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Local storm report, Dec 27, 1:02 PM CST, 10 minutes before

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

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

1200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W CANTON              40.56N 90.06W
12/27/2008                   FULTON             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BACK WINDOW BLOW OUT OF SPOTTERS TRUCK. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

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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, 1:16 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, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham	45 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.