Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Lincoln, IL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1221 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 820 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS TO OUR NORTH BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES OVER
THE NEXT HOUR. STRONGEST INSTABILITY REMAINS ACRS WRN IL AND POINTS
WEST WITH ML CAPES ARND 3500 J/KG FROM NRN MO INTO EAST CENTRAL
IOWA. COLD FRONT ANALYZED FROM SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THRU CNTRL IA
WL PUSH INTO OUR AREA WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT PRECEDED BY THE SCATTERED
CONVECTION. WL PROBABLY SEE A WATCH ISSUED FOR AT LEAST OUR NRN
THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE STORMS SHIFT SOUTH THIS EVENING.
HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS TO REFLECT EXPCTD CONDITIONS INTO THE
EARLY MRNG HOURS. SHOULD HAVE THE UPDATE OUT SOON.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1215 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED LATE THIS EVENING IN NRN
ILLINOIS AND DOVE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. DEALING WITH FAST
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FIRST COUPLE HOURS OF THE TAF PD FOR
DEC CMI AND SPI. LLWS INDUCED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND TS GUSTS TO 60KT AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AT FIRST...DROPPING VSBYS
AND CIGS TO LIFR AT TIMES. OTHER THAN THAT... IN THE WAKE OF THE
STORMS...CONDITIONS RAPIDLY IMPROVE TO VFR AND ARE EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN VFR... WITH BKN CIGS OVER 5K FT...THROUGH TO
MORNING...AFTER 10Z. BEYOND 14/15Z...SHOULD SCT OUT TO SIMPLY
CIRRUS AND HOLD THAT THROUGH 06Z TOMORROW NIGHT.

HJS
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 215 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

18Z SURFACE MAP SHOWING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST TIP OF
WISCONSIN SOUTHWEST INTO NEBRASKA. PERSISTENT SUPERCELL WHICH
ORIGINATED IN MINNESOTA EARLIER TODAY HAD MOVED INTO NORTHEAST
IOWA. ASSOCIATED CIRRUS BLOWOFF MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN CWA WITH
JUST SOME SCATTERED CUMULUS FURTHER SOUTH. TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY
TRYING TO GET NEAR NORMAL FOR A CHANGE AND WERE IN THE LOWER 80S.

TIMING OF COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED STORM CHANCES IS THE PRIMARY
FORECAST ISSUE TODAY...AS WELL AS NEXT STORM SYSTEM IN THE
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

CURRENT PROJECTIONS ON THE IOWA SUPERCELL WOULD PLACE IT NEAR
GALESBURG AROUND 6 PM. IT APPEARS TO BE RIDING ALONG THE EDGE OF
THE INSTABILITY AXIS IN IOWA AND MAY JUST SKIM THE WESTERN FRINGES
OF THE CWA. MODELS DO INDICATE A POSSIBILITY OF SOME EASTWARD
DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING...BUT BETTER CHANCES MORE LIKELY
OVERNIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE MAIN COLD FRONT. NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE CWA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DAY1 SLIGHT RISK FROM SPC.
SOUTHEAST HALF OF CWA MORE LIKELY TO SEE THE RAIN HOLD OFF UNTIL
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...
CLEARING THE SOUTHEAST CWA EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MAY SEE A
FEW SEVERE STORMS SOUTH OF I-70...BUT BEST INSTABILITY WITH THE
FRONT IS MOST LIKELY AFTER IT PASSES THROUGH THE CWA. WILL
DIMINISH RAIN CHANCES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...WITH AREAS NORTHWEST OF I-55 LARGELY DRY.

NORTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND...WITH
UPPER LOW JUST NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
BE BELOW NORMAL AGAIN...BUT STILL IN THE 80-85 DEGREE RANGE FOR
HIGHS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST EXPECTED TO AMPLIFY AS THE WEEK
PROGRESSES...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL
U.S. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE
WEEK...ALTHOUGH NOT EXCESSIVELY SO. PERIODIC DISTURBANCES WILL
ZIP ACROSS THE MIDWEST IN THIS FLOW. THE FIRST OF THESE IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE
STATE. CONTINUED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST
FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
INTO WEDNESDAY. NEXT SYSTEM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY.

GEELHART

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
310 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>053-251100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-
MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD-
310 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT
LIGHTING...AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A HAVANA TO BLOOMINGTON LINE...PRIMARILY
BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THOUGH
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW A WEAKENING TREND LATER
THIS EVENING...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW STORMS COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BUT NO ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-251100-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
310 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...
BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...BUT THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FARTHER NORTHWEST...IN CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY MORNING...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN ILLINOIS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS
COULD DEVELOP AROUND MIDDAY...SOUTH OF I-70...BEFORE THE COLD
FRONT PUSHES INTO INDIANA.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1236 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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

1121 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E MACKINAW            40.53N 89.34W
07/24/2009                   TAZEWELL           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREE BLOWN ONTO JON BOAT DOCKED AT FISHING PIER AT
            HERITAGE LAKE. BOAT SUNK.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1244 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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

1230 AM     LIGHTNING        3 S SPRINGFIELD         39.74N 89.64W
07/25/2009                   SANGAMON           IL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING FELL ON APARTMENT BUILDING NEAR
            JUNCTION OF I-72 AND I-55. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1251 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PEORIA                  40.74N 89.61W
07/24/2009                   PEORIA             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            8 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN ON RT 150 AND RT 29. FROM PEORIA
            CITY ESDA.

&&

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