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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 2009Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2009, 5:36 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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: May 13, 2009, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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
May 13, 5:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 N El Paso, IL

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 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 586 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 759 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KILX 132236
SVRILX
ILC179-203-132300-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0023.090513T2236Z-090513T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
536 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EUREKA...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SECOR...
  MINONK...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...METAMORA AND ROANOKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4093 8893 4084 8893 4076 8892 4076 8895
      4068 8930 4083 8939 4094 8900 4094 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 244DEG 40KT 4075 8925

$$

BARNES

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KILX 132251
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

132259-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/
TAZEWELL IL-
551 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST TAZEWELL COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4077 8892 4077 8894 4076 8895 4072 8916
      4086 8925 4094 8900 4093 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 244DEG 40KT 4081 8908

$$

ILC203-132300-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/
WOODFORD IL-
551 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY...

AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...MINONK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4077 8892 4077 8894 4076 8895 4072 8916
      4086 8925 4094 8900 4093 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 244DEG 40KT 4081 8908

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 132257
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
557 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILC179-132259-
/O.CAN.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/
TAZEWELL IL-
557 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST TAZEWELL COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4077 8892 4077 8894 4076 8895 4072 8916
      4086 8925 4094 8900 4093 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 244DEG 40KT 4081 8908

$$

ILC203-132300-
/O.CON.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/
WOODFORD IL-
557 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY...

AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...MINONK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4077 8892 4077 8894 4076 8895 4072 8916
      4086 8925 4094 8900 4093 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 244DEG 40KT 4081 8908

$$

BARNES

000 
WWUS53 KILX 132300
SVSILX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
600 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILC203-132311-
/O.EXP.KILX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090513T2300Z/
WOODFORD IL-
600 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 600 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4077 8892 4077 8894 4076 8895 4072 8916
      4086 8925 4094 8900 4093 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 244DEG 40KT 4085 8897

$$

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 May 13, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
231 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 231 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ACTIVE WEATHER AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SO FAR
TODAY...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES FAIRLY
COMMON...PRIMARILY EAST OF I-55. RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM
FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...AND HAD BECOME MORE
SCATTERED IN NATURE BY MID AFTERNOON. WELL DEFINED MCV MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH THUNDERSTORMS
INCREASING IN THAT AREA.

MAIN FORECAST ISSUES ARE IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH SEVERE WEATHER
CHANCES TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

MAIN SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AT MID AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY INCREASING
ACROSS MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS...IN THE WARM SECTOR AND
WHERE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WERE LOCATED. LIFTED INDICES AT
18Z WERE APPROACHING -5 IN THE WESTERN CWA AND WERE EVEN LOWER IN
MISSOURI...WHILE CAPES WERE RISING INTO THE 4-DIGIT RANGE. 18Z
SOUNDING FROM LINCOLN STILL SHOWED A DECENT AMOUNT OF
CAPPING...BUT THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN..WHICH IT HAS ALREADY
DONE FURTHER WEST. THUNDERSTORMS PROGGED TO CONTINUE INCREASING
INTO THE EVENING...WITH MODELS SHOWING THE FRONT NEAR I-55 AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND CLEARING THE SOUTHEAST CWA JUST AFTER SUNRISE.
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR. DUE TO THIS AND THE EARLIER
RAINFALL...WILL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS EAST OF I-55 THROUGH
7 AM THURSDAY.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT PUSHING TO AROUND THE OHIO
RIVER BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE
MIDWEST. HOWEVER...FRONT EXPECTED TO RETREAT NORTHWARD TO AROUND
I-80 BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDER CHANCES TO INCREASE AGAIN
IN THE WARM SECTOR AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA.

LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NORTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED TO SET UP EARLY IN THE WEEK...WITH MAIN
STORM TRACK TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. FORECAST WILL BE
DRY DURING THIS PERIOD.

GEELHART

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1239 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MUCH OF THE EARLIER CONVECTION NOW SHIFTING
EAST OF THE TAF SITES. CEILINGS ARE STEADILY BEGINNING TO IMPROVE
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH CEILINGS AT KSPI
ALREADY AOA 5000FT. EXPECT CEILINGS TO IMPROVE AT THE NORTHERN
TERMINALS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...AS LOWER CLOUDS GRADUALLY
SHIFT FURTHER NORTHWARD. RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS
FIRING ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG THE ADVANCING FRONT.
HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA THIS AFTERNOON...AS THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS IT TRACKS E/NE
ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDER WILL REACH KPIA AND KSPI BY AROUND
19Z...THEN FURTHER EAST TO KCMI BY 21Z. MAIN CONVECTIVE EVENT
STILL ON TRACK FOR THIS EVENING AS STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO
ILLINOIS. 12Z MODELS SUGGEST BEST TIME FRAME FOR CONVECTION
BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. AFTER THAT...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO NW AND
SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

BARNES
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR ILZ038-042>046-051>057-
061>063-066>068-071>073.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILZ027-036-040-041-047-049-050-142030-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH THE
STORMS...ENHANCING THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF
QUARTER-SIZED...WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...AGGRAVATING
ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES IN THE AREA.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM.

ILZ028>031-037-048-142030-
MARSHALL-MENARD-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH THE
STORMS...ENHANCING THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF
QUARTER-SIZED...WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...AGGRAVATING
ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES IN THE AREA.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM.

ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061-142030-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON-
MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE I-55 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO
EASTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH THE STORMS...ENHANCING
THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF QUARTER- SIZED...WINDS
GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...AGGRAVATING ONGOING FLOODING
ISSUES IN THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO EAST-CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BY LATER THIS EVENING.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM 5 PM TO 12 AM.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-142030-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS
EVENING...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS BEING DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF QUARTER-
SIZED AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS
WILL PUSH INTO INDIANA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AFTER 5 PM.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 12:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1240 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

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

1225 PM     FLOOD            2 SW RANTOUL            40.28N 88.18W
05/13/2009                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   PUBLIC

            MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS DUE TO RUNOFF FROM WATER
            IN FIELDS.

&&

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Local storm report, May 13, 12:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1242 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

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

1230 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NE CISCO              40.03N 88.70W
05/13/2009  M2.06 INCH       PIATT              IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR RAINFALL. SOME LOWLAND FLOODING AND WATER
            STANDING ON SOME RURAL ROADS. SWOP REPORT.

&&

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Local storm report, May 13, 12:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1258 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

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

1250 PM     HEAVY RAIN       OGDEN                   40.12N 87.96W
05/13/2009  M1.60 INCH       CHAMPAIGN          IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL OF 1.60 INCHES...WITH 1.35 INCHES SINCE 6 AM.

&&

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Local storm report, May 13, 1:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
103 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

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

0101 PM     HEAVY RAIN       MONTICELLO              40.03N 88.57W
05/13/2009  M1.83 INCH       PIATT              IL   MESONET

            STORM TOTAL 1.83 INCHES...1.14 INCHES SINCE 7 AM.

&&

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Local storm report, May 13, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
106 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

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

1030 AM     HEAVY RAIN       DANVILLE                40.14N 87.62W
05/13/2009  M1.50 INCH       VERMILION          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LOCAL STREET FLOODING

&&

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Local storm report, May 13, 1:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
108 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

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

0100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SE DECATUR            39.83N 88.91W
05/13/2009  M1.61 INCH       MACON              IL   MESONET

            1.61 INCH STORM TOTAL...0.97 INCHES SINCE 7 AM. COCORAHS
            REPORT.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 6:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass	59 min
May 13, 8:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian	3 hr
May 13, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian, Shelby	46 min
May 13, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Morgan	47 min
May 13, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	9 days
May 13, 10:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon	3 hr
May 13, 10:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	49 min
May 13, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	57 min
May 13, 10:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby	4 hr
May 13, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	62 min
May 13, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Marshall, Putnam	18 days
May 13, 11:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign	4 hr
May 13, 11:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	4 hr
May 13, 2:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	8 days
May 13, 2:44 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	14 hr
May 13, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.