Illinois, 2001

Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 2001

August 18, 2001 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 12:20 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:20 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
120 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING. THEREAFTER...A DRY WEEK IS SHAPING UP FOR THE FORECAST
AREA. LATEST 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN WITH ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. FROM
THE SECOND LOW...A WARM FRONT WAS EVIDENT ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AND INDIANA...WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST ACROSS MISSOURI
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS HAD A 564MB LOW OVER
WESTERN WISCONSIN AND ASSOCIATED 50 KNOT JET DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE UPPER MIDWEST.

AT MIDDAY...MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WAS BASKING IN PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE. THIS HAS HELPED TO BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE 80S...WITH MSAS LI/S OF -7 TO -9 OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE. THIS COMBINED
WITH INCREASING SHEAR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE SHOULD GIVE
THE REGION A ROUND OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...NAMELY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT...THE SURFACE COLD
FRONT IS FORECAST TO STRETCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY...WITH ANY LINGERING CONVECTION FROM THERE ON EASTWARD.

SUNDAY LOOKS PARTLY SUNNY AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERS BEHIND THE
DEPARTING LOW. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...MRF STILL TAKES THE RIDGE
CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AND SHIFTS IT EAST. SO A DRY WEEK IS
EXPECTED WITH A MODERATION TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS BY
THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. DESPITE THE LATEST MRF RUN...WILL KEEP
THE LATE WEEK PERIOD PARTLY CLOUDY BUT DRY SINCE THE EVENTUAL TRACK
OF CHANTAL REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND IS SEVERAL DAYS OUT.

MOS OUTPUT FROM BOTH NGM/AVN LOOK REASONABLE AND COMPARE FAVORABLY
WELL...SO WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WOULD BE
POPS FOR THIS EVENING...WHICH APPEAR TO BE UNDERDONE BY BOTH MODELS.

FIRST-PERIOD ZONE BREAKOUT AND WORDING WILL LIKELY BE DICTATED BY
WATCH BOXES IN EFFECT AT PRESS TIME. RIGHT NOW...PLAN TO EMPHASIZE
SEVERE THREAT INCLUDING BOTH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE
ENTIRE AREA FOR THE EVENING HOURS.

.PAH...NONE.

RJP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:22 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
622 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0557 PM    3E WALTONVILLE            IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
654 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 PM    INA                       IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:44 PM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
744 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0725 PM    DIX                       IL   WIND DAMAGE
08/18/01   JEFFERSON                      SEVERAL LIMBS DOWN - MOST
                                          WERE 3 TO 5 INCHES IN
                                          DIAMETER. ONE LARGE LIMB
                                          WAS 12 INCHES IN
                                          DIAMETER.  REPORTED BY A
                                          COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When
August 18, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Countywide
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
38.283, -88.600

Numerous trees and power lines were down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5265611.