8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 9, 3:22 AM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO ADD FLOOD WATCH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 245 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001 SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM DVN TO COU TO JUST WEST OF SGF. LOTS OF WAVES ALONG THE FRONT WITH THE MOST PROMINANT ONE COMING NORTHEAST OUT OF OK. COLD AIR JUST BEHIND THE FRONT HAS SET UP QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS ERN IA AND CEN MO. THIS SHALLOW COLD AIR IS UNDER CUTTING THE ABUNDANT WARM AIR AT 850H. 850H WARM IS OVERUNNING THIS SFC BOUNDARY WITH LOTS OF FZRA BEING REPORTED ACROSS WRN MO. 850H FRONT IS HANGING BACK ALONG A DSM TO MKC TO JLN LINE. LOTS OF CONCERNS TDY AS BOUNDARY MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS CEN IL...WITH RETURN OF THE SHRA...THEN THE CHANGEOVER TO POSSIBLY FZRA THEN SNOW. DIFFERENCES AGAIN IN THE MODELS TDY WITH ALL THE MODELS TRYING TO FIND A HAPPY MEDUIM. ETA IS TENDING TO SLOW DOWN TO AVN SOLUTION...WHILE THE AVN SEEMS TO BE SPEEDING UP TOWARDS THE ETA. SO PREFER A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE ETA/AVN THIS MODEL CYCLE. SFC BOUNDARY CURRENTLY ON THE MOVE INTO THE EXTREME NWRN SECTIONS OF CEN IL WITH GBG ALREADY AT 36 DEG. EXPECT RAIN TO MOVE BACK INTO CEN IL SHORTLY AS SFC WAVE IN SWRN MO MOVES NE TOWARDS CHI. SFC FRONT FILTERING INTO GBG AND PIA BY 12Z LEADS TO CONCERNS OF FZRA AS OVERUNNING PCPN OVER NEAR FREEZING SFC TEMPS LEADS TO ICE ACCUMULATION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. SO WILL ISSUE A WINTER WX ADVIS WEST OF THE IL RVR TDY TO CVR FZRA THREAT AND EVENTULLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. MODELS IN THE UPR LVLS SHOW COUPLED JET STRUCTURE ALSO DIRECTLY OVER CEN IL BY 12Z...WHICH MAY LEAD TO INCREASED RAINFALL AND EVENTUAL SNOW TOTALS TDY. SO WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING...AS ANY MORE RAIN WILL ONLY COMPLICATE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. WILL ALSO BEEF UP SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AMOUNTS FOR THE ADVIS AREA TO A 2-4 INCH RANGE. WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE RAIN TO SNOW TRENDS ACROSS THE CWA TDY AS MODELS TAKE FRONT ACROSS THE AREA BY 00Z/SAT. WILL GO WITH A FALLING TEMPS WORDING IN MOST AREAS AS COLD FRONT REMINDS US THAT ITS STILL WINTER. WILL KEEP A LOW POP GOING IN ERN AND SERN SECTIONS OF CEN IL THIS EVE FOR ANY LINGERING SNOW. THINGS CLR OUT RATHER RAPIDLY AFTER AT 03Z/SAT WITH CAA CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. GUID NUMBER ALL VERY SIMILIAR WITH LOWS...SO WILL FOLLOW THESE AS GRAD SLACKENS BY MORNING ALLOWING FOR A NICE COOL DOWN. NEXT S/WV KICK OUT INTO THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY. THIS S/WV RAPIDLY MOVES NORTH INTO WI BY 06Z/MON. MOST OF THE QPF STAYS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CWA. SO WILL MAKE A MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE PIA SECTION AND DROP SNOW CHC FOR MON. WILL CONTINUE WITH SNOW CHC ON TUES AS ANOTHER WK IMPULSE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. COORDINATED WITH DVN...CHI...LSX...THANKS. SPI OA 057/016 030/015 039 22+20 PIA OA 055/013 025/012 037 22+40 DEC OA 055/015 030/015 039 22+40 CMI OA 056/018 029/018 0938 22+40 MTO OA 058/020 029/018 041 22+40 LWV TA 060/023 032/017 042 22+40 .ILX...FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING ZNS 27>31..36..37..40. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ZNS 27>31..36..37..40. KETCHAM
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-091701- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 601 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001 A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY OR TONIGHT. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY PRODUCING A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. HEAVY RAINS OF 1 INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND MAY PRODUCE FLOODING. THE RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO FREEZJING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SNOW LATER TODAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. KETCHAM
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-091701- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 715 AM CST FRI FEB 9 2001 THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A LINE FROM GIBSON CITY TO MONTICELLO TO PANA. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...WHERE HEAVY RAINS OF ONE INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO TAYLORVILLE. ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE MIDWEST TODAY ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST CONDITIONS...WHICH WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE WITH THIS FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM. MILLER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Twelve power poles were snapped off on Archer Elevator Rd between Iles Avenue and Wabash Avenue in Springfield. In Divernon, a power pole was snapped off.
Large tree limb reported down.
Trees blown down.
Power lines blown down.
Power lines blown down.
3 ft by 10 ft sign on telephone pole blown down by high winds.
Large tree fell on railroad tracks across from Route 121 due to high winds.
Flash flooding was reported in Toledo, as well as throughout much of the county after 1 to 3 inches of rain fell on frozen ground during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Portions of State Route 45 were reported underwater in and around the Toledo area.
Radar estimated 1 to 3 inches of rain falling on frozen ground across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Numerous streets in Effingham were reported flooded and State Route 45 in Effingham was reported to be under water.
Streets in the towns of Paris and Kansas were reported under water as a result of 1 to 3 inches of rain falling on frozen ground.
State Route 49, south of Casey, was reported to be flooded in spots.
High water was reported across the county, with several county intersections underwater.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, February 2001
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: 5230875, 5230876, 5230877, 5230878, 5230879, 5230880, 5230881, 5230882, 5230883, 5230991, 5230992, 5230993, 5230994.