1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 29, 1:48 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 248 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 PLENTY OF CONCERNS THIS MORNING WITH FOCUS ON TIMING END OF PRECIPITATION...DENSE FOG POTENTIAL...TEMPERATURES...AND HEAT RETURNING ON TUESDAY. LATEST 05Z SFC ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES SFC LOW PRESSURE WAS ACROSS SOUTHERN WI WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES SOUTHEAST INTO OH VALLEY. SFC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST WI SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WAS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST US. LATEST 0645Z IR-SATELLITE SHOWS PLENTY OF CLOUDS ACROSS MS VALLEY INTO ILLINOIS. LATEST 0645Z W/V IMAGE HAS A S/W ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ANOTHER S/W IN UPPER MS VALLEY...STRONG S/W ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA/MONTANA. LATEST 0647Z KILX RADAR HAS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTH AND EAST OF A BMI-TAYLORVILLE LINE. PCPN MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST. MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH MAIN FEATURES. CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON HANDLING S/WS. MAINLY USING THE ETA. SFC WARM FRONT SHOULD REMAIN NORTH AND EAST OF CWA. SFC COLD FRONT ACROSS IOWA SHOULD SLIDE EAST WITH MAIN COOL AIR REMAIN NORTH OF CWA. ETA PLACES ANOTHER WEAK H50 S/W ACROSS CWA BY 00Z MON. RIDGE THEN BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS CWA BY 18Z MON...WITH STRONG H50 595 HIGH CENTERED OVER CWA BY 12Z TUE. ETA BRINGS IN +18 TO +19 H85 TEMPS BY 00Z MON...+19 TO +21 H85 TEMPS BY 00Z TUE...+19 T0 +22 BY 12Z TUE. ETA SHIFTS HIGH 70-80 PERCENT 700MB RH EAST AND SOUTH OF CWA BY 12Z SUN...THEN KEEPS 30-40 PERCENT 700MB RH ACROSS CWA THRU 12Z TUE. ETA KEEPS 80-90 PERCENT 925MB RH UNTIL 00Z MON...THEN DECREASES TO 60-70 PERCENT 925MB RH THRU 12Z TUE. ETA T/H CROSS SECTIONS INDICATES FAIRLY HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE UNTIL 18Z SUN...THEN DECREASES. ETA 310K ISENTROPIC SFC INDICATING SOME WEAK COND PRES DEF ACROSS EASTERN CWA UNTIL 18Z SUN AND THEN SHIFTS ALL EAST. LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS DEMONSTRATE MOISTURE FAIRLY SATURATED AT LOWER LEVELS UNTIL 00Z MON. EXPECT PLENTY OF CU THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE MONITOR FOG TRENDS THIS MORNING. WILL MENTION AREAS OF FOG. MAY HAVE TO LAUNCH DENSE FOG ADVISORY ACROSS PARTS OF CWA...HOWEVER WILL MONITOR TRENDS NEXT HOUR. WILL MENTION SCATTERED PCPN THIS MORNING EAST AND SOUTHEAST. NO POPS. AND A SLIGHT CHC OF PCPN IN AFTERNOON SE CWA AS NEXT S/W APPROACHES. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...NEED TO MONITOR AS HEAT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MAY REACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA BY TUESDAY. MAV/AVN/FWC FAIRLY SIMILAR AND ADJUST SLIGHTLY. GO WARMER ON TEMPS TONIGHT. ...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... SPI EB 089/071 092/072 095 13110 PIA EB 088/070 091/071 095 13100 DEC EB 088/071 091/072 095 13110 CMI EB 087/070 090/071 094 13310 MTO EB 089/071 091/072 095 13310 LWV EB 088/071 092/072 096 13420 ILX...NONE. EH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several streets were reported to be flooded in town.
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