Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 2001
Start: 2001-07-03T18:35
End: 2001-07-03T18:35
Location: Illinois

July 3, 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 Jul 3, 1:05 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:05 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
205 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

TSRA FIRING UP ALONG A WK SURFACE ZONE OF CONVERGENCE FROM SW IL
INTO SE MO. AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPE VALUES NEAR 3000-4000
J/KG IN THIS AREA. MEANWHILE TSRA APPROACHING SE IL AND SW IN...AS
THIS HAS HELD TOGETHER WHILE DROPPING SE FROM N IL. RUC AND RADAR
DATA SHOW EVIDENCE OF A MVC OVER CENTRAL IL. SO...OBVIOUSLY WILL
HAVE TSRA IN ZFP FOR TONIGHT. SPC IS MONITORING THE REGION FOR A
POSSIBLE WEATHER WATCH. WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR FOR BETTER
ORGANIZATION. STILL LOOKS LIKE A CHANCE OF CONVECTION ON
INDEPENDENCE DAY. MODELS PROG A PRE-FRONTAL TROF ACROSS THE CWFA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN
PLACE. SO WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE OF CONVECTION. THE ETA AND AVN DRY
THE AIRMASS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
DECREASING...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH AN EVENING WORDING. CLOUDS IN
AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE FIRST 48 HOURS.

NGM MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE PUSHING A COOL FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH BY
THURSDAY. ALL THE MODELS FORECAST A SLIGHT EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF
THE RIDGE CENTER INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...AND THE ETA AND AVN
REALLY RETARD THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY THE
WESTERN EXTENT OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE PLAINS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS RUNS. IN ADDITION...THE MODELS MOVE UPPER
LEVEL S/WV ENERGY SE ACROSS MO ON THURSDAY INVOF THE FRONT IN NW FLOW
ALOFT...AND THUS DEPICT A CHANCE OF CONVECTION FOR MAINLY S AND SW
SECTIONS OF THE FA. FORECAST CONFIDENCE WITH REGARD TO THIS IS LOW
ATTM. FRIDAY STILL LOOKS DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE FINALLY BUILDS IN. MRF
A LITTLE SLOWER WITH MOVING A FRONT SOUTH TOWARD THE FA SATURDAY.
HOWEVER...THE AVN MAINTAINS THAT THE NORTHERN COUNTIES MAY SEE A
CHANCE OF CONVECTION...SO WILL LEAVE IN FOR THE NORTHERN HALF TO
AVOID A FLIP FLOP FOR NOW. OTHERWISE...MRF MAINTAINS TAHE CHANCE FOR
SHRA AND TSRA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AND NOW CARRY IT INTO TUE.

GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT...AND GENERALLY FOLLOWED.

.PAH...NONE.

CN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:48 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
648 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

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

0610 PM    4 E WEST FRANKFORT        IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   FRANKLIN                       REPORTED BY WSIL-TV
                                          METEOROLOGIST

0608 PM    1 N WEST FRANKFORT        IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/01   FRANKLIN                       SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          HIGHWAY 37REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:48 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
648 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

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

0610 PM    4 E WEST FRANKFORT        IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   FRANKLIN                       REPORTED BY WSIL-TV
                                          METEOROLOGIST

0608 PM    1 N WEST FRANKFORT        IL   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/01   FRANKLIN                       FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          HIGHWAY 37. REPORTED BY
                                          EOC.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:02 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
702 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

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

0640 PM    3 N JOHNSTON CITY         IL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   WILLIAMSON                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0640 PM    CARBONDALE                IL   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY
EOC

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:02 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
702 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

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

0640 PM    3 N JOHNSTON CITY         IL   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   WILLIAMSON                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0640 PM    CARBONDALE                IL   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY EOC

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson

When: July 3, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, 10 mi W of Marion
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.733, -89.117

Four trees were down over western parts of the county.

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

Every storm in Illinois in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, July 2001

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: 5257209.