10 thunderstorm wind, 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 4, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 800 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2001 WILL BE UPDATING THE FORECAST SHORTLY TO TWEAK THE LOW TEMPS IN CENT IL AND THE POPS FOR SE IL. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A COLD FRONT FROM NW OH-NCENT IL-SRN KS. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN A COUPLE OF PLACES THIS EVENING IN WCENT AND ERN IL JUST AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY. AM EXPECTING THE FRONT TO SLOWLY SAG SOUTH TONIGHT...BUT WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING AM NOT EXPECTING MORE THAN ISOLD SHOWERS OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN SE IL. WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FCST...BUT CHANGE SKY COVER TO PARTLY CLOUDY FOR CENT IL. IN THE SE WILL DROP THE 30 POP FOR EVE$NING AND JUST MENTION ISOLD SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WILL ALSO TWEAK TEMPS UP A BIT IN CENT IL DUE TO SLOWER MOVEMENT OF FRONT. .ILX...NONE. MILLER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down over Illinois Route 97 seven miles south of Petersburg.
Numerous power lines and trees were blown down, but no structural damage was reported.
Numerous power lines and trees were blown down on the north and east sides of Springfield.
A large tree was blown down in Grove City.
Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down in Niantic, Warrensburg and Harristown.
Several trees, large tree limbs, and power lines were blown down.
Two large trees were blown over.
Numerous trees were blown down, as well as, power lines and several power poles. In Tower Hill, one tree fell onto an unoccupied car, damaging it.
Several trees and power lines were blown down in the Beecher City, Altamont, and Edgewood areas.
Two large trees were blown over onto a county road between Flora and Clay City.
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, July 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: 5259755, 5258127, 5258126, 5258128, 5258129, 5258130, 5258131, 5258132, 5258133, 5258134.