1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 8, 2:15 PM CST, 10 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001 ONGOING SVR WX CURRENTLY RIDING ALONG THE SFC BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CEN IL. HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WITH SFC DWPTS IN THE UPR 70S WITH CAPES OF 3000-4000 J/KG. SO SHORT TERM CONCERNS WILL BE CONTINUED HEAT AND SHRA/TSRA CHCS TNGT INTO MON. MODELS DOING A FAIRLY GOOD JOB WITH CONVECTION ACROSS CEN IL ATTM... AS FAR AS QPF AND FRONTAL PLACEMENT IS CONCERNED. PREFER THE AVN THIS RUN...AS RUN TO RUN IT HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB...AND ITS QPF LOOKS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE. AVN SHOWS BOUNDARY MAKING SLOW PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA TNGT WITH TSRA CHC AGAIN OVRNIGHT. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING IN MOST AREAS WITH LOTS OF CONVG/INSTABILITY ALONG OR SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. ANOTHER WK VORT MAX COMES THROUGH AFTER 06Z. CHC OF SHRA/TSRA WILL COOL DOWN TEMPS SLIGHTLY TNGT JUST BELOW HEAT ADVIS CRITERIA. SO WILL END HEAT ADVIS THIS EVENING. TEMPS WILL STILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE TNGT...WITH GUID STILL IN THE LOWER 70S. SO WILL KEEP THE MUGGY WORDING IN THE ZONES. AVN VERY AGRESSIVE WITH MOVING THE BOUNDARY ACROSS CEN IL EARLY MON. BELIEVE MODELS MAY A BIT TOO AGREESIVE WITH THE FRONT MOVING ACROSS CEN. SO WILL KEEP POPS GOING IN THE MORNING HOURS IN THE NRN GROUPS...AND LIKELY POPS MOST EVERYWHERE ELSE ALL DAY MON. WILL START TO DRY THINGS OUT ON MON NGT AS FRONT ACTUALLY MAKES GOOD PROGRESS SOUTH. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND CLOUDS WILL BRING SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT ON MONDAY AS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE NRN SECTIONS. GUID NUMBERS ARE SIMILIAR AND WILL FOLLOW. FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SOUTH OF CEN IL ON TUES...WITH DRIER AIR OVHD. AVN DOES SHOW SOME WK MOISTURE CONVG ACROSS ERN SECTIONS OF CEN IL LATE TUES NGT. BUT WILL LEAVE THIS DRY FOR NOW AS CHCS LOOK MINIMAL. FOR THE EXTENDED...WD LOOK DRY ATTM AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY STAYS WEST OF IL WITH SFC RIDGING STILL AROUND. NICE WAA AND MOISTURE RETURN ON THU FOR WRN SECTIONS OF IL. THIS WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF CEN IL ON THU...WITH A WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA CHC. WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF DRYING THINGS OUT AFTER THIS SYS MOVES THROUGH FOR FRI THROUGH SUN. SPI TB 073/089 065/085 067 22663 PIA EU 072/087 066/083 064 22631 DEC TB 073/089 065/085 067 22663 CMI TB 072/088 066/084 067 22663 MTO TB 076/089 067/085 067 22663 LWV TE 076/090 067/086 068 22563 .ILX... KETCHAM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
818 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001
...STORM SUMMARY FOR 7/08/01...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM 1 S BRADFORD IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 STARK TREE 1.5 FEET IN DIAMETER
BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND
GUST OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0215 PM HENRY IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MARSHALL ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60
MPH. FAIRGROUND TENT BLOWN
DOWN. REPORT FROM COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0216 PM HENRY IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MARSHALL ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60
MPH...PUBLIC REPORT.
0245 PM 4 S MINONK IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 WOODFORD CORNFIELD FLATTENED BY
WIND. REPORTED BY COUNTY
ESDA.
0300 PM GRIDLEY IL 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/08/01 MC LEAN ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60
MPH. REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0320 PM 3.5 SW CHENOA IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MC LEAN CORN FIELD FLATTENED.
REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0320 PM CHENOA IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MC LEAN TREE DOWN...BLOCKING
HIGHWAY 24 IN CHENOA.
REPORT FROM ESDA. ASH TREE
BLOWN DOWN SNAPPED OFF.
WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 60
MPH. REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0350 PM HOOPESTON IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 VERMILION ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 85
MPH. NUMEROUS POWER LINES
DOWN. MANY TREES DOWN. ONE
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.
REPORTED BY THE HOOPESTON
CITY ESDA.
0353 PM HOOPESTON IL 80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/08/01 VERMILION WIND GUST ESTIMATED AT 75
TO 80 MPH. REPORT FROM ESDA
0420 PM 2 S HOOPESTON IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 VERMILION TREES SNAPPED OFF 6 FEET
OFF THE GROUND. POWER POLES
DOWN. REPORTED BY ESDA.
0430 PM LOVINGTON IL TORNADO
07/08/01 MOULTRIE CORNFIELD FLATTENED ON
NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. 5
TO 7 HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE
AND A GARAGE DAMAGED. TREES
AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF. NWS
COOP OBSERVER SURVEYED
DAMAGE...WITH TRACK
STARTING 1 NW OF
TOWN...GOING THROUGH
TOWN...AND TO JUST
SOUTHEAST OF TOWN AT THE
INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 133
AND 32. PATH WAS 1.5-2
BLOCKS WIDE AND 0.75 MILES
LONG. STARTED AT 430 PM AND
LIFTED AT 435 PM.
0448 PM 5 W MATTOON IL TORNADO
07/08/01 COLES TORNADO...BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
OBSERVED BY DEPUTY AND
RELAYED BY ESDA.
0450 PM SULLIVAN IL TORNADO
07/08/01 MOULTRIE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN SOUTHEAST
OF SULLIVAN. OBSERVED BY
OFF DUTY STATE TROOPER AND
FOLLOWED TILL DISSIPATED.
FROM STATE POLICE DISTRICT
10.
0514 PM 1 N SHELBYVILLE IL TORNADO
07/08/01 SHELBY WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE
SHELBYVILLE. REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC AND RELAYED BY
NWS COOP OBSERVER.
0600 PM TOLEDO IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 CUMBERLAND HAM RADIO TOWER BLOWN
DOWN. FROM NWS HAM RADIO
UNIT.
0640 PM ROBINSON IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 CRAWFORD LARGE DEAD TREE FELL ON A
HOUSE AND DESTROYED THE
HOUSE. REPORTED BY ESDA.
KELLY/HUETTL/GOETSCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANSMISSION FOR MCLEAN COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
818 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2001
...STORM SUMMARY FOR 7/08/01...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM 1 S BRADFORD IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 STARK TREE 1.5 FEET IN DIAMETER
BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND
GUST OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0215 PM HENRY IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MARSHALL ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60
MPH. FAIRGROUND TENT BLOWN
DOWN. REPORT FROM COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0216 PM HENRY IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MARSHALL ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60
MPH...PUBLIC REPORT.
0245 PM 4 S MINONK IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 WOODFORD CORNFIELD FLATTENED BY
WIND. REPORTED BY COUNTY
ESDA.
0300 PM GRIDLEY IL 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/08/01 MCLEAN ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60
MPH. REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0320 PM 3.5 SW CHENOA IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MCLEAN CORN FIELD FLATTENED.
REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0320 PM CHENOA IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 MCLEAN TREE DOWN...BLOCKING
HIGHWAY 24 IN CHENOA.
REPORT FROM ESDA. ASH TREE
BLOWN DOWN SNAPPED OFF.
WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 60
MPH. REPORTED BY NWS COOP
OBSERVER.
0350 PM HOOPESTON IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 VERMILION ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 85
MPH. NUMEROUS POWER LINES
DOWN. MANY TREES DOWN. ONE
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.
REPORTED BY THE HOOPESTON
CITY ESDA.
0353 PM HOOPESTON IL 80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/08/01 VERMILION WIND GUST ESTIMATED AT 75
TO 80 MPH. REPORT FROM ESDA
0420 PM 2 S HOOPESTON IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 VERMILION TREES SNAPPED OFF 6 FEET
OFF THE GROUND. POWER POLES
DOWN. REPORTED BY ESDA.
0430 PM LOVINGTON IL TORNADO
07/08/01 MOULTRIE CORNFIELD FLATTENED ON
NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. 5
TO 7 HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE
AND A GARAGE DAMAGED. TREES
AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF. NWS
COOP OBSERVER SURVEYED
DAMAGE...WITH TRACK
STARTING 1 NW OF
TOWN...GOING THROUGH
TOWN...AND TO JUST
SOUTHEAST OF TOWN AT THE
INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 133
AND 32. PATH WAS 1.5-2
BLOCKS WIDE AND 0.75 MILES
LONG. STARTED AT 430 PM AND
LIFTED AT 435 PM.
0448 PM 5 W MATTOON IL TORNADO
07/08/01 COLES TORNADO...BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
OBSERVED BY DEPUTY AND
RELAYED BY ESDA.
0450 PM SULLIVAN IL TORNADO
07/08/01 MOULTRIE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN SOUTHEAST
OF SULLIVAN. OBSERVED BY
OFF DUTY STATE TROOPER AND
FOLLOWED TILL DISSIPATED.
FROM STATE POLICE DISTRICT
10.
0514 PM 1 N SHELBYVILLE IL TORNADO
07/08/01 SHELBY WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE
SHELBYVILLE. REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC AND RELAYED BY
NWS COOP OBSERVER.
0600 PM TOLEDO IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 CUMBERLAND HAM RADIO TOWER BLOWN
DOWN. FROM NWS HAM RADIO
UNIT.
0640 PM ROBINSON IL WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01 CRAWFORD LARGE DEAD TREE FELL ON A
HOUSE AND DESTROYED THE
HOUSE. REPORTED BY ESDA.
KELLY/HUETTL/GOETSCHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and tree limbs. One large tree limb fell onto a house causing minor damage.
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: 5258242.