3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 Jun 19, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001 FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PD INCLUDES SVR POTENTIAL ACRS SRN HALF OF CWA INTO THIS EVENING...AND THEN AREAL EXTENT AND DURATION OF PRECIP OVRNGT INTO WED. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS AND MSAS LI/S INDICATE CDFNT LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF CHI TO NR PIA TO EAST OF JACKSONVILLE. WEAK WAVE ON BNDRY NR PIA HAS SLOWED THE EWD PROGRESSION OF BNDRY. HOWEVER...AS WAVE SHIFTS TO THE NE...FNT SHOULD BEGIN A SLOW CRAWL ACRS THE CWFA LT THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. BEST INSTABILITY AXIS ALINGED ALONG AND SOUTH OF FRONT WITH CU DVLPG RAPIDLY OVR THE SE HALF OF FCST AREA. ONCE AGAIN THE AVN AND ETA WERE SIMILAR IN THE SHORT TERM WITH NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK OVR THE AVN BEYOND 72 HRS. BAND OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND TSRA ACRS NRN MO AND SRN IA SHIFTING EWD THIS AFTN WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPS WARMING AS IT HEADS EAST. 310K ISENTROPIC FCSTS SUGGEST BEST LIFT AND MOISTURE ACRS THE NRN HALF OF FCST AREA LATE TNT INTO WED MRNG. ETA STILL ADVERTISING FCST AREA TO BE IN FAVORED RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF JET OVRNGT WITH IMPRESSIVE 250 MB DIFFLUENCE FCST ACRS AREA LATE. LOW LVLS SHOULD RESPOND TO UPPER LVL FORCING WITH AN INCREASE IN LOW LVL CONVERGENCE (1000-850 MB THETA-E CONVERGENCE) ALONG SWWD MOVING CDFNT. ELEVATED CONVECTION SHOULD EXPAND NORTH OF BNDRY OVRNGT WHILE MORE SFC BASED CONVECTION...WHICH IS DVLPG ACRS THE SRN HALF OF THE CWA THIS AFTN SHOULD PREVAIL LATE INTO THE EVENING OVR THE SOUTH. PRECIP WL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTH WED AS UPPER SUPPORT MOVES AWAY AND SFC HIGH BUILDS SE COUNTIES NOT SEEING AN END TO THE RAIN THREAT UNTIL LATER WED NIGHT. UPPER TROF FCST TO MOVE ACRS THE STATE ON THURSDAY WITH ETA PULLING BACK ON PRECIP CHANCES. BASED ON TIMING OF TROF PASSAGE...WL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES GOING THU INTO THU NIGHT WITH A DRIER AIR MASS FCST TO PUSH THROUGH THE CWA FRIDAY. MRF PULLING BACK FROM ITS ORIGINAL FCST WITH CLOSED LOW ACRS THE TN VALLEY WITH NEW MODEL DATA SUGGESTING A MORE PROGRESSIVE TRACK (MORE IN LINE WITH THE EURO MODELS) THIS WEEKEND RATHER THAN FEATURE RETROGRADING INTO THE SERN PTN OF IL. WL PULL MENTION OF SHOWERS OUT OF THE SE FOR FRIDAY BASED ON CURRENT MODEL TRENDS. ...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. SPI WB 065/080 057/077 054 44775 PIA WB 063/078 055/075 052 44764 DEC WB 065/080 057/077 054 44775 CMI WB 064/078 055/075 052 44774 MTO TB 067/081 059/078 055 44776 LWV TB 068/084 062/080 057 44776 .ILX...NONE. SMITH
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-191900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT AREAS SOUTH OF A QUINCY TO BLOOMINGTON LINE... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA WILL COMBINE WITH THE FRONT TO AID SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. FRIEDERS
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs, power poles and lines, especially in the Ridge Farm area. In Ridge Farm, 3 homes sustained minor structural damage with major roof damage to a grade school.
Numerous roads were reported flooded in spots, with a few impassable in Ridge Farm, Vermilion Grove, Olivet, Sidell and Georgetown.
Numerous tree limbs were blown down.
A second storm moved through the county, causing widespread damage. In Sidell, two homes and a church sustained minor structural damage. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Allerton, Sidell, Georgetown, Westville and Danville.
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, June 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: 5251444, 5251443, 5251446, 5251447, 5251445.