Thunderstorm Wind, McLean
- When
- May 10, 11:38 PM CST
- Where
- McLean County, Lexington
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -88.783
A large section of a tree was blown over onto a house, causing minor guttering damage.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 10, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 8:14 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 8:14 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 912 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 UPDATED ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS NORTHWEST CWA. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS IOWA MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST 30-40 MPH. LATEST 0153 KDVN RADAR INDICATING STRONG LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ILLINOIS...IOWA BORDER. EXPECT FURTHER UPDATE TO ZONES AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO CWA. LATEST 0145Z IR- DEMONSTRATING LINEAR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN KANSAS. OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. EH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 10, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 10, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 10, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 10, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, May 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, May 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: 5248819.