6 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 May 23, 1:00 AM CST, 11 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 200 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2001 MAIN FCST CHALLENGES ARE PCPN CHANCES WITH APPROACHING UPPER LOW AND ITS AFFECTS ON TEMPERATURES. W/V IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER LOW ON THE MOVE SOUTH ACROSS CENT MN ATTM. MOSAIC RADAR LOOPS SHOWING MOST OF PCPN NOW CONFINED TO AREAS CLOSE TO UPPER LOW CENTER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SPOKE OF SHRAS PROGRESSING THRU ERN IA. MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR THIS FCST PERIOD. UPPER LOW EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO ERN IA BY 00Z THU AND INTO CENT IL 00Z FRI. THEN LOW EXPECTED TO WABBLE AROUND THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND WITH BLOCKING PATTERN. S/W'S ROTATING AROUND LOW WILL ENHANCE PCPN AT TIMES. ONE SIGNIFICANT S/W WILL MOVE SE TOWARD AREA LATER TODAY. DECENT OMEGA WILL DEVELOP ACROSS AREA BY 18Z WITH A SFC TROF DROPPING SE ACROSS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE. COLD POOL ALOFT AND DAYTIME HEATING RESULTING IN FCST CAPES T0 600 AND LI'S TO MINUS 3. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDER THREAT FOR TODAY AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. NEARLY EVERYONE RECEIVED PCPN YESTERDAY IN MUCH LESS IMMPRESSIVE SITUATION AND SO WILL DROP POPS THIS AFTERNOON AND GO CATAGORICAL. SCTD ACTIVITY COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MORE TONIGHT THAN HAS OCCURRED IN PAST GIVEN UPPER LOW JUST TO WEST OF AREA. LIKELY POPS STILL LOOK IN ORDER INTO AT LEAST SAT AT THIS POINT AND AVN STILL HINTING AT THE SYSTEM BEGINNING TO GET KICKED OUT ON SUN BUT WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. AS FOR TEMPS...RAIN COVERAGE WILL PLAY MAJOR ROLE AS TEMPS JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH EVERY PASSING SHRA. SEE NO REASON FOR TEMPS NOT TO BE CLOSE TO YESTERDAYS 60S MOST LOCATIONS AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROF AND PERIODIC SUNSHINE. EVEN COOLER TEMPS SHOULD SETTLE IN FOR THURS/FRI UNDER STACKED LOW AND LOTS OF CLOUD COVER. ...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... SPI WW 062/043 057/043 058 l36876 PIA WW 060/042 056/042 057 36876 DEC WW 063/043 058/043 058 36876 CMI WW 064/042 058/042 058 36876 MTO WW 065/043 059/043 058 36876 LWV WW 069/045 061/045 060 36776 .ILX...NONE. FRIEDERS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
948 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2001
...REVISED SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM 5/22/01 EVENT...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1237 PM 1 W ATHENS IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 MENARD TREES BLOWN DOWN. FROM
COUNTY ESDA.
1240 PM 3 E PETERSBURG IL 59 MPH WIND GUST
05/22/01 MENARD MEASURED AT ROUTE 29 AND
123 INTERSECTION. ALSO 3
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. FROM
NWS COOP OBSERVER.
0100 PM SPRINGFIELD IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 SANGAMON 1 PARTIALLY ROTTED 2 FOOT
DIAMETER TREE IN WASHINGTON
PARK CORNER OF MCARTHUR AND
WALNUT STREETS. TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FROM
ESDA.
0110 PM WILLIAMSVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 SANGAMON TREES DOWN ALONG MAIN
STREET. REPORTED BY POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
0112 PM LINCOLN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 LOGAN 1.5 FOOT TREE DOWN ON
POWER LINES. FROM COUNTY
ESDA.
0115 PM LINCOLN IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 LOGAN 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN
AT LINCOLN DEVELOPMENT
CENTER. REPORT BY CENTER
STAFF.
0115 PM TAYLORVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 CHRISTIAN TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE.
FROM COUNTY SHERIFF.
0130 PM WARRENSBURG IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 MACON TRANSFORMER DAMAGED IN
WARRENSBURG BY WIND. TREE
LIMBS DOWN ON MONROE WOOD
STREET IN DECATUR. FROM
COUNTY ESDA.
0138 PM PEORIA IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 PEORIA SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HARDEES
ON KNOXVILLE AVE. 60 MPH
ESTIMATE. FROM ESDA.
0200 PM ATHENS IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 MENARD TREE BLOWN DOWN. FROM
COUNTY ESDA.
0200 PM METAMORA IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 WOODFORD CABLE LINE BLOWN DOWN.
ALSO TREE DOWN IN
GERMANTOWN HILLS. FORM
EUREKA SHERIFF.
0200 PM WILLIAMSVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/22/01 SANGAMON ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN
ALONG MAIN STREET. REPORT
BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0245 PM HAVANA IL .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/01 MASON REPORT FROM COUNTY SHERIFF.
KMH/LFILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1130 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FRIEDERS/HUETTL
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down around town. No structural damage was reported.
Half of a 12 inch diameter sycamore tree was blown down. No structural damage was reported.
A large tree was blown over onto a front porch, causing minor damage.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees, tree limbs and power lines. In Charleston, a light pole at a local ball diamond was blown down, damaging the fixture, as well as a section of fencing.
Several trees and tree limbs were blown down. In Shelbyville, a window at a car dealership was blown out.
Several trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down throughout the town.
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, May 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: 5248919, 5248921, 5248920, 5248833, 5248834, 5248835.