High Wind in Illinois, November 29, 2001

Name: High Wind in Illinois, November 29, 2001
Start: 2001-11-29T22:42
End: 2001-11-29T23:00
Location: Illinois

November 29, 2001 · NWS ILX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

An area of low pressure intensified as it moved over southeastern Illinois creating strong gradient winds. These winds only lasted for about half an hour.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.

An area of low pressure intensified as it moved over southeastern Illinois creating strong gradient winds. These winds only lasted for about half an hour. The winds blew down numerous large trees and power lines in Lawrence and Crawford counties. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.

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 Nov 29, 9:05 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 9:05 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
905 PM CST THU NOV 29 2001

WRAPAROUND RAIN ONGIONG CURRENTLY ACROSS MOST OF CEN IL WITH THE
MOST EXTENSIVE PCPN OVER ERN IL AS SFC LOW LOCATED NEAR PAH IS
MOVING NORTH.  LULL IN THE PCPN IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS SERN IL
WITH ANOTHER AREA OF EXTENSIVE RAIN MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE REST OF
CEN IL OVERNIGHT. GOING FORECAST TRENDS LOOK GOOD SO NO UPDATES
PLANNED.

.ILX...NONE.

KETCHAM

The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Lawrence

When: November 29, 10:42 PM CST to 10:50 PM CST
Where: Lawrence forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 38.720, -87.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Crawford

When: November 29, 10:50 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.003, -87.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, November 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: 5273094, 5273095.