1 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 Sep 7, 10:30 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1130 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 A FEW UPDATES WITH ZONES TO MENTION HUMID...INCREASE SOUTH WINDS TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND HAVE SKIES BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. ALSO BUMPED UP EASTCENTRAL IL HIGHS INTO THE UPPER 80S. PROB50 CHANCE OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF I-57 AND PROB40 CHANCE EAST. WILL ISSUE LATE MORNING SPS AS NEW DAY1 OUTLOOK FROM SPC JUST IN AND EXPANDED SLIGHT RISK EAST TO NEAR I-55 FLORIDA LIKE WEATHER 2ND DAY IN A ROW. 11 AM/16Z TEMPS 80 TO 85 WITH BREEZY SSW WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH. HUMID WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. SKIES PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SCT TO A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS 2-4 KFT. BROKEN LINES OF CONVECTION OVER EAST IA AND NW HALF OF MO MOVING NE AT 35 MPH ALONG IA/IL BORDER. SIMILAR SET UP AS YESTERDAY AS SCATTERED CONVECTION MOVES EAST ACROSS CENTRAL IL. GOOD INSTABILITY AND PW 1.8 INCHES ALONG WITH SW LOW LEVEL WINDS 30-40 KTS. ONE ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE IN SE IL WHILE STRONGER ONE MOVING INTO WESTERN IA/MO GIVING LIKELY CHANCE OF CONVECTION FOR CENTRAL IL TONIGHT/SAT. .ILX...NONE. HUETTL
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1145 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF I-55. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AN UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR MASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS STATES WILL DEVELOP SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEST OF I-55. KMH
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1145 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF I-55. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AN UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR MASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS STATES WILL DEVELOP SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEST OF I-55. CORRECTED TIME REFERENCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF I-55. KMH
The 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 in Casey. One car was trapped by the fallen trees. None of the car's occupants were injured.
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