Illinois, 2001

Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 8, 2001

September 8, 2001 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 1:00 PM CST, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 1:00 PM CST, 10 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
200 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

LINE OF STORMS THAT CROSSED THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING HAS
STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE. SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING
SHORTWAVE MAY ALSO BE KEEPING A LID ON DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS WHEN CONVECTION WILL
RETURN. WITH 20 TO 30 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET...ABUNDANT DEEP
MOISTURE...AND A FEW MORE HOURS OF SURFACE HEATING...SCATTERED
SHOWERS OR STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON. MOST LIKELY
AREA IS SE MISSOURI...WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE HAS HAD THE MOST TIME TO
RECOVER FROM MORNING CONVECTION.

A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION...MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS GULF MOISTURE INFLOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER TEXAS. THIS LEAD SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT...BRINGING GULF MOISTURE WITH
IT.

ETA/NGM/AVN ARE ALL TRENDING FASTER WITH THE STRONG SHORTWAVE AND
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS. MODELS DEVELOP A WEAK SURFACE
LOW OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 12Z SUNDAY...THEN TRACK IT NORTHEAST
INTO THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT CROSSES
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PASSAGE OF
THE COLD FRONT AROUND THE WARMEST TIME OF DAY FAVORS WIDESPREAD
COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WIND PROFILES FROM MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE
UNIDIRECTIONAL FROM 30 TO 45 KNOTS...INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR WIND
IN STORMS THAT BOW. SEVERE THREAT WILL BE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY THE
EXTENT OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING.

AVN STILL INSISTS ON SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR EARLY
NEXT WEEK. 60 HOUR ETA ALSO IS POINTING IN THIS DIRECTION...SHOWING
SFC DEW POINTS IN THE 50S ON MONDAY. THE REFRESHING CHANGE OF AIR
MASS /SFC DEW POINTS IN THE MID 50S/ IS MAKING GOOD INROADS INTO NW
MISSOURI AT THIS TIME. WILL STAY CLOSE TO THE MRF MOS /MEX/ NUMBERS
DURING THE EXTENDED...WHICH SHOW LOWS IN THE 50S AND HIGHS AROUND
80.

.PAH...NONE.

MY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 8, 6:01 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
701 PM CDT SAT SEP 08 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0649 PM    ELLSINORE                 MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
09/08/01   CARTER                         REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
September 8, 11:51 PM CST
Where
Franklin County, Sesser
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.100, -89.050

A few power lines were blown down.

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.

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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: 5265241.