6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Jun 25, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002 MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE TIMING OF APPROACHING FRONT ON WEDNESDAY AND ASSOCIATED POPS. 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST...WITH BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDWEST. UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN NEAR THE ARKLATEX REGION...WITH IMPULSES ROTATING NORTHWARD FROM THE SYSTEM. MOIST ATMOSPHERE...COUPLED WITH WEAK LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH IMPULSES...HAS LED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CWA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. IN THE SHORT TERM...12Z ETA AND AVN IN GOOD AGREEMENT. BOTH HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON THE PLACEMENT OF UPPER LOW...BUT WERE A TAD TOO WEAK. MODELS INDICATE THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN...WHILE RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE ROCKIES. MEANWHILE...TROUGH DIGS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO SLOWLY PROGRESS TOWARD THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LATEST MODEL RUN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE TREND OF THE PAST FEW DAYS OF SLOWING DOWN THE FRONT. WILL INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS ACROSS CWA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH LIKELY CHANCES WED NIGHT. AFTER THAT...AVN BECOMES FASTER WITH THE FRONT...TAKING IT OUT OF CWA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE ETA HOLDS FRONT BACK. DUE TO AMPLIFYING FLOW PATTERN AND SLOWING MODEL TRENDS WITH EACH RUN...WILL GO WITH THE SLOWER ETA AND KEEP POPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER MOVES IN BEHIND FRONT ON FRI. COOLING TREND WILL BE SHORT-LIVED...AS MRF SHOWS UPPER RIDGE QUICKLY BUILDING BACK INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES RETURN BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH APPROACH OF NEXT SYSTEM. ...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES... SPI BB 071/086 066/083 065 76337 PIA BB 070/085 065/082 064 76347 DEC BC 071/087 066/083 064 76336 CMI BC 071/087 066/083 063 76336 MTO BT 072/088 067/084 064 76336 LWV BT 073/090 068/086 065 76336 .ILX...NONE. BARNES/BARKER
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down, as well as a power pole. One of the fallen trees caused minor roof damage to a home.
A large tree was blown down across Illinois Route 10 near Burton View.
A large tree was blown down on Illinois Route 93, as well as several small trees. A couple of power lines were blown down on the Castleton Blacktop southwest of Bradford.
A roof of a building sustained minor damage and several trees were blown down.
A tree was blown over onto Illinois Route 90.
Several trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A small shed was destroyed in Roanoke.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2002
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: 5301444, 5301438, 5301439, 5301440, 5301441, 5301442, 5301443.