Illinois, 2002

Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 25, 2002

June 25, 2002 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:05 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:05 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
305 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

PROBS THIS PD WILL BE POPS AND TIMING ON CDFNT ACRS FA ON THU. UA
PTTN CONTS PROGRESSION OF UPR LVL CYCLC CIRCLN OVR LWR MS VLY WITH
WV IMGRY SHWG BROAD TROPICAL FEED INTO RGN. MRNG SOUNDINGS INDCTD
PWS 1.5-2 IN AND TSRA DVLPD OVR SW IL-E CTRL MO IN MIDLVL CONVRNGC
FM SRN CIRCLN AND APCHG S/WV TROF OVR UPR MIDWST. THIS S/WV TO
STRENGTHEN OVR GT LKS BY 36H AS TROF TO S OPENS AND EVOLVES INTO
POSITIVE TILTED TROF.

AT SFC MDLS HV SLOWED SWD PROGRESSION OF WK CDFNT WITH EXPECTED
FROPA VCNTY KSTL ARND 00Z FRI. XPCT DIURNAL CNVCTN TO WKN TNGT AND
REDEVELOP ON WED SIMLR TO TDA WITH CHC POPS THRU THU. CDFNT TO
STALL/DISPT TO S LTR IN PD BUT WL KP DRY XCPT FOR LO POPS IN XTRM
SRN ZN. LTL CHG IN TEMPS THRU EXTND WITH VALS AT OR NR NRML.

.STL...NONE

WDB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0335 PM    CAMP POINT                IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY SEVERE
                                          WEATHER SPOTTERS.

0335 PM    CAMP POINT                IL   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02   ADAMS                          LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY SEVERE
                                          WEATHER SPOTTERS.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When
June 25, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Marion County, 3 mi E of Centralia
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
38.533, -89.083

Thunderstorm winds caused some damage in a neighborhood east of Centralia. A storage building was destroyed and some power lines downed.

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: 5298315.