1 flash flood, 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 5, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002 COLD FRONT NEAR THE I-55 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD TODAY...MAKING THE SOUTHEAST ZONES THE MAIN THREAT AREA FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS LATER TODAY. IN THE MEANTIME...NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE THIS MORNING ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO AFFECT SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. FOR POPS TODAY...WILL TAPER THEM FROM LIKELY IN THE SOUTHEAST TO CHANCE IN THE NORTHWEST. RADAR STILL SHOWS LIGHT SHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI/SOUTHEAST IOWA ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE MISSOURI SHORTWAVE...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAINLY THIS MORNING. COOLER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...THEN A SLOW MODERATION. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRIER AIR OVERSPREADING THE AREA TONIGHT...SO WILL CONFINE MEASURABLE POPS TO THE SOUTHEAST. NEXT SHOT AT PRECIPITATION WILL BE SUNDAY AS THE NEXT FRONT MOVES ACROSS ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN TERRIBLY CONSISTENT WITH THEIR SOLUTIONS FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO THE LATER PERIODS EXCEPT TO COOL THINGS OFF SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY. ..04.. FIRST PERIOD POPS BELOW MAY BE ADJUSTED BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. ...PRELIMINARY CCF FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES... SPI EB 075/055 078/057 080 04320 PIA EB 071/053 076/055 079 04320 DEC EB 075/055 078/057 080 04320 CMI TB 076/056 078/056 078 04821 MTO TB 076/056 078/056 078 04821 LWV TB 082/058 079/059 082 04741 .ILX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads had over 6 inches of water flowing over them after heavy rains fell in a short amount of time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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