Name: Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 18, 2002
Start: 2002-09-18T14:55
End: 2002-09-18T14:55
Location: Illinois

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 18, 1:39 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 1:39 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
239 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

FORECAST EVEN MORE COMPLEX THAN YESTERDAY. MODELS APPEAR TO BE
CONVERGING ON A SOLUTION TOWARD THE FIRST GOOD RAIN FOR THE AREA IN
SOME TIME. COMBINATION OF THETA E RIDGE/LLJ ALONG WITH DIFFLUENCE
ALOFT/STRONG FORCING POINT TO RAIN WITH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF CWFA. INITIATION SHOULD BE IN THE KTOP/KMCI/KFNB
TRIANGLE WITH IT QUICKLY EVOLVING INTO AN MCS...WITH NORTHERN MISSOURI
UNDER BETTER CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN. PRECIP TO COME IN WAVES WITH
POTENTIAL BREAK ON LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THEN NEXT
ROUND OF PRECIP SHOULD DEVELOP OVER EASTERN HALF CWFA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. PRECIP SHOULD END FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK WAVE
MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
SOME SPRINKLES.

AVN DEVELOPS NEW SYSTEM SUNDAY/MONDAY PERIOD BUT IT SHOULD MISS MOST
OF CWFA BEFORE FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATER MONDAY/TUESDAY TIME PERIOD.
WEDNESDAY LOOKS DRY.

.DVN...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 1:36 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
236 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

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

0225 PM    WYOMING                   IA   1.25 INCH HAIL
09/18/02   JONES                          HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0230 PM    WYOMING                   IA   URBAN FLOODING
09/18/02   JONES                          HEAVY RAIN WITH WATER 6
                                          INCHES DEEP IN SOME
                                          AREAS.  REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Sep 18, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
245 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

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

0242 PM    BALDWIN                   IA   2.5 INCH HAIL
09/18/02   JACKSON                        2 AND 2.5 INCH HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0242 PM    BALDWIN                   IA   80 MPH TSTM GUST
09/18/02   JACKSON                        70 TO 80 MPH WINDS
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Sep 18, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
253 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

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

0251 PM    MAQUOKETA                 IA   1 INCH HAIL
09/18/02   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Sep 18, 1:56 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
256 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

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

0251 PM    1 W MAQUOKETA             IA   2.75 INCH HAIL
09/18/02   JACKSON                        GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL
                                          SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Sep 18, 2:27 PM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
327 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

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

0320 PM    GOOSE LAKE                IA   1 INCH HAIL
09/18/02   CLINTON                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0320 PM    GOOSE LAKE                IA   70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/18/02   CLINTON                        60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Sep 18, 2:35 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
335 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002

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

0329 PM    1 NW TEEDS GROVE          IA   50 MPH TSTM GUST
09/18/02   CLINTON                        40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WITH
                                          HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: September 18, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, 6 mi S of Savanna
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.000, -90.150

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Illinois in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, September 2002

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: 5320347.