1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Apr 28, 10:15 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1115 AM CDT MON APR 28 2003 ZONES ARE BASICALLY IN GOOD SHAPE THIS MORNING...BUT WILL UPDATE FOR SOME MINOR WORDING CHANGES. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO NW CWA...WITH WINDS ALREADY SWITCHING TO NORTHERLY AT KGBG AND KC75. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE BOUNDARY HAVE BEEN HOLDING STEADY IN THE MIDDLE 60S FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...SO WILL UPDATE NW ZONE TO GO HIGHS AROUND 70. .ILX...NONE. BARNES
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1154 AM CDT MON APR 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH SOME DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE STORMS WILL BE FORMING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS THE FRONT STALLS OVER THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. MORE SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...TUESDAY...AND THURSDAY. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ILX PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WEB ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL IN LOWER CASE. BARNES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, one of which landed on a house causing minor damage. A couple of roofs were damaged and power lines were blown down. No injuries were reported.
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