Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 28, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

SCATTERED RWS/TRWS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES
ACROSS NRN IL...INCLUDING NRN PTNS OF CWA THIS AFTERNOON. RECEIVED
ONE INCH HAIL REPORT FOR CELLS OVER WOODFORD COUNTY IN PAST COUPLE
OF MINUTES. SHORT TERM FORECASTER KEEPING AN EYE ON ACTIVITY.

AS FOR TONIGHT...MODELS SLOW DOWN/WEAKEN BOUNDARY RIGHT OVER C IL.
WILL SEE A DECREASE IN RWS/TRWS AFTER SUNSET...BUT WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND SLOWLY
ENDING FROM N TO S OVER CWA.

ON SUNDAY...BOUNDARY LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN...WILL KEEP MENTION
OF CHANCE OF RWS/TRWS IN SERN SECTIONS THROUGH NOON...BEFORE ENDING.
BY SUNDAY NIGHT...NEXT S/W DEVELOPS ALONG BOUNDARY AND TRACKS EAST
INTO MO AND IL...WITH MODELS INDICATING MCS DEVELOPMENT. THE MCS
MOVES INTO WRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THE EVENING AND SPREADS
EAST OVERNIGHT.

RAIN TO PERSIST INTO MONDAY...ENDING IN WRN HALF OF CWA BY LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH BOUNDARIES REMAINING OVER MIDWEST...WILL KEEP
MENTION OF RWS/TRWS OVER ERN HALF OF CWA THROUGH DAY ON TUESDAY.

AS FOR REST OF EXTENDED FORECAST...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY REMAIN DRY
BEFORE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WX SYSTEM MOVES IN FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

ISC GRIDS SENT EARLIER.

.ILX...NONE.

BYRD

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-291100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1144 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...PRIMARILY NORTH OF I-72. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY.
SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.

THE NEXT THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS
A SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE MIDWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING WITH THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT.

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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.

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