7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 9, 1:15 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 215 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2004 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST CHALLENGES AHEAD INCLUDE COVERAGE OF ANY CONVECTION THAT WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING...AND THEN PRECIP CHANCES ACRS THE FCST AREA LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE INTERACTS WITH BNDRY ACRS THE SRN PLAINS. NO MAJOR MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH THE 12Z RUN SO WL GO WITH THE ETA SOLUTION FOR THE SHORT TERM...WHILE SIDING WITH THE GFS WITH THE OVERALL EVOLVING COOL PATTERN ACRS THE MIDWEST LATER THIS WEEK. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... 18Z SFC MAP INDICATING PRE-FRONTAL TROF LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF RFD TO PIA AND UIN WITH SOME ENHANCED CU DVLPG ALONG BNDRY. TEMPS HAVE PUSHED INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 65 TO 70 DEGREE RANGE...YIELDING CAPES IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE. LOW LVL CONVERGENCE ALONG BNDRY WEAK AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN THAT WAY WHICH SHOULD LIMIT AREA COVERAGE OF ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. WILL CARRY LOW POPS MAINLY EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER FOR THIS EVENING...WITH A MENTION OF PRECIP INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACRS THE SOUTHEAST. QUIET WX EXPECTED ON TUESDAY IN BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS AS MAIN SFC LOW PULLS NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW ACRS THE REGION. NOT THAT MUCH COOLER BEHIND FRONTAL SYSTEM TOMORROW...ALTHOUGH DEW POINTS WILL BE LOWER. GUID NUMBERS TONIGHT AND TUE SEEM IN LINE SO WL TEND TO SIDE WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM HANDLED A BIT DIFFERENTLY BY MODELS WITH THE GFS HOLDING ON TO BRINGING PRECIP BACK INTO AT LEAST THE SRN AREAS...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 72 LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH LOWER POPS AS YOU HEAD NORTH. ETA MODEL CONTINUES TO KEEP THE LOW LVLS DRY OVER MOST OF OUR AREA DURING THIS TIME FRAME...AS A RESULT...ONLY OUR SRN COUNTIES SATURATE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME QPF IN THE 06Z-20Z TIME FRAME WEDNESDAY. MODELS QUICK TO PUSH IN DRIER AIR AT MID LEVELS WED AFTN AND EVENING SO WHAT PRECIP LINGERS AROUND IN THE MORNING SHOULD PUSH TO OUR EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. COOLER AIR TO FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH TEMPS APPROACHING SOME RECORD LOWS...DEPENDING ON CLOUD COVER. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... UPPER TROF FCST TO DEEPEN ACRS ERN CANADA/GREAT LAKES REGION LATER THIS WEEK KEEPING ALL OF THE AREA UNSEASONABLY COOL INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND. TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND COLD TROF TOUGH TO TIME AND BASE PRECIP CHANCES ON LATER THIS WEEK. APPEARS NEXT SIGNFICANT SHORTWAVE TO PUSH INTO THE MIDWEST LATE THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS MAINLY ACRS THE NORTH...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE MENTIONED OVER THE SOUTH. WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SOME FAIRLY COLD TEMPS ALOFT...COULD BE SOME ISOLD THUNDER DURING THE AFTN WITH SUCH A SETUP. FOR NOW...WL CARRY CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE GRIDS FOR THAT FAR OUT. AIR MASS SHOULD SLOWLY MODERATE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AS ERN U.S. TROF GRADUALLY WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST...WITH MORE OF A ZONAL FLOW PATTERN DEVELOPING FOR NEXT WEEK...TRANSLATING TO MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES BY THAT TIME. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. && SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1127 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2004 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-101100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND- DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE... DECATUR...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...GALESBURG...HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE... LAWRENCEVILLE...LINCOLN...MATTOON...PEORIA...SHELBYVILLE... SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1127 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ILX. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE. GOETSCH
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large trees were blown down onto IL Route 67 five miles south of Rushville.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines.
Two large trees were blown down.
A tree was blown down onto a house causing minor damage.
Several trees and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto an unoccupied car damaging it.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2004
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: 5419180, 5419181, 5419186, 5419182, 5419183, 5419185, 5419184, 5419187.