1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 10, 1:09 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 209 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004 .DISCUSSION...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD AN ILL DEFINED FRONTAL BOUNDARY LYING WEST/EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ALONG AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS REVOLVE AROUND THE POSITION OF THIS BOUNDARY...THE UPPER DISTURBANCES EXPECTED TO INTERACT WITH THE BOUNDARY...AND THE ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 12Z MODELS IN GOOD OVERALL AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GFS CONTINUES TO HAVE OCCASIONAL CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK BULLSEYES...BUT THESE DO NOT SEEM TO IMPACT SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS REGION TOO MUCH. IN ANY CASE...WILL FOLLOW THE ETA FOR THE DETAILS. THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN TRICKY IN THE SHORT TERM AS THE LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY WILL LARGELY BE DICTATED BY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THE WEAK OVERALL FLOW EXPECTED INTO MONDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES GENERALLY CLOSE AND REASONABLE...THOUGH QUESTIONS OF FRONTAL POSITION PRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A BUST. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... TONIGHT...EXPECT FRONT TO REMAIN ACTIVE UNTIL DIURNAL INSTABILITY IS LOST LATER THIS EVENING. OVERALL FLOW REMAINS WEAK...WITH A FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 14K FEET. THIS COMBINED WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. SUNDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...EXPECT SUNDAY TO START OUT QUIET IN THE ABSENCE OF APPRECIABLE FORCING AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY. THE FRONT SHOULD LIGHT UP AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH MOST MODEL SOLUTIONS HAVE IT LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. DO NOT HAVE TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THIS POSITION. IN ADDITION...A SHORT WAVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS PROGGED TO APPROACH BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH WITH AN ASSOCIATED MCS THREAT. THIS WAVE IS A SLOW MOVER AND IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT A THREAT OF PRECIPITATION UNTIL MONDAY EVENING AS IT DEPARTS AND PULLS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH. TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHWEST UNITED STATES IS PROGGED TO RIDE OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND DIG ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRAG ANOTHER FRONT THROUGH FORECAST AREA ALONG WITH ANOTHER THREAT FOR SHOWERS/STORMS. COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR WILL BE USHERED IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS HAS TRENDED TOWARD A MORE TROFFY SOLUTION OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES DURING THE PERIOD. THIS UNSEASONABLY STRONG TROF WILL BE FAR ENOUGH EAST THAT WE SHOULD LARGELY BE UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. THE END RESULT SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. && BAK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1107 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-102300- 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 1107 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED AGAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE A TEMPORARY BREAK IN THE RAINFALL PUSHES IN ON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MIDWEST LATER ON TUESDAY INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY EDGE SOUTH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TAKING THE BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH IT. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. && 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. PLAHMER
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown over onto an unoccupied car and pickup truck, damaging both.
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