13 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 Oct 29, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 245 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SPEED...LOCATION AND INTENSITY OF SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN THE PLAINS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. GFS AND ETA BOTH HAVE BEEN CONSISTANT FROM PREVIOUS RUN. HOWEVER...GFS HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSISTANT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS AND REMAINS IN LINE WITH UKMET AND ECMWF. DONT SEE ANY REAL DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO MODELS UNTIL MONDAY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM COMING UP OUT OF THE PLAINS. ETA IS LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN THE GFS WITH THE NEXT FRONT. HOWEVER...GFS WILL STAY AS MODEL OF CHOICE IN THE LONG TERM. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... SFC SYSTEM IN THE NRN PLAINS WILL LIFT NE TONIGHT WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVING ACRS THE MIDWEST. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACRS THE AREA PRODUCING VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH LIS AROUND -6 AND CAPES FROM 1400 TO 2000 J/KG. HOWEVER...BEST CONVERGENCE IS LOCATED BACK WITH THE FRONT IN THE PLAINS. THIS FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND SHOULD REACH WRN IL BY 06Z. STORMS HAVE ALREADY DVLPD AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SPC ALREADY HAS A TORNADO BOX OUT FOR CNTRL IA THROUGH 02Z. STORMS SHOULD CONT TO FIRE AHEAD OF THE FRONT INTO MO AND MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. GREATEST THREAT WILL BE WINDS AS STORM MOTION WILL BE AROUND 40-50KTS. STORMS SHOULD PUSH THROUGH VERY QUICKLY BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE EAST. BELIEVE GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO NO WIND ADVISORY EXPECTED. AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW...SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY. HOWEVER...GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT TOMORROW PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS WITH POSSIBLE GUST TO 40 KNOTS. THESE DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACRS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH DECREASING WINDS AS BRIEF HIGH PRSS MOVES ACRSS CNTRL IL SUNDAY AND SUN NIGHT. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUN NIGHT WITH A WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH. GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF THIS FRONT AND BEGIN TO BRING PCPN TO SRN IL BY SUNDA NIGHT. THIS PCPN WILL ADVECT NORTHWARD BY MON MORNING. PCPN TYPE SHOULD START AS SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT AS ENERGY LIFTS NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACRS THE SRN PART OF THE STATE. THEREFORE HAVE KEPT CHC OF THUNDER IN SERN PART OF CWA FOR MONDAY. TEMPS WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH TOMORROW BUT WILL FALL BACK TO MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD FOR HIGHS BUT TOO COOL FOR LOWS. LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... FOR FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE LONG TERM AREA WILL REMAIN IN SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WITH RIDGE TO OUR EAST AND TROF TO THE WEST. PIECES OF ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT TO OUR SOUTH FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUES NIGHT. PCPN SHOULD PRIMARILY BE IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AS THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTHWARD ENOUGH TO KEEP THUNDER SOUTH OF THE CWA. THE LONG WAVE TROUGH SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE AREA BY WED AND BRING A PERIOD OF DRY WX FOR THUR AND FRI. A TWO STREAM FLOW SETS UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THEREFORE...TEMPS WILL REMAIN VERY SEASONABLE AS THE COLD AIR STAYS NORTH WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM. .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IL...NONE. && AUTEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1128 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-301100- CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN- MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...DECATUR...GALESBURG... HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA... SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1128 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON IN AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A RENEWED THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-301100- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE...MATTOON AND SHELBYVILLE 1128 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON IN AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A RENEWED THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM. BARNES
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a garage causing moderate roof damage. Also, the winds destroyed a tool shed and blew a few shingles off of the roof of a house.
A large tree was blown down on a power line.
Numerous trees were blown down. One tree fell onto an unoccupied car. Also, in Henry a power pole was snapped off.
Numerous trees and power lines down.
Few trees and power lines down.
Large tree blown down.
Few trees and power lines down.
An addition to a house that was under construction had half of its roof blown off west of South Pekin.
Numerous large tree limbs down.
Power lines down in Greenview.
Large tree blown down.
A couple of windows blown out of a house on the south side of Springfield.
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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5427430, 5427479, 5427480, 5427481, 5427482, 5427483, 5427484, 5427485, 5427486, 5427487, 5427488, 5427492, 5427489, 5427490, 5427491.