2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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 Apr 22, 2:00 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 .DISCUSSION... GFS AND NAM IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM WITH PUSHING THE CURRENT SYSTEM WEST OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN STALLING IT OUT IN THE NERN US. BOTH MDLS ALSO AGREE WITH THE MID LVL CIRCULATION GETTING WIDER AND OVER THE WEEEKEND IN THE OH VLY RGN AND THEN LIFTING NORTH INTO THE GRT LKS RGN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. LONG TERM MODELS ALSO AGREE OVERALL WITH THE LIFTING AND MOVEMENT OF THIS FEATURE INTO CANADA NORTH OF THE GRT LKS REGION. THIS MID LVL FEATURE WILL INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. BIGGEST CHALLENGES WILL BE PCPN TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE MID LVL TROUGH REMAINS A FACTOR OVER THE AREA. PCPN TYPE WILL ALSO BE INTERESTING AS 850 TEMPS DROP TO -4C BY MORNING AND THEN TO -6 BY SUNDAY MORNING. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACRS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS THE SFC LOW AND UPPER LVL SYSTEM PUSH TO THE EAST. WILL WAIT TIL LAST MINUTE WITH ISSUANCE TO SEE ABOUT SVR WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 9PM FOR PARTS OF ERN AND SOUTHEAST IL. SOME AREAS IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COULD HEAR A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER SO WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. AS UPPER LVL TROUGH REMAINS TO THE EAST...ANOTHER VORT MAX WILL DIVE SOUTH INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH TOMORROW. THIS WILL LIKELY KICK OFF MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW AND INTO TOMORROW EVENING. QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PCPN WILL BE SNOW OR RAIN. WITH 850 TEMPS COLD ENOUGH AND SFC TEMPS WARM...MAY HAVE TO GO WITH MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FOR TOMORROW. THE VORT PUSHES PAST THE AREA BY EVENING SO WILL NOT KEEP PCPN GOING FOR SAT NIGHT. SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO REMAIN DRY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. MAV GUIDANCE LOOKS BEST...AS ETA AND FWC APPEARS TOO COOL FOR SATURDAY. WILL TAKE A COMPROMISE FOR SUNDAYS TEMPS. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MID AND LONG TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE OUR AREA WILL BE IN A BROAD TROUGH THROUGH MOST OF THE NEXT WEEK. TWO SYSTEMS...ONE IN THE NORTH AND ONE IN THE SOUTH...APPOACH THE AREA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. MDL TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR SLOWER ON THE ONSET OF PCPN...BUT AS SFC HIGH QUICKLY MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST...LOW LVL MOISTURE COULD RETURN QUICK ENOUGH TO WARRANT A CONTINUED CHC OF PCPN FOR MONDAY. MAIN CHC OF PCPN SHOULD BE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT. FOR MONDAY...WILL HAVE CHC IN THE WEST AND SLIGHT CHC IN THE EAST. WITH LOW LVL MOISTURE RETURNING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEMS...WILL ALSO ADD POSSIBILITY OF THUNDER IN THE SOUTH FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUE. THEN NEXT CHC OF PCPN WILL BE FRIDAY AS A SFC FRONT SLIDES INTO THE AREA. TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL UNTIL END OF NEXT WEEK. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IL...NONE. && AUTEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1150 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-231100- CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN- PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...GALESBURG...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA AND SPRINGFIELD 1150 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF MISSOURI. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-231100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS- EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SHELBY- VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE...DECATUR... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE AND TAYLORVILLE 1150 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF MISSOURI. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LINCOLN. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE. BARNES
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.
Trees and power lines down.
Trees and power lines down.
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