3 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 Aug 13, 1:52 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 252 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST. MODELS HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NEXT 36-48 HRS. TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, THE NAM IS NOT INDICATING ANY PROGRESSION OF A WAVE ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS IL, WHICH IS A CHANGE FROM EACH OF THE NAMS PREVIOUS 2 RUNS. THE GFS HAS BEEN MUCH MORE CONSISTENT WITH MOVING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THE GFS STILL HAS ITS ISSUES WITH SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK, BUT OVERALL, IT SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE NEAR TERM. THE CANADIAN GLOBAL IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE GFS SOLUTION, AND WILL TREND THAT WAY THIS FCST. .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT CURRENT EXTENDS FROM NW OHIO THROUGH CENTRAL IL TO SW MISSOURI. IT HAS NOT MOVED MUCH TODAY, AND PLENTY OF HEATING HAS OCCURRED SOUTH OF THE FRONT. INSTABILITY PARAMS INDICATE MLCAPES OF 1500-2000, AND PLENTY OF PRECIP WATER AVAIL FOR CONVECTION. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT, AND THE START OF STORM DEVELOPMENT IN S MISSOURI MAY BE AN INDICATION THAT MORE WILL FIRE SOON FARTHER NE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION IN MISSOURI ARE EXPECTED TO HEAD EAST TWRD IL. THEY MAY NOT QUITE REACH OUR CWA INTACT, BUT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CONVECTION OUT AHEAD. MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON RAIN IN OUR AREA HAS MOVE NE. WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND UPPER LEVEL WAVE APPROACH ILLINOIS. THE HEATING OF THE DAY WILL HELP TRIGGER THE INITIAL WAVE OF STORMS, THEN THE LOW SYSTEM WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL STORMS TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT PRECIPITATION SHOULD LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING, MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF DECATUR. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY, VARIOUS H5 SHORTWAVES WILL AFFECT OUR CWA. THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WAVES IS STILL IN QUESTION, SO CHANCE POPS WERE LEFT ALONE FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. GFS GUID TEMPS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN UNDER-CUTTING THE TEMPS LATELY, AND WENT A FEW DEG ABOVE IN MOST CASES THROUGH TUESDAY. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH INTO ILLINOIS SHOULD KEEP MOST AREAS DRY, WED AND THURSDAY, UNTIL A COLD FRONT ARRIVES ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. GFS80 AND CANADIAN GLOBAL INDICATE SIMILAR SOLUTIONS HERE, AND I INTRODUCED SOME POPS IN OUR N ZONES THUR NIGHT AND THE ENTIRE AREA ON FRIDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FEATURE. THIS FRONT WAS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST TO COME IN SOONER, SO TIMING MAY SLOW DOWN WITH FUTURE MODEL RUNS, BUT FOR NOW WILL INTRODUCE THE TREND TWRD RAIN IN THAT TIME PERIOD. TEMPS SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM SOMEWHAT, DUE TO ADDITIONAL SUNSHINE, AS WELL AS RETURN FLOW WED AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. GUID NUMBERS A LITTLE TOO COOL HERE AS WELL, BUT I STILL DID NOT STRAY FAR. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. SHIMON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1149 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141100- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1149 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF FRONT...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT AND BRING PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A metal swing and playhouse were blown apart. A 100 pound bench swing was blown over and destroyed.
A 2 foot diameter tree was blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5469200, 5469201, 5469199.