1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 10:02 AM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1102 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL DRAPED ACROSS STATE THIS MORNING...AND NOT MAKING TOO MUCH PROGRESS OUT OF THE REGION. SOUTHERLY WINDS HELPING TO KEEP TEMPS AND DWPTS HIGHER ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 74. AIRMASS IN PLACE NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT FROM YESTERDAYS...AND WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WITH LACK OF SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVERAGE...TEMPS SHOULD INDEED CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. GOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH MENTION OF HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 105. H85 TEMPS AROUND 20... AND PLENTY OF DRY AIR IN THE COLUMN OVHD. HOWEVER...TWEAKED CLOUD COVER IN THE GRIDS...AS MAJORITY OF AC HAVE CLEARED UP IN WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. LEFT POPS ALONE FOR AFTERNOON IN LIGHT OF ANY REMAINING OUTFLOWS FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS IN COMBO WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IN THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH CURRENT THOUGHT IS STILL MORE ALONG THE LINES OF LATER IN THE EVENING CONVECTION WITH THE SLIGHT RISK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGE IS ADDRESSING CONVECTION CHANCES THROUGH SAT AND SEVERE RISK...AND LOOKING AT HOW HOT AND HUMID IT GETS TODAY AND IF HEAT ADVISORY NEEDED. NAM...NGM AND GFS DID NOT PICK UP ON MCS ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL IL EARLY THIS MORNING THOUGH RUC DID BETTER GIVING SOME QPF. MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN BRINGING MAIN COLD FRONT SE THROUGH IL EARLIER ON SAT. .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MCS WITH HAD SOME SEVERE WEATHER OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL IL THIS PAST NIGHT HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST INTO CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN KY AS LOW LEVEL JET AS VEERED MORE TO THE WEST AND BEST THETAE AND WARM AIR ADVECTION HAS SHIFTED ESE OF CENTRAL IL. A FEW SHOWERS LINGERED OVER EASTCENTRAL AND WESTCENTRAL IL. SURFACE MAP HAS 1003 MB LOW NEAR TRAVERS CITY IN NW LOWER MICHIGAN WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW ACROSS NW IL ALONG THE IL RIVER TO ACROSS NORTHERN MO. THE FRONT THEN CONNECTS TO 1007 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER SE CO. MCS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM EASTCENTRAL IL EARLY THIS MORNING WHERE 50 POPS EARLY. OTHERWISE CLOUDS SHOULD GIVE WAY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES BY MIDDAY. HEATING OF UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND INTERACTION WITH BOUNDARYS LAID OUT OVER CENTRAL AND SE IL ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-72 WHERE LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 4 TO 8C AND CAPES 2000 TO 3000 J/KG AND HIGHEST OVER SE IL TO GIVE A 30 POPS OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER NORTHERN AREAS WHICH IS NOT AS UNSTABLE. HAVE HIGHS IN THE IN LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S TODAY AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S. HIGHEST READINGS WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND 105F WHILE AROUND 100F NORTH. DID NOT ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR SE IL BEING THERE ARE NOT FORECAST TO HAVE 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HEAT INDICES OF 105F OR HIGHER SINCE SAT HAVING HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 100F BY LAWRENCEVILLE. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE HWO. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE ACROSS IL AGAIN TONIGHT AS ANOTHER MCS TO MOVE OUT OF IOWA ACROSS IL ESPECIALLY LATER EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT. MAY NEED TO ELEVATE TO AT LEAST LIKELY POPS NORTH OF I-70 OVERNIGHT INTO SAT MORNING. AMPLIFYING UPPER LEVEL TROF/CUTOFF LOW OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TO DIG TOWARD MN BY DAWN SAT WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL JET AND WIND SHEAR INTO IOWA AND TOWARD CENTRAL/NW IL TONIGHT. CENTRAL IL WITH HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAIN THREAT AGAIN WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE TOO ESPECIALLY NW OF THE IL RIVER WHILE TORNADO THREAT OVER IOWA WHERE BEST WIND SHEER IS. SPC CONTINUES SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER SE IL DURING THE DAY SAT WHERE COLD FRONT PASSES THRU SAT AFTERNOON. QUITE UNSTABLE OVER SE IL SAT WITH LIFTED INDICIES MINUS 6-8C AND CAPES 2000 TO 3000 J/KG AND HOT AND HUMID ANOTHER DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WITH FRONT MOVING THROUGH QUICKER...LOOKS DRY OVER EVEN SE IL SAT NIGHT AND CLEARING SKIES WITH COOLER LESS HUMID AIR FILTERING IN AS LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MIDWEST AND IN NW UPPER LEVEL FLOW WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF DIGGING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXTENDED MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER IL EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK TO PROVIDE A NICE BREAK FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OFF TO THE EAST DURING MID WEEK AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND TEMPS WARM BACK TO NORMAL BY THU. NEXT CHANCE OF CONVECTION LATE IN THE WORK WEEK WITH NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING INTO IL. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. HJS/HUETTL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1106 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-201100- 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- 1106 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE WARM FRONT THAT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER YESTERDAY...WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS, AND WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE FRONT. THIS WELL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DUE TO THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND INSTABILITY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 72. IN ADDITION...HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE. THIS IS JUST SHY OF A HEAT ADVISORY, SO BE AWARE OF KEEPING YOUR BODY WELL HYDRATED TODAY, AND KEEP OUT OF THE SUN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF I-70. THIS IS DUE TO A COLD FRONT THAT IS POISED TO DROP SOUTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS. ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL REMAIN INPLACE TO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO TONIGHT. HJS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
649 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM HAIL 2 ENE CURRAN 39.75N 89.73W
08/18/2005 1.00 INCH SANGAMON IL STORM CHASER
PUBLIC REPORT OF 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND
GUST.
1047 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
08/18/2005 SANGAMON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
1100 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT AUBURN 39.77N 89.26W
08/18/2005 CHRISTIAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN MOUNT AUBURN. ALSO, LIGHTNING BROUGHT DOWN
A UTILITY POLE.
0220 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 S WELDON 40.08N 88.75W
08/19/2005 PIATT IL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ON RT 48 ON PIATT/DEWITT COUNTY LINE.
&&
ESHIMONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
718 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM HAIL 2 ENE CURRAN 39.75N 89.73W
08/18/2005 1.00 INCH SANGAMON IL STORM CHASER
PUBLIC REPORT OF 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND
GUST.
1047 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
08/18/2005 SANGAMON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
1100 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT AUBURN 39.77N 89.26W
08/18/2005 CHRISTIAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN MOUNT AUBURN. ALSO, LIGHTNING BROUGHT DOWN
A UTILITY POLE.
0220 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 S WELDON 40.08N 88.75W
08/19/2005 PIATT IL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ON RT 48 ON PIATT/DEWITT COUNTY LINE.
0300 AM LIGHTNING CHAMPAIGN 40.11N 88.26W
08/19/2005 CHAMPAIGN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING STRUCK THE CHIMNEY OF A HOME ON THE WEST SIDE
OF CHAMPAIGN. IT STARTED SOME WOOD STUDS ON FIRE. THE
FIRE CAUSED THE GAS LINES FOR THE FIREPLACE TO CRACK AND
SPREAD THE FIRE. THE FIRE BURST SOME WATER PIPES, WHICH
EVENTUALLY SPRAYED THE FIRE OUT. NO INJURIES. NO DAMAGE
ESTIMATE YET.
&&
ESHIMONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
720 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM HAIL 2 ENE CURRAN 39.75N 89.73W
08/18/2005 1.00 INCH SANGAMON IL STORM CHASER
PUBLIC REPORT OF 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND
GUST.
1047 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
08/18/2005 SANGAMON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
1100 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT AUBURN 39.77N 89.26W
08/18/2005 CHRISTIAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN MOUNT AUBURN. ALSO, LIGHTNING BROUGHT DOWN
A UTILITY POLE.
0220 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 S WELDON 40.08N 88.75W
08/19/2005 PIATT IL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ON RT 48 ON PIATT/DEWITT COUNTY LINE.
0300 AM LIGHTNING CHAMPAIGN 40.11N 88.26W
08/19/2005 CHAMPAIGN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING STRUCK THE CHIMNEY OF A HOME ON THE WEST SIDE
OF CHAMPAIGN. IT STARTED SOME WOOD STUDS ON FIRE. THE
FIRE CAUSED THE GAS LINES FOR THE FIREPLACE TO CRACK AND
SPREAD THE FIRE. THE FIRE BURST SOME WATER PIPES, WHICH
EVENTUALLY SPRAYED THE FIRE OUT. NO INJURIES. NO DAMAGE
ESTIMATE YET.
&&
ESHIMONThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A member of the Illinois Wesleyan University football team died from heat stroke several days after falling ill at a morning football practice. Temperatures at the time of the practice were in the middle 80s, with dew points in the lower 70s and a heat index in the lower 90s.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, McLean | 2005-08-24 | 21 | Male | Other | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2005
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: 5469246.