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 Feb 16, 2:10 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 210 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS MAINLY IN THE SHORT TERM WITH THE TIMING OF THE POTENT COLD FRONT ACRS CENTRAL IL THIS EVENING AND SVR POTENTIAL TO ITS EAST...FOLLOWED BY STRONG GRADIENT WINDS TONIGHT USHERING IN THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE YEAR SO FAR. NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES SEEN IN MODELS TODAY SO WL GO WITH A NAM/GFS BLEND THRU SUNDAY. COLD WX TO PREVAIL THRU THE WEEKEND WITH SOME MODERATION NOTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE H5 VORTEX SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE EXITING THE FCST AREA RATHER QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH MODEL DATA SUGGESTING THE LAST OF THE CONVECTION PUSHING INTO INDIANA SHORTLY AFTR 00Z. 18Z SOUNDING INDICATING UNSEASONABLY HIGH CAPES OF AROUND 1100 J/KG AND 0-6KM SHEAR OF +50KTS. SFC LOW...CURRENTLY ACRS CENTRAL IL THIS AFTN...SHOULD RAPIDLY PUSH NORTHEAST INTO SRN LOWER MICHIGAN AND DEEPEN THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY CATCHES UP WITH THE SFC SYSTEM. LINGERING PRECIPITATION...WHICH MAY TAKE ON A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW EARLY SHOULD DEPART THE AREA QUICKLY AS MID LVL DRYING RACES ACRS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AFTER THAT...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS OF 35-45 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AS SUGGESTED BY NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS. WL CARRY WIND ADVISORY FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL AROUND 09Z WEST OF I-57...AND UNTIL 12Z IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-57 AS SYSTEM IS FCST TO RACE QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE REGION WITH DIMINISHING WINDS SETTLING ACRS THE FCST AREA TOWARDS SUNRISE. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE MIDWEST ON FRIDAY WITH 850 TEMPS DROPPING TO AROUND -15 DEG C BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. WILL GO WITH A BLEND BETWEEN THE MAV AND MET GUID WHICH WOULD GIVE US A RANGE FROM AROUND 20 NW TO THE MIDDLE 30S SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURE FCST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING A CHALLENGE AS MODELS SUGGESTS THE CORE OF THE ARCTIC AIR WILL STILL BE CENTERED WEST OF OUR AREA...HOWEVER GUIDANCE QUITE A BIT COLDER IN ALL OF OUR AREA WITH OUR NW BELOW ZERO. STILL A QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH HIGH AND MID LVL MOITURE/CLOUDS WILL BE IN OUR AREA DURING THIS TIME FRAME...SO TEMPS WILL BE LOWERED FROM PREVIOUS FCST...BUT NOT JUMPING COMPLETELY ON THE CURRENT GUIDANCE. THE ACTUAL CENTER OF THE COLD AIR MASS WILL SLIP INTO CNTRL IL SUNDAY MORNING SO THAT MAY BE OUR COLDEST NIGHT...BUT AGAIN...HIGH LVL MOISTURE/CLOUDINESS STILL IN QUESTION...SO WL TEND TO STAY WITH THE MAV/MET BLEND FOR SUNDAY MORNING LOWS FOR NOW. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT OFF TO OUR EAST ON SUNDAY ALLOWING CLOUDS TO INCREASE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY. CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE SUNDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME AS MODELS CONTINUING TO INDICATE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ISENT LIFT COINCIDING WITH RATHER LOW PRESSURE DEFICITS. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A BLEND OF THE ECMWF AND GFS USED IN THE LONGER TERM FORECAST WITH MODELS INDICATING THE COLD VORTEX AT 500 MB SHOULD LIFT NORTHEAST WITH SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES SEEN NEXT WEEK. SOME OF THE ENSMEBLES SUGGEST THE MEAN LONGWAVE TROF MAY RETROGRADE NEXT WEEK ALLOWING A MORE MODIFIED CP AIR MASS TO PREVAIL ACRS THE MIDWEST. AFTER OUR CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO HOLD OVER THE REGION THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY RETURNING TO OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL IN THE TUE-THU TIME PERIOD. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 00Z-09Z ROUGHLY WEST OF I-57 WIND ADVISORY FROM 03Z-12Z ALONG AND EAST OF I-57 && SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1100 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-171200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA 1100 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL TODAY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AS WELL. ANY WET SURFACES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE TO AN ICY GLAZE. THE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WILL BE COMPLICATED BY THE STRONG WINDS. IT WILL BE EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ILZ038-042>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-171200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DEWITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD- MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN/URBANA... CHARLESTON/MATTOON...DANVILLE...DECATUR...EFFINGHAM...JACKSONVILLE... LAWRENCEVILLE...LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD 1100 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. PRIMARILY BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT... AND RACE EASTWARD TOWARD INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-55. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS...WITH HAIL AND A TORNADO POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET RAPIDLY TONIGHT AS WELL. ANY WET SURFACES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE TO AN ICY GLAZE. THE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WILL BE COMPLICATED BY THE STRONG WINDS. IT WILL BE EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HUETTL/SHIMON
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a few power poles. Three quarter inch hail was also reported.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines in and around Xenia. The winds also tore awnings and underpinnings off several mobile homes. Another home received minor damage when a tree fell on it. A truck was damaged by a falling antenna.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, February 2006
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: 5486898, 5486899.