3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jun 2, 9:13 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1013 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... SFC LOW AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP FINALLY PULLING OUT OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. RIDGE BUILDING IN BEHIND IT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE UPPER AND MID MISS RIVER VALLEY. SKIES CLEARING OVER WRN HALF OF FA BY MID MORNING. CU FIELD ALREADY STARTING TO DEVELOP WITH MINIMAL HEATING. HOURLY TEMPS LAGGING A BIT BEHIND IN THE EAST UNDER THE REMAINING CLOUD COVER. AS THAT BREAKS OUT...THINK THAT TEMPS SHOULD REBOUND NICELY. NO UPDATES ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT-TERM CONCERNS INCLUDE LINGERING POPS ACROSS THE SE KILX CWA THIS MORNING...AS WELL AS LOW POPS WITH APPROACHING NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE EXTENDED...EMPHASIS SHIFTS TO TIMING OF NEXT SIGNIFICANT FROPA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...WITH LIGHT PRECIP SHIELD EXTENDING AS FAR NORTH AS THE I-70 CORRIDOR. FURTHER NORTH...DRIER AIR BEGINNING TO FILTER INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS EVIDENCED BY DEWPOINTS DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 50S. ALOFT...SHORT-WAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH SECOND WAVE DROPPING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS THE SE CWA...AS WEAK SURFACE WAVE MOVES ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WITH DEEP-LAYER MOISTURE AND UPPER FORCING REMAINING IN PLACE UNTIL SHORT-WAVE EXITS THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING...EXPECT SHOWERS TO CONTINUE ACROSS LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 THROUGH AT LEAST 15Z. NAM/GFS/RUC BACK THIS UP...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE DRYING THINGS OUT TOWARD MIDDAY. ELSEWHERE AROUND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...HIGH CLOUD SHIELD WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT E/SE...REVEALING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR A TIME THIS MORNING. SCT-BKN CLOUD COVER WILL RE-DEVELOP AS THE DAY GOES ON...AS UPSTREAM SHORT-WAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD POOL WORK SOUTHWARD TOWARD ILLINOIS. NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE STEEP LAPSE RATES AND DECENT INSTABILITY AFTER 15Z...WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 1500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES IN THE -4 TO -6C RANGE. WITH UPPER FORCING ARRIVING DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTERACTING WITH MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...EXPECT ISOLATED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. LIMITING FACTORS WILL INCLUDE SHALLOW MOISTURE PROFILE AND BEST FORCING REMAINING FURTHER NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WILL INCLUDE A 20 POP FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74 FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS UPPER WAVE SWINGS THROUGH. AFTER THAT...A SERIES OF WEAK WAVES WILL DROP DOWN IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN...REINFORCING THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY. GFS TRIES TO PAINT LIGHT QPF ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER WITH SURFACE RIDGING BUILDING INTO AREA...DO NOT BUY THIS SOLUTION. WILL GO WITH A DRY FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... IN THE EXTENDED...PRIMARY ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE TIMING OF NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORT-WAVE ACROSS THE AREA. 12Z ECMWF AND 00Z GFS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT...BRINGING WAVE OVER THE TOP OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS UPPER RIDGE AND TOWARD ILLINOIS BY NEXT WEDNESDAY. ACCOMPANYING FRONT PROGGED TO BE DROPPING INTO THE NW CWA BY 12Z WED. WITH GOOD MODEL CONSENSUS AND BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY...CONFIDENCE CONCERNING PRECIP EVENT IS GROWING. WILL THEREFORE BUMP POPS TO 30 ALONG AND WEST OF I-55 TUESDAY NIGHT AND EVERYWHERE ON WEDNESDAY AS FRONT AND UPPER WAVE MOVE THROUGH. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && HJS/BARNES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1109 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ILZ027>031-036>038-043>046-031200- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- 1109 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ILLINOIS TOWARD MIDWEEK...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ040>042-047>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031200- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1109 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ILLINOIS TOWARD MIDWEEK...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 158 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ILZ031-038-042>044-053-022100- WOODFORD-MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... DECATUR 158 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED OVER HUDSON AND CARLOCK ILLINOIS... TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS OUT OF SOME DEVELOPING SHOWERS. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EXIST TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHICH FAVOR THE POSSIBILE FORMATION OF WEAK CIRCULATIONS ON A PRE-EXISTING BOUNDARY. SOME OF THESE CIRCULATIONS ARE OCCURRING UNDERNEATH DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHERE A FUNNEL CLOUD MAY DEVELOP. ONCE THE RAIN BEGINS...THE FUNNEL CLOUD DISSIPATES. LOW HANGING CLOUDS CAN ALSO APPEAR TO DIP UP AND DOWN AT TIMES...BUT THEY WILL NOT SHOW SIGNS OF ANY RAPID ROTATION. AN ACTUAL FUNNEL CLOUD WILL EXHIBIT SPINNING IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. IN RARE INSTANCES THESE FUNNELS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCHDOWN. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHES THE GROUND. HJS
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:18 UTC.
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 2006Warnings in Illinois, June 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: 5512006, 5512005, 5512004, 5512003.