Hail, Stark
- When
- March 12, 3:41 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County, Toulon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -89.867
30 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 12, 3:06 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 306 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. A MAJOR AIRMASS CHANGE IS COMING AFTER MONDAY/S COLD FRONT. AT 21Z...THE 998 MB SURFACE LOW WAS JUST ENTERING W KANSAS...WHILE THE WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST OF THE LOW REACHED ACROSS C MISSOURI INTO C ILLINOIS. THE FRONT PLACEMENT WAS FROM JUST N OF ST LOUIS TO JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD IL... TO JUST NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN IL. THE FRONT HAS BECOME ALMOST STATIONARY OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. SHORT TERM....TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN PLACE FOR DAY ONE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR CWA. BASICALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CHAMPAIGN COUNTY TO SHELBY COUNTY. THE EAST OF THERE IS IN A MODERATE RISK. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING THE THREAT FOR LONG TRACK F2 TO F5 TORNADOES WILL BE IN THE HIGH RISK AREA. ELEVATED INSTABILITY NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT HAS BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HAVE BEEN RATHER ISOLATED IN NATURE...AND THE MAIN SEVERE EVENT WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE H5 SHORT WAVE EJECTS INTO OUR AREA...IN CONJUCTION WITH A VERY STRONG LLJ AT H85. HELICITY INDICES WILL INCREASE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WHEN THE LOWER AND UPPER JET MAXES COUPLE ACROSS C IL. THIS WILL AID IN PRODUCING INTENSE UPDRAFTS TO STRETCH THE HIGH HELICITY AIR AT LOWER LEVELS. SPC HAS HIGHLIGHTED THIS EVENT WITH A PDS TOR WATCH (PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION). MID EVENING APPEARS TO BE THE ONSET TIME OF THE MAIN ORGANIZED LINE OF CONVECTION...BASED ON TIMING THE SHORTWAVE AND THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE LLJ, AND THE APPROACH OF THE DRY LINE. WITH THE COLD FRONT LAGGING THE DRY LINE, ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY REGENERATE BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE CWA. DUE TO THE HIGH THREAT OF INTENSE TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TONIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL HIGH RISK CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE HELD AT 6 PM FOR THE EMS AND MEDIA WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION. PHONE INFORMATION WAS SENT VIA E-MAIL. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN OUR SE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM...AND THE MAIN THREAT FOR STORMS SUBSIDES. THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TONIGHT WILL SIGNIFY THE ONSET OF A MAJOR AIRMASS CHANGE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. ANY LINGERING SHOWERS ON MONDAY MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...PRIMARILY IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE CWA. FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THAT SHOULD BE IT FOR PRECIP UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES BY NORTH OF ILLINOIS. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE MODELS HAVE BEEN TAKING THE TRACK OF THE WEDNESDAY LOW FARTHER NORTH WITH EACH RUN...AND HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE TIMING AS WELL. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE CHC OF RAIN OR SNOW WILL BE MAINLY IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE CWA...WITH VERY LITTLE PRECIP ACCUM EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LOW SYSTEM...AND AN ADDITIONAL SHOT OF COLD AND DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO OUR AREA FOR FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPS OF THE WEEK APPEAR ON TAP FOR SATURDAY MORNING...THE SECOND NIGHT OF HIGH PRESSURE. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH (FOR FLASH FLOODING) IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO PARIS. && SHIMON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR CONFERENCE CALL AT 6 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 255 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>055-131200- 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- 255 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...HIGH RISK OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES POSSIBLE... VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY TONIGHT AND LIFT A WARM FRONT NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK THAT THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A CONFERENCE CALL FOR ESDA DIRECTORS AND MEDIA WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 6 PM TODAY. ILZ056-057-061>063-066>068-071>073-131200- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 255 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...HIGH RISK OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES POSSIBLE... VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY TONIGHT...LIFTING A WARM FRONT NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK THAT THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF ILLINOIS AND MOVE INTO THE AREA BY THIS EVENING AFTER 5 PM AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND A FEW STRONG LONG-TRACK TORNADOES. THERE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A FLASH FLOODING THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY ON TOP OF THE 3 TO 6 INCHES THAT FELL SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A CONFERENCE CALL FOR ESDA DIRECTORS AND MEDIA WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 6 PM TODAY. AUTEN/HUETTL
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.
30 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail covered the ground.
Hail covered the ground.
Power poles blown down.
Building and power line damage.
House damaged.
Windows blown in on house.
Railroad sign blown down blocking a road.
Damage to a home.
Shed destroyed.
Trees uprooted and two windows blown in.
In addition, a large tree branch was blown down.
Several power poles blown down.
Numerous large tree limbs blown down.
Several power poles broken and a metal shed was damaged. In addition, nickel size hail was reported.
A microburst produced damage to trees roofs and machine sheds in town. 28 structures received damage.
In addition, penny size hail 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 historyWarnings in Illinois, March 2006
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