1 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 Mar 30, 8:55 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 855 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPDATE FORECAST DURING MID EVENING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM ALONG AND WEST OF A GALESBURG TO SPRINGFIELD LINE. DEVELOPING SQUALL LINE JUST ENTERING FAR WEST CENTRAL IL AND TO RACE EAST ACROSS IL TONIGHT...REACHING EASTERN IL AFTER MIDNIHGT. ALL OF IL REMAINS IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SURFACE MAP SHOWS 995 MB LOW PRESSURE IN FAR SW MN WITH ITS COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG THE IA/NE BORDER AND MO/KS BORDER. TONGUE OF MOISTURE AIR HAS SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE MS VALLEY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S OVER IL AND UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60F JUST WEST OF THE MS RIVER. && .PREV DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. THEN FOCUS SHIFTS TO STRONG STORMS ON SUNDAY NIGHT. MOST MODELS... EXCEPT UKMET... ARE ALL A LITTLE TOO FAST WITH MERGING THE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS IN THE PLAINS INTO ONE LOW. TWO DISTINCT CIRCULATIONS ARE STILL EVIDENT IN SFC OBS AND IN SATELLITE IMAGES. OVERALL...MAINLY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF THE SQUALL LINE TONIGHT...WITH GFS CONTINUING TO BE SLOWER THAN THE NAM/CANADIAN/UKMET. WILL LEAN TWRD UKMET/GFS COMBO THIS FCST. A PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT WEEK. FAST MOVING LONG WAVE H5 TROUGHS WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH ONLY BRIEF PERIODS OF COLDER AIR BEHIND EACH SYSTEM. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL BE THE MAIN INGREDIENT TONIGHT FOR SEVERE STORMS. LLJ SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 60-65 KTS...IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN H3 JET AROUND 100 KTS. STRONGLY DIVERGENT FLOW AT H3 WILL AID IN UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION...WITH MLCAPES IN THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE PROVIDING THE INITIAL UPWARD ACCELERATION. THE PEAK TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN 10 PM AND 3 AM... WITH STORMS POTENTIALLY WEAKENING AS THEY REACH EAST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO DECATUR AFTER 3 AM. IT APPEARS THE STORMS WILL REMAIN AS SUPERCELLS ACROSS IA AND MO... AND MOST LIKELY EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE BEFORE REACHING SCHUYLER COUNTY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. ANY BOUNDARYS LEFT OVER FROM THE ISOLATED STORMS TODAY MAY HELP PRODUCE TORNADOES WHEN THE SQUALL LINE INTERACTS WITH THEM. ALSO, ANY PRECURSOR CELLS MERGING WITH THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR TORNADO FORMATION. THE COLD FRONT WILL LAG BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE...WITH COLDER AIR HOLDING OFF UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN THEN...OUR TEMPS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE NORMAL. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL... AS THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. DEWPOINTS MAY CLIMB AS HIGH AS THE LOWER 60S BEFORE MORNING IN OUR S AREAS. THE MODELS ARE ALL BRINGING IN A STRONG DRY SLOT BEHIND THE MAIN SQUALL LINE. FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY FOR MOST AREAS...WITH JUST SLIGHT CHANCES FROM PEORIA TO BLOOMINGTON TO HOOPESTON...AND IN THE EAST DOWN TOWARD LAWRENCEVILLE. THE COLD FRONT WILL LINGER JUST SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA...AND INSTABILITY SEEMS HIGH ENOUGH FOR A FEW STORMS DOWN NEAR LAWRENCE... RICHLAND AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL SEE A BREAK IN THE ACTION...AS RIDGING AT ALL LEVELS AND DEEP DRY AIR CLEARS THINGS OUT FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SUNDAY NIGHT SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS WEEKEND. A SHARP H5 TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH QUICKLY EASTWARD FROM THE ROCKIES ON SUNDAY. STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN INTRODUCE THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WIND AND HAIL SUNDAY NIGHT. RIGHT NOW...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO DANVILLE. ANOTHER WAVE IS TAKING AIM ON CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. JUST WENT WITH 30 POPS FOR NOW...AND WILL SEE THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM WITH SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHIMON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1056 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>044-047>054-061-311200- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 1056 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM AROUND 9 PM TO 3 AM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE. KEEP INFORMED OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BECOMES BETTER DEFINED IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AROUND 9 PM AND CONTINUE APPROXIMATELY THROUGH 2 AM. ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-066>068-071>073-311200- CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1056 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWS DOWN OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS FRIDAY MORNING...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE UNTIL THE FRONT EXITS THE AREA BY NOON. LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY IF IT DEVELOPS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE. KEEP INFORMED OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BECOMES BETTER DEFINED IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM. HJS
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two outbuildings severely damaged and numerous large tree limbs blown down.
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