Scattered thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary boundary across central Illinois. Numerous funnel clouds were reported as the storms developed along the boundary and one landspout tornado touched down.
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The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary boundary across central Illinois. Numerous funnel clouds were reported as the storms developed along the boundary and one landspout tornado touched down.
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 Apr 25, 9:34 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1034 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE STATE...WITH A VERY DEFINED LINE BTWN NERLY AND NRN WINDS...AND S/SW SOUTH OF A MATTOON TO TAYLORVILLE LINE. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT SEEING SOME SCATTERED HOLES IN THE CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES ALREADY APPROACHING 70. HOWEVER...NORTH OF THE FRONT...STRATOCU BLANKET THE AREA...WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS EMBEDDED. CHANCES FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 72 TO ACTUALLY CLIMB INTO THE 50S ARE RATHER LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOLES IN THE CLOUDS. SATELLITE IMAGERY STILL NOT DEFINITE ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE THAT POSSIBILITY AND WILL UPDATE THE GRIDS ONLY TO TAKE DOWN THE TEMPS A SMIDGE... BUT OVERALL...WILL NOT UPDATE THE ZONES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 00Z SHORT RANGE MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT INTO TONIGHT...THEN SLOWER NAM/WRF MODEL FAVORED OVER QUICKER GFS WITH MOVEMENT OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN OK INTO EAST CENTRAL IL LATE THU. FORECAST CONCERN IS HEAVY RAIN AND SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT INTO THU. ALSO PLACEMENT OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL/SE IL THROUGH THU AND LARGE TEMP GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FRONT. 08Z/3 AM SURFACE MAP SHOWS 1002 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN OK WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO SE KS...NORTHERN MO AND CENTRAL IL (JUST NORTH OF I-72) AND TO NEAR CINCINNATI. THIS FRONT HAS BEEN SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH TOWARD I-72 EARLY THIS MORNING. ALOFT A 557 DM 500 MB LOW WAS OVER THE OK PANHANDLE WHILE 588 DM 500 MB HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE SE GULF OF MEXICO AND RIDGING NORTH IN TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. 40 KNOT PLUS LOW LEVEL JET OVER IL ALONG WITH STRONG WARM/MOISTURE ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT AIDING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS IL EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EAST OF PEORIA AND SPRINGFIELD. CONVECTION DIMINISHING FROM SPRINGFIELD SW IN WAKE OF SHORT WAVE OVER SW IL AND LIFTING NE. TEMPS AROUND 50F FROM MACOMB TO PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON NORTH WITH BLUSTERY ENE WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. TEMPS IN THE WARM SECTOR ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-72 IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH MOIST DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OK PANHANDLE MOVES INTO SE KS BY EARLY EVENING WHILE LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE OZARKS OF SW MO. FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR I-72 FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO SLIP SLOWLY SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF I-70 LATER TODAY. ONE SHORT WAVE OVER SW IL LIFTS QUICKLY NE INTO NE IL BY MID MORNING WITH HEAVY RAIN THREAT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE FROM LINCOLN NE EARLY THIS MORNING. CONVECTION DIMINISHES FROM SW TO NE INTO MID MORNING. BUT EXPECT MORE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH MORE SHORT WAVE ENERGY EJECTING NE INTO IL. PLUS INSTABILITY AND SHEAR INCREASES ALONG AND SOUTH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON WHERE SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE FROM SPRINGFIELD AND PARIS SOUTH FOR LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS TODAY...WITH BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN REDEVELOPING FROM THE SW DURING THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPS TRICKY TODAY WITH STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH TEMP GRADIENT ACROSS BOUNDARY. HAVE HIGHS RANGING FROM MID TO UPPER 50S NORTH OF LINCOLN TO LOWER 70S IN SE IL FROM I-70 SOUTH. LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THU ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN CHANCES WITH MORE SHORT WAVES AND LOW LEVEL JET ENERGY AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MO BY DAWN THU AND INTO EAST CENTRAL IL LATE THU. THIS TO NUDGE FRONT BACK NORTH INTO EAST CENTRAL IL THU. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EAST OF I-55 IN AREA THAT GETS INTO THE WARM SECTOR AND STEEPING LAPSE RATES WITH MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL IL LATE THU WITH LARGE HAIL MAIN SEVERE THREAT WITH ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE TOO THU AFTERNOON IN EASTERN IL UNTIL SUNSET THU. HIGHS THU RANGE FORM MID 50S FAR NW AT GALESBURG TO NEAR 70F IN SE IL SE OF I-70. SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT LIFTS NE INTO LOWER MI FRI. STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO GIVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THU NIGHT AND EVEN SLIGHT CHANCE ON FRI WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. CLOUDS DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING FRI NIGHT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... EXTENDED MODELS/ENSEMBLES ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH FLAT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES LATE THIS WEEK...GRADUALLY SHIFTS EASTWARD TOWARD THE MS VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BULK OF THE UPPER ENERGY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND EAST...KEEPING QPF EAST OF IL OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY.. TEMPERATURES WARM UP INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO NEAR 80F SUN THROUGH TUE PER MEX GUIDANCE WHICH IS ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS AROUND 70F FOR THE TAIL END OF APRIL. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && HJS/HUETTL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1059 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 ILZ036-040-041-047-261200- CASS-FULTON-MASON-SCHUYLER- 1059 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HAVANA TO BEARDSTOWN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE BASIN THIS MORNING...THE FORECAST NOW CALLS FOR HAVANA AND BEARDSTOWN TO REMAIN JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INTO THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A BREAK FROM THE THUNDERTORM AND HEAVY RAINFALL ACTIVITY THIS MORNING AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE PUSHES OFF TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARDS THE MIDWEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO REACH BANKFULL OR POSSIBLY GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA ON THURSDAY AS THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH TO OUR NORTHEAST BY FRIDAY...TAKING THE THREAT FOR RAIN WITH IT. A QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS...ESPECIALLY OF AN INCH OR MORE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-048-261200- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-MENARD-PEORIA-PIATT- STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 1059 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A BREAK FROM THE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVIER RAINFALL ACTIVITY THIS MORNING AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE PUSHES OFF TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARDS THE MIDWEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR AREA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO REACH BANKFULL OR POSSIBLY GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA ON THURSDAY AS THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH TO OUR NORTHEAST BY FRIDAY...TAKING THE THREAT FOR RAIN WITH IT. A QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS...ESPECIALLY OF AN INCH OR MORE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ILZ049>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-261200- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SANGAMON- SCOTT-SHELBY- 1059 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A BREAK FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE PUSHES OFF TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARDS THE MIDWEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING FROM STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO REACH BANKFULL OR POSSIBLY GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA ON THURSDAY AS THE SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH TO OUR NORTHEAST BY FRIDAY...TAKING THE THREAT FOR RAIN WITH IT. A QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. HJS
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:40 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.|
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