An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage near Buzzville.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage near Buzzville.
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 Sep 25, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1255 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 1003 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 SHOWERS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGES STILL SHOW A SOLID FLOW OF GULF MOISTURE INTO ILLINOIS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. AREAS NW OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL SEE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA BY NOON. SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN MORE SCATTERED UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE NEXT SHORTWAVE PROVIDES THE ADDITIONAL FORCING FOR STEADIER RAINS. SOUTHEAST OF I-70 WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO A MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ZONE THAT SEEMS TO BE TIED TO THE PREVIOUSLY STALLED FRONT IN THAT AREA. SHOWERS MAY REMAIN MORE NUMEROUS IN THAT AREA. OVERALL...THE MAIN CHANGE TO THE AFTERNOON FORECAST WAS TO INCREASE THE POPS TO CATEGORICAL WEST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO LINCOLN TO BLOOMINGTON. AREAS BETWEEN LINCOLN AND CHAMPAIGN AND EFFINGHAM MAY HAVE A SIZABLE BREAK IN THE ACTION...BUT I LEFT LIKELY POPS FOR THE SHOWERS THAT ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE WERE GOING WITH HIGHS AROUND 88 NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE...BUT IT APPEARS CLOUD COVER WILL PRECLUDE THEM FROM GETTING THAT WARM. I PULLED BACK ON HIGHS IN THE SOUTHEAST A FEW DEGREES. ELSEWHERE...TEMPS LOOK ON TRACK. UPDATED GRIDS AND FORECAST WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1240 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 SFC COLD FRONT JUST WEST OF THE MS RIVER WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EAST ACROSS IL THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. MAIN AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER LOCATED ALONG/AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. FARTHER AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH PUSHING JUST EAST OF THE IL RIVER HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS...AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FARTHER EAST...ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING AS BROAD-SCALE LIFT AHEAD OF MID LEVEL TROUGH ACTS ON WARM/HUMID AIRMASS. RESULTING TAFS INCLUDE VCSH AT ALL SITES FOR THIS AFTERNOON...THEN A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF RAIN WITH 2 HRS TEMPO THUNDER MENTION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...ALONG THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUST IN +TSRA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT PIA...BUT LOW CHANCE PRECLUDES MENTION IN TAFS ATTIM. FRONT WILL SLOW AS IT REACHES EASTERN TAF SITES OVERNIGHT...SO HAVE LINGERED LIGHT RAINS THERE. LOW CEILINGS BELOW 2K FT AGL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH SKIES CLOUDS BECOMING SCT BY 11-13Z. EXPECT SFC WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...VEERING AROUND TO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND EVENTUALLY NORTH-NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SPEEDS UP TO 12KT THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 10 KTS OVERNIGHT. SCHAFFER && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 702 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 LARGE AREA OF RAIN MOVING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE MORNING. SO HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY IN THE GRIDS AND WORDED FORECAST IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. REMAINDER OF FCST HAS BEEN LEFT ALONE FOR NOW. UPDATE HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT. AUTEN && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1138 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 ILZ027>031-036>038-041>046-048-053-261645- CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN- MENARD-PEORIA-PIATT-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 1138 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE MORE INTENSE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET...WHEN DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ILZ040-047-049>052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-261645- CASS-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SANGAMON- SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY- 1138 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH THEY COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SCHAFFER
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few large trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down.|
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