Scattered thunderstorms moved across a portion of east central Illinois during the midday hours of the 13th. A few of the storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms moved across a portion of east central Illinois during the midday hours of the 13th. A few of the storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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 13, 4:55 AM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 555 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 303 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 UPPER LEVEL LOW STACKED OVER SFC LOW ON THE DAKOTA/CANADA BORDER THIS MORNING. SFC FRONT STRETCHED OUT OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...DRAPED ACROSS IA MO...BACK INTO THE SRN PLAINS. CONVECTION THAT FIRED ALONG FRONT LATER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FINALLY STARTING TO DIE DOWN ON THE ERN SIDE OF THE MISS RIVER VALLEY. SOME REMAINING INSTABILITY IS MAINTAINING THE SOUTHERN MOST PORTION OF THE STORMS IN SRN MO AND ERN KS. CONVECTION HAS RUN AWAY FROM THE MAIN FRONT...LOSING ITS PUSH AS IT GETS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE MAIN LIFT FOR THE SYSTEM. MAIN CONCERN FOR THE FORECAST IS THE PRECIP THROUGHOUT TODAY...THE HOLES DEVELOPING IN THE LINE...AND JUST HOW FAR THE FRONT WILL GET INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON TO COLLIDE WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY IN THE SERN COUNTIES. THE NAM/WRF HAS HAD A PRETTY GOOD SOLUTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM SINCE LAST NIGHT. WILL KEEP FOLLOWING IT FOR A BIT. AS FOR THE MED RANGE...BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE IN AGREEMENT FOR THE MON SYSTEM. SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TOMORROW... NAM/WRF HAS THE WEAKENING TREND IN THE PRECIP THAT IS CURRENTLY REFLECTED IN THE RADAR MOSAIC PUSHING INTO THE IL RIVER VALLEY. MID LEVEL JET MAINTAINING THE CLUSTER MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...AND PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO FEED THE STORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. FRONT IS DRIFTING SLOWLY...ALMOST STATIONARY AS IT GETS CAUGHT UP IN SWRLY FLOW. ANOTHER WAVE IS PUSHING IN BEHIND IT ON SATELLITE REPRESENTATION...CLEARING THE CLOUDS AND PROVIDING ANOTHER PUSH THAT SHOULD MOVE THE FRONT THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND THIS AFTERNOON. COLLISION OF THE FRONT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER. TO DATE...THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN A MOSH OF WINDS HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOS...AND SEE NO REASON TO DISCONTINUE THAT THINKING. BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF VERY THICK LAYER THAT IS ALMOST SATURATED...AND A FRONT THAT IS SLOWLY MOVING. WITH THE FRONTS FORWARD SPEED A BIT OF A QUESTION MARK...HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH KEEPING THE FFA GOING...ESPECIALLY WITH MANY AREAS STILL SATURATED AND DEALING WITH FLOODING ALREADY. IN SUMMARY...MODELS GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK THROUGH THE MORNING. FIRING OFF MORE CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. FRONT SHOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE REGION IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...LEAVING SATURDAY AFTER 12Z DRY FOR THE FA. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AN OVERALL SWITCH TO MORE NWRLY FLOW ALOFT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...DROPPING ANOTHER WAVE INTO THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO THE NW. CHANCE POPS BEST FOR THE ENTIRE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT...LINGERING INTO MON MORNING. CONFIDENCE IN THIS SYSTEM IS LOW ENOUGH THAT NOT GOING TO GO HIGHER THAN CHANCE. TIMING ON THIS ONE IS TOO LIKELY TO SHIFT SOMEWHAT. MILDER TEMPS AND DRY INTO THE MIDWEEK. && .AVIATION... ISSUED 552 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE IN FROM MO BUT THE INTENSITY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST SVL HOURS. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH PUSHED WELL AHEAD OF THE STORMS HAS CLEARED ALL THE TAF SITES. THIS FEATURE MAY PROVIDE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ADDL STORMS THIS AFTN...AND THAT WOULD BE JUST SOUTH OF OUR TAF SITES. HOWEVER... WITH THE COLD FRONT STILL OVER CNTRL IOWA...WL CONTINUE TO CARRY AT LEAST A FEW HOURS OF TSRA THIS AFTN JUST AHEAD OF THE BNDRY. WL START OUT WITH MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS BUT WITH TEMPS WARMING INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S BY LATE MRNG...A FAIRLY DECENT CU FIELD SHOULD DEVELOP AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE QUITE A BIT OF LOW LVL MOISTURE AROUND TODAY. BEST THREAT FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION SHOULD BE IN THE 19Z TO 23Z TIME WITH THE STORM THREAT SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST THIS EVENING. WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVING IN JUST BEHIND THE FRONT...WL CARRY SCT-BKN CIGS ARND 5000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING WITH MAINLY SCT CONDITIONS AFTR 03Z. SFC WNDS SHOULD BE OUT OF THE SW TODAY AND BECOME WEST AFTR FROPA THIS EVENING. SMITH && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ILZ038-042>046- 051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ILZ027>031-036-037- 040-041-047>050. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1036 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-141200- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER- SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1036 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT TO OUR SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HAVANA TO BEARDSTOWN WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THOSE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061-141200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON- MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1036 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT TO OUR SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE SANGAMON RIVER...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT PETERSBURG...OAKFORD AND CHANDLERVILLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. A FEW OF THOSE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-141200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1036 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXTENSIVE RUNOFF FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MANY AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDING THE WABASH...LITTLE WABASH...AND EMBARRAS RIVERS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE MAIN THREAT FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE STORMS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL END ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO MID EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL SUNSET. KH
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
A few trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto a house and damaged a portion of the roof.
Several power poles were blown over to a 60 degree angle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2008
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: 114411, 114405, 114412, 114406, 114407, 114409.