A cluster of thunderstorms that developed in the mid-Mississippi River valley early in the morning on June 25th moved into central Illinois. A lightning strike from one of thunderstorms in Woodford County started a fire which destroyed a house.
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A cluster of thunderstorms that developed in the mid-Mississippi River valley early in the morning on June 25th moved into central Illinois. A lightning strike from one of thunderstorms in Woodford County started a fire which destroyed a house. There were no injuries.
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 25, 2:29 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 329 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 330 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 FORECAST CONCERN IS CONVECTION CHANCES THROUGH SAT AND ADDRESSING FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING OVER THE IL RIVER VALLEY. 00Z SHORT RANGE MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT THOUGH STILL SOME DIFFERENCE WITH HANDLING PLACEMENT OF MCS ACTIVITY. MCS PRODUCING ROUNDS OF SLOW ENE BOUND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER NORTHERN MO...SE IA AND CENTRAL IL TO AFFECT AREAS FROM I-72 NORTH THIS MORNING AS IT GRADUALLY WEAKENS. BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION WITH MCS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO SHIFT NORTH OF CENTRAL IL FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT. THEN FRONT SLIPS SE INTO CENTRAL IL FRI NIGHT/SAT RETURNING HIGHER CHANCES OF CONVECTION. IN ADDITIION TO HEAVY RAIN THREAT... WILL ADDRESS SPC/S SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH FRI NIGHT. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MCS OVER NORTHERN MO...SE IA AND INTO CENTRAL IL WITH STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIEST RAIN OVER NORTHERN MO. IN CENTRAL IL ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS AS FAR EAST AS DANVILLE...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF LINCOLN AND A THIRD CLUSTER OF THUNDERSORMS NEAR MACOMB AND RUSHVILLE. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SO FAR HAVE BEEN ALONG AND NORTH OF I-72. THIS MCS SET UP FURTHER SE THAN WHAT MODELS WERE SHOWING 24 HOURS AGO...SO BROUGHT CENTRAL IL MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 08Z/3 AM SURFACE MAP SHOWS A WARM FRONT NEAR THE NE/KS BORDER INTO CENTRAL MO AND NE MS. 1026 MB HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER THE VIRGINIAS. IL WAS IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S WITH MILDER TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. ALOFT AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WAS SPRAWLED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WHILE UPPER LEVEL TROF/LOWS OVER CANADA. A DECENT SHORT WAVE WAS OVER SE IA AND NORTHERN MO WITH MCS. THIS MCS ALSO FEED ON THETA E RIDGE AND 25 TO 40 KT SW LOW LEVEL JET. MODELS TAKE SHORT WAVE ENE ACROSS NORTHERN IL THIS MORNING AND INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND NW OH BY SUNSET. CONVECTION FROM MCS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS TO AFFECT THE IL RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING...AND TO PRODUCE UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN AND LOCAL 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS. CONVECTION TO DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. EXTENDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH NW OF I-55 UNTIL NOON (17Z). BEST FORCING PASSES EAST/NE OF CENTRAL IL DURING THIS AFTERNOON BUT STILL COULD GET CHANCE OF CONVECTION WITH UNSTABLE AIR MASS. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS NORTH OF CHARLESTON/MATTOON TODAY. COOLED HIGHS A BIT OVER THE IL RIVER VALLEY INTO THE MID 80S WITH ALL THE CLOUDS/RAIN THIS MORNING. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S REST OF CENTRAL IL AND AROUND 90F IN SE IL WHERE MORE SUNSHINE. A WARMER AND MORE HUMID SUMMER DAY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. ONLY CARRIED ABOUT A 30% CHANCE OF CONVECTION TONIGHT WITH MCS ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVER OH AND NW OF IL. BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION STAY NORTH OF CENTRAL IL THU AND THU NIGHT WHERE MCS WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER NORTHERN IL ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-80 THU NIGHT. MODELS WERE HINTING AT THIS SET UP WITH YESTERDAYS RUNS TOO. WITH TROPICAL LIKE AIR MASS IN PLACE...HELD ONTO 20 TO 30% CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THU AND WITH MORE SUNSHINE...HIGHS AROUND 90F. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THU NIGHT NORTH OF I-70 WITH BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHERN IL CLOSER TO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRESS DOWN INTO CENTRAL IL FRI NIGHT INTO AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND INCREASING CONVECTION CHANCES FRI AFTERNOON/FRI NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN THREAT RETURNS AND SPC HAS IL IN SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THEN AND FEEL THIS WILL BE OUT BEST BET FOR SEVERE STORMS ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-70. CONVECTION CHANCES CONTINUE SAT AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH SE IL WHERE BEST CHANCES WILL BE. DRY WEATHER THEN RETURNS FROM SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON AS UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES KEEPS SHOWERS CHANCES NE OF CENTRAL IL. EXTENDED FORECAST ON TRACK AND LITTLE CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST THEN. HUETTL && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1201 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING NRN MO-WRN IL WILL CONT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS 06Z-12Z TONIGHT. OBS OUT WEST CONT TO SHOW VFR CONDS WITHIN ALL BUT THE MOST INTENSE STORM CORES...SO WILL CONT THIS TREND OVERNIGHT. THE GREATER CONCENTRATION OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA IN THE 13Z-16Z WED TIMEFRAME AS THE FOCUSING WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH. SURFACE WINDS AFT 15Z MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES/OLD GUST FRONTS...BUT EXPECT A GENERAL TREND TOWARD A SWLY SFC WND 12-16 KT TOWARD 18Z. CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT 17Z-23Z WED WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHERE THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES END UP. WILL THEREFORE CONT WITH A PROB30 19Z WED TO 01Z THU DURING THE FAVORED TIME OF PEAK HEATING. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR ILZ027>031-036-037- 040-041-047-049-050. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-251100- CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COUPLE WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THESE DISTURBANCES...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD AT HAVANA AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A PERIODIC CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-048-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073- 251100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT- DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL- MCLEAN-MENARD-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SHELBY- STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COUPLE WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THESE DISTURBANCES...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A PERIODIC CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HJS
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:51 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house in Germantown Hills and started a fire. The house and its contents were destroyed in the fire. There were no injuries.
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