The northern edge of a line of thunderstorms from eastern Iowa tracked into western and central Illinois during the early morning hours of June 26th. A lightning strike from one of the storms started a house fire in Tazewell County.
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The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
The northern edge of a line of thunderstorms from eastern Iowa tracked into western and central Illinois during the early morning hours of June 26th. A lightning strike from one of the storms started a house fire in Tazewell County. 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 26, 2:30 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 330 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 330 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN HANDLING MCS/MCV ACTIVITY VERY WELL DURING THE PAST FEW NIGHTS...SO CONFIDENCE IN FORECAST WHICH MAKES THIS FORECAST TRICKIER THAN NORMAL. CURRENT MCS/MCV OVER NE MO/SE IA AND INTO CENTRAL IL WAS NOT DEPICTED BY MODELS. FORECAST CONCERN IS CONVECTION CHANCES AND SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH SAT. RADAR MOSAIC AND SATELLITE SHOWS A MCS/MCV OVER NE MO/SE IA AND INTO CENTRAL IL WITH LEADING EDGE OF CONVECTION ALONG I-55 WITH A THUNDERSTORM AS FAR EAST AS NORTHERN FORD COUNTY AND MOVING ESE. SEVERE WX THREAT APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED OVER CENTRAL IL WHILE STRONGER LINE OF STORMS WAS PLOWING SOUTH TOWARD I-70 IN CENTRAL MO. STILL GETTING SOME THUNDERSORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ALONG THE IL RIVER AND JUST NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. 08Z/3 AM SURFACE MAP SHOWS 1007 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING THROUGH CENTRAL WI...NORTHENR IA AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MUGGY DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S WHILE TEMPS WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. ALOFT A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WAS SPRAWLED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WHILE UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROF OVER CANADA. SHORT WAVE TROF WAS OVER NW IL INTO MO WHERE MCS/MCV WAS. ANOTHER ONE WAS OVER OHIO AND YET ANOTHER OVER THE DAKOTAS. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CONVECTION FROM MCS TO WEAKEN DURING THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL IL LIKE IT DID YESTERDAY MORNING. BUT MCV FROM THIS MCS WILL DRIFT INTO EASTERN/NE IL AND INDIANA AND WILL DEVELOP SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON IN UNSTABLE AIR MASS SO KEPT 30 TO 40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS TODAY IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90F WITH LOWER 90S IN SE IL WHERE MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED LIKE YESTERDAY. HUMID WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER IA/NORTHERN IL AND MOVE ESE AND GOOD CHANCE IT WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS NORTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO PARIS LINE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. CONVECTION CHANCES INCREASE AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY NW OF I-55 AS UPPER LEVEL TROF AMPLIFIES/DIGS INTO THE MIDWEST AND DRIVES A COLD FRONT SE INTO NW IL BY MIDNIGHT FRI NIGHT. HIGHS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 80S WITH LOWER 90S SE IL AND HUMID WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S. LIKELY CHANCE OF CONVECTION FRI NIGHT NW OF I-70. SPC HAS IL IN SLIGHT RISK FRI NIGHT WHILE GREAT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER CENTRAL/NW IL ALONG AND NW OF A DANVILLE TO TAYLORVILLE LINE. HAVE FRONT COLLIDING WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH CAPES PEAKING FROM 2000 TO 4000 J/KG. COULD BE WIDESPREAD SEVERE HAIL/WINDS FRI NIGHT ESPECIALLY FRI EVENING WITH TORNADO THREAT MORE OVER NORTHERN IL WHERE MORE FAVORABLE STRONGER WIND FIELDS. COLD FRONT SLIDES SE THROUGH CENTRAL IL AFTER MIDNIGHT FRI NIGHT AND THRU SE IL SAT. BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION SHIFT INTO EASTERN/SE IL SAT WHERE SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE. SHOWERS TO END OVER THE IL RIVER VALLEY SAT AFTERNOON. A BIT COOLER HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S BUT RATHER HUMID YET WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXTENDED MODELS SHOW UPPER LEVEL LOW SETTLING INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND AND OVER NORTHERN LOWER MI SUNDAY. IT NOW APPEARS CLOSE ENOUGH TO CENTRAL IL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKS SLOWLY EAST MON/TUE WITH DRY WX EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL/SE IL AND LESS HUMID AIR MASS. COOLED HIGHS A BIT THOUGH NOT QUITE AS COOL AS MEX/ECMWF HIGHS IN THE 70S SUN/MON. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY MODIFY TUE/WED AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES. HUETTL && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1204 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS E OF MQB IS WEAKENING AND SHOULD REMAIN S OF PIA...AND WILL LIKELY NOT MAKE IT AS FAR E AS BMI. CONVECTION IS GROWING ON SCHEDULE ACROSS IOWA AND WILL MOVE ESE INTO THE NRN HALF OF IL THRU 12Z THU. WILL TIME THE STORMS INTO PIA BY 06Z AND BMI BY 07Z. TIMING WILL BE TRICKIER FOR SPI SINCE SOUTHWARD PROPAGATION WILL BE SLOWER...BUT WILL GIVE THEM TEMPO TSRA BY 08Z AND LATER FOR DEC/CMI. WILL THEN INDICATE TEMPO SHRA FOR POSSIBLE DYING REMNANTS TOWARD 11Z-14Z. THE ONGOING PROGRESSION TONIGHT INCREASES THE CHANCES FOR AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS CENTRAL IL BY MIDDAY THU. AFTER SOME TEMPO MORNING SHOWERS...WILL CONTINUE WITH PROB30 FOR TSRA REDEVELOPMENT 20Z THU THRU 01Z FRI. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING...MVFR VSBYS IN FOG ARE EXPECTED 09Z-12Z DUE TO RESIDUAL GROUND MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 327 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-261100- CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 327 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD AT HAVANA AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A PERIODIC CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THEM. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-048-051>057-061-261100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON- MARSHALL-MCLEAN-MENARD-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY- STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 327 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A PERIODIC CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THEM. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-261100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 327 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A PERIODIC CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THEM. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING.
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree next to a house, setting the house ablaze. Two rooms were burned, and damage was done to the house roof and siding. Damage was also done to a vehicle parked nearby. There were no injuries.
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