After the passage of a strong cold front, gradient winds gusted as high as 50 to 60 mph across central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of March 8th. Numerous reports of wind damage were received from across the area.
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
After the passage of a strong cold front, gradient winds gusted as high as 50 to 60 mph across central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of March 8th. Numerous reports of wind damage were received from across the area.
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 Mar 8, 9:07 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1007 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 955 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 INCOMING STORMS WILL KEEP THIS DISCUSSION RATHER SHORT. TEMPS WARMING IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST QUICKLY AND HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS ACCORDINGLY. HAVE INCREASED THE WINDS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT OF THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW AND THE MIXING DOWN POTENTIAL IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY TO COVER THE MOST BLUSTERY AREA ROUGHLY EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ISSUING ANOTHER ROUND OF ZONES MOMENTARILY UPDATED FOR HEADLINES. HJS && .AVIATION... ISSUED 700 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009...FOR THE 12Z TAFS STRONG STORMS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE SHORT TERM...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 KTS. LIFR AND EVEN SOME VLIFR CIGS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME STORMS THIS MORNING. IFR VIS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER STORMS...WITH LIFR PSBL. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH PIA BY 11 AM...SPI TO BMI BY 1 PM... AND CMI AND DEC BY 3 PM. THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS WILL INCREASE...WITH GUSTS IN THE 20-30KT RANGE. CIGS WILL CLIMB BEHIND THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME FOG FORMATION MAY DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING. SHIMON && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 145 AM CST SUN MAR 8 2009 FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH 1 AM POSITION ROUGHLY ALONG I-72. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA...AND CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHEAST OVER THE SAME AREAS OUT OF NORTHERN MISSOURI. 88D RADAR WIND PROFILE FROM LINCOLN AND ST LOUIS SHOWING 40-55 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET INCREASING SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. MAIN SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY WAS ANALYZED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PASSAGE OF STORM SYSTEM TODAY...WITH ASSOCIATED SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN THREATS...IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR TODAYS FORECAST. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ALSO A CONCERN. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MUCH OF THE MORNING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ELEVATED AND NORTH OF THE FRONT...WHICH WILL LIFT NORTH AGAIN THIS MORNING. MODELS DIFFERING IN THE SPEED OF THIS LOW PASSAGE -- RANGING FROM A LOCATION NEAR MACOMB TO JUST EAST OF LASALLE AT 18Z -- WITH THE GFS BEING THE FASTER OF THE MODELS. WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE NAM AND THE GFS WITH THE SPEED...RESULTING IN THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ENTERING THE WESTERN CWA AROUND MIDDAY AND BEING OUT OF THE STATE BY AROUND 5 PM. WHILE SOME OF THE EARLY MORNING STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...A SHORT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS EXPECTED LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS WELL...DESPITE CAPES BEING ONLY ABOUT 500 J/KG. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD. MUCH OF THE CWA FROM I-55 EASTWARD WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR LONG ENOUGH TO GET TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING LOWER 60S ALREADY EXIST SOUTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXPECTED TO DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SURGE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THINK THE GFS IS BRINGING IN THE RAIN TOO FAST AND AM SIDING TOWARD THE NAM DURING THIS TIME...KEEPING MONDAY FORECAST DRY AND SPREADING THE RAIN IN DURING THE EVENING. GFS ALSO SEEMS TO BE SUFFERING FROM SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AND AM ONLY GOING WITH ABOUT HALF OF ITS RAIN TOTALS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF KANSAS ON TUESDAY. ALL MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH TRACK OF LOW REACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY EVENING...WITH THE NAM JUST A BIT SLOWER WITH THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT SWINGING THROUGH THE CWA. WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE CWA SPENDING SIGNIFICANT TIME IN THE WARM SECTOR...SIDED MORE WITH THE WARMER MOS GUIDANCE IN MOST AREAS. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO CANADA...IT IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY STRENGTHEN...RESULTING IN RATHER BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO CHANGES MADE TO LATTER PART OF FORECAST. MAIN STORM TRACKS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES...WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN BETWEEN. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS TIME. GEELHART && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ILZ029>031-037-038- 041>046-048-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073. FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ILZ027>031- 036>038. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ILZ027-028-036-091200- FULTON-KNOX-STARK- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...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 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON THIS MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO PEORIA TO PONTIAC. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP TODAY AS WELL. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS WEEKEND MAY REACH 2 INCHES. THE RAIN FALLING ON PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM TODAY. ILZ029>031-037-038-091200- MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON THIS MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS BEEN DEFINED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO PEORIA TO PONTIAC. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP TODAY AS WELL. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS WEEKEND MAY REACH 2 INCHES. THE RAIN FALLING ON PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM TODAY. ILZ041-091200- MASON- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON THIS MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS BEEN DEFINED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO PEORIA TO PONTIAC. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND HAVANA AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM FOR THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM TODAY. ILZ040-047-049-050-091200- CASS-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON THIS MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS BEEN DEFINED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO PEORIA TO PONTIAC. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND HAVANA AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM FOR THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM TODAY. ILZ042-043-048-091200- DE WITT-LOGAN-MENARD- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS BEEN DEFINED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB TO PEORIA TO PONTIAC. A MODERATE RISK AREA HAS BEEN DEFINED FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO CHAMPAIGN. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM TODAY. ILZ044>046-051>057-061-062-066-067-071>073-091200- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLAY-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SHELBY- VERMILION- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AROUND MID DAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM TODAY. ILZ063-068-091200- CLARK-CRAWFORD- 948 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AROUND MID DAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY TO THE NORTHWEST OF ILLINOIS. THE WABASH RIVER FROM TERRE HAUTE THROUGH HUTSONVILLE IS EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM TODAY. SHIMON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1151 AM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1147 AM TORNADO CURRAN 39.74N 89.77W
03/08/2009 SANGAMON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO REPORTED NEAR CURRAN BY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELAYED
BY DISTRICT 9.
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BOUSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1157 AM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1148 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW JEROME 39.76N 89.69W
03/08/2009 SANGAMON IL MESONET
ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND CAUSING A 5 FOOT SECTION OF A BRICK
WALL APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET THICK TO BE TOPPLED AT AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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BOUSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1203 PM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1146 AM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
03/08/2009 SANGAMON IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
AT INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 72 AND WABASH ROAD REPORTS
OF TOPS OFF MOBILE HOMES AND CAR PORTS DAMAGED.
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BOUSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1208 PM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1141 AM TORNADO 1 NNW LOAMI 39.69N 89.86W
03/08/2009 SANGAMON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTS OF RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE AND MINOR INJURIES
REPORTED.
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BOUSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1222 PM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1144 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW SPRINGFIELD 39.81N 89.68W
03/08/2009 SANGAMON IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
DAMAGE ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR WEST
JEFFERSON AND BRUNS LANE. ROOF OFF APARTMENT
COMPLEX...TREES SNAPPED...TRAILER ROLLED AND DESTROYED
WITH NO KNOWN OCCUPANTS. TIME ESTIMATED.
&&
BOUSLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1244 PM CDT SUN MAR 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W EUREKA 40.72N 89.29W
03/08/2009 WOODFORD IL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF EUREKA. TIME
ESTIMATED.
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25The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
13 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs were snapped and shingles were blown off roofs near Jerome.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Springfield (KSPI) ASOS.
A large pine tree was blown over and a wooden jungle gym play set was destroyed in Rosamond.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Peoria (KPIA) ASOS.
A metal roof was blown off a mobile home causing damage to a car in Greenview.
Numerous power lines were blown down and a grain bin was damaged one mile south of Kincaid.
A large tree was blown down onto a pick-up truck in Morrisonville.
High winds brought power lines down in Champaign. Much of the University of Illinois campus lost power, with a total of around 9,000 Ameren customers without power across Champaign-Urbana.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Bloomington (KBMI) AWSS.
Numerous power lines were knocked down and a transformer was blown in Peoria.
A 62 mph wind gust was measured at the Champaign (KCMI) ASOS.
A school building was damaged in the Warrensburg-Latham school district. Four power poles were snapped off along the Mount Auburn Blacktop. A truck was blown over on I-72. In addition, a power pole was broken in Mount Zion and power lines were downed in Macon.
A 62 mph wind gust was measured at the Danville (KDNV) AWOS.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, March 2009
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: 157482, 157476, 157483, 157477, 157484, 157485, 157489, 157490, 157478, 157486, 157480, 157487, 157481.