A stationary frontal boundary draped across the region served as the focus for widespread thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 13th. Many of the storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail.
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The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
A stationary frontal boundary draped across the region served as the focus for widespread thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 13th. Many of the storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail. In addition, torrential downpours led to flash flooding across parts of east-central and southeast Illinois.
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, 2:01 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 301 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 SEVERE STORMS WILL BE THE MAIN ISSUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEN...ATTENTION TURNS TO PERIODIC STORM CHANCES ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE INITIAL WAVE OF STORMS HAS TEMPORARILY STABILIZED THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR WATCH BOX. HOWEVER...SOME CLEARING BEHIND THAT LINE WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THINGS AGAIN. THE SOUTHERN STORMS ARE FEEDING OFF MORE UNSTABLE AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SW...WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS ALREADY IN THE MID 70S. OUR 18Z SPECIAL SOUNDING SHOWED 2500 J/KG SFC BASED CAPE...WITH LITTLE TO NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION NEAR LINCOLN. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW AN AGITATED CU FIELD EXTENDING TO THE WEST BEHIND THE ACTIVE CONVECTION. SPC MESO ANALYSIS GRAPHICS INDICATE A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO OUR WSW...WITH A LOW LEVEL JET NOSING INTO WEST CENTRAL IL. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR CONTINUED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING TONIGHT IN THE NW 2/3RDS OF THE CWA...CLOSER TO THE LOCATION OF THE FRONTAL ZONE. AFTER THE EVENING WAVE OF STORMS DISSIPATES...ANOTHER MCS IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH OUR NW CWA TOWARD SUNRISE ON MONDAY. THE ARRIVAL OF THAT COMPLEX MAY DELAY UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCELERATED FORWARD MOTIONS MAY HELP THE STORMS ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. LIKELY POPS APPEAR NECESSARY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...AS THAT LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS C IL. THE AFTERNOON STORM CHANCES WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE INCREASE IN WARM FRONTOGENESIS AS A SURFACE LOW LIFT NE ALONG THE BOUNDARY INTO WEST CENTRAL IL BY 00Z TUES. THAT LOW IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING INDIANA...WHILE IT LEAVES THE COLD FRONT LINGERING ACROSS OUR NW CWA. THE COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY GET A PUSH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA ON TUESDAY...WITH THE HELP OF A MUCH STRONGER 500MB WAVE THAT WILL EJECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THEREFORE...WE WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS GOING FOR TUESDAY...THEN DIMINISH POPS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE FRONT. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BRIEFLY COOLER AIR WILL HELP KEEP WEDNESDAY MORE PLEASANT...BUT WARM AIR WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY THURSDAY. THAT MORE STABLE AIR SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAK IN THE STORM ACTIVITY FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS OUR UPPER FLOW PATTERN SHIFTS FROM SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON FRIDAY...AS AN LONG WAVE H5 TROUGH LIFTS FROM THE PLAINS INTO CENTRAL CANADA. THE MOST ACTIVE PORTION OF THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE TO OUR NW...BUT SOME STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN OUR AREA. WARM AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND HOWEVER...AS THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT JUST BRUSHES OUR NW AREA. WILL KEEP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DRY FOR NOW. SHIMON && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1255 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 IFR TO MVFR VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS POSSIBLE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER CENTRAL IL AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. HAVE WSW WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KTS AT PIA NEXT HOUR AND POTENTIALLY STRONGER WINDS AND THEN INTO BMI IN ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. THIS LINE OF CONVECTION WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING COULD DEVELOP SOUTHWARD TOWARD I-72 FROM SPI EAST TO CMI. ALSO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL IL DURING THIS AFTERNOON. MCS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL IL MON MORNING AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN NORTHERN IL SAGES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL IL. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT INTO MON WITH IFR TO MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AGAIN. SW WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS EXPECT GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HUETTL && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1107 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND- DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- 1107 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM PREVIOUS STORMS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A DISTURBANCE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TOWARD WESTERN ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH THE APPROACH OF BOTH FEATURES DURING MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE AS WELL AS LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...VERY FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. THIS BATCH OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AROUND SUNSET. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN... DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE LOCATIONS OF THE HIGHEST THREAT WILL DEPEND ON HOW THE THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY EVOLVE TO OUR WEST...AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE WARM FRONT THAT WILL BE IN THE AREA. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THESE DETAILS THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE WARM FRONT OVER ILLINOIS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TURN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE AREA...WITH SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AS WILL BE THE CASE TODAY...A RISK OF WIND DAMAGE AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST WITH THESE STORMS. MULTIPLE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE RISES ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OVER OTHER LOW AREAS AWAY FROM RIVERS. STAY INFORMED OF LATER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1242 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
ILZ028>031-037-131845-
MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
1242 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARSHALL...NORTHERN TAZEWELL...
PEORIA...STARK AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KEWANEE TO
PRINCEVILLE TO HANNA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSCEOLA...
DUNLAP...
BELLEVUE...
BARTONVILLE...
WEST PEORIA...
PEORIA...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...KICKAPOO...DUNCAN...SMITHVILLE...
MONICA...NORWOOD AND PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 4115 8963 4116 8933 4111 8933 4110 8905
4093 8905 4093 8901 4064 8905 4063 8985
4085 8999 4115 8997 4116 8988 4124 8987
4124 8965
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 265DEG 26KT 4123 8986 4095 8975
4066 8974
HUETTLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 119 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>044-047>054-061-132030- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 119 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT. A LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HENRY TO JUST EAST OF PEORIA TO JUST WEST OF LINCOLN WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS MARSHALL...WOODFORD...TAZEWELL...LOGAN AND INTO MCLEAN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO 1 INCH IN LESS THAN A HALF HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ANOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH INTO SCHUYLER...CASS...AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. KH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
200 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
ILZ031-038-042>044-131945-
DE WITT-LOGAN-MCLEAN-PIATT-WOODFORD-
200 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MCLEAN...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...
NORTHEASTERN PIATT...NORTHERN DE WITT AND SOUTHEASTERN WOODFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...
AT 157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EL PASO TO
WAYNESVILLE TO ATLANTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESVILLE...
NORMAL...
HUDSON...
HEYWORTH...
GRIDLEY...
BLOOMINGTON...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...EVERGREEN LAKE...KAPPA...
SHIRLEY...LAKE BLOOMINGTON...BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT AND HOLDER.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 4075 8858 4067 8858 4065 8857 4062 8857
4062 8847 4019 8847 4019 8924 4076 8920
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 258DEG 29KT 4076 8900 4028 8908
4025 8916
GEELHARTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 ILZ047-048-050-051-132015- CASS-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON- 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN CASS...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN MENARD AND WESTERN SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHANDLERVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITERBERRY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN CASS...MENARD...MORGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHANDLERVILLE...VIRGINIA...LITERBERRY...ASHLAND... TALLULA...PETERSBURG AND PLEASANT PLAINS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LAT...LON 4006 8969 3976 8985 3977 9035 4005 9021 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 263DEG 28KT 4004 9011 3982 9024 GEELHART
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
308 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
ILZ048-050-051-132100-
MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-
308 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN MORGAN...SANGAMON AND
SOUTHERN MENARD COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ATHENS TO
FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY.
PEOPLE IN MENARD...MORGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF ATHENS...ALEXANDER...FRANKLIN...NEW BERLIN...WAVERLY...
SHERMAN...LOAMI...SPRINGFIELD...RIVERTON AND CHATHAM...SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3998 8971 3988 8923 3958 8972 3957 9024
3966 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 268DEG 18KT 3998 8963 3961 9009
GEELHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
325 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HEAVY RAIN BOODY 39.77N 89.06W
06/13/2010 M1.20 INCH MACON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL IN 30 MINUTES
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DPKThe Lincoln radar (KILX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.
7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Road signs were blown down at the corner of 1200E and 700N near Tolono.
Several two-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
Lightning struck an oil tank, blew the lid off of the tank and ignited a fire. There were no injuries reported.
Two trees were blown down in Kincaid.
Nearly 2.00 of rain in one hour produced flash flooding in parts of east central Edgar County from the late afternoon into early evening. Numerous streets were impassable in the city of Paris, as were rural roads west of the city.
A large portion of a tree was blown down in Dieterich.
Nearly 2.50 of rain was measured in one hour two miles west of Effingham. Numerous roads were impassable in the city of Effingham and in rural areas to the west of the city. Several roads in the vicinity of Lake Sara were closed due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2010
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: 237522, 237523, 237525, 237512, 244793, 237513, 237514, 237515, 237524, 246407, 237516, 237517, 237518, 237526, 246413.