A cold front moving across central and eastern Illinois produced several rounds of thunderstorms during the late evening of June 8th and the early morning of June 9th. One of the early morning thunderstorms produced several lightning strikes, one of which resulted in a house fire in eastern Champaign County.
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The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
A cold front moving across central and eastern Illinois produced several rounds of thunderstorms during the late evening of June 8th and the early morning of June 9th. One of the early morning thunderstorms produced several lightning strikes, one of which resulted in a house fire in eastern Champaign County.
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 8, 11:01 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1201 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 901 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 UPDATE ALREADY SENT FOR CANCELLING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. REMAINDER OF FORECAST LOOKS OK. MODIFIED THE POPS/WX FOR REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. AUTEN && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1201 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2010 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SO ONLY HAVE TEMPO GROUP FOR CMI FROM 06Z-07Z. AFTER PCPN ENDS VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE...EXCEPT FOR MVFR VIS OF 3SM BR AT ALL SITES DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SHOULD BE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR SOME LIGHT FOG. AFTER THE FOG IN THE MORNING...SHOULD BE CLEAR SKIES REST OF FORECAST PERIOD. NOT EXPECTING ANY CU DURING THE DAY AS DRIER AIR PUSHES INTO THE AREA. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT AFTER THE PCPN AND THEN BECOME NORTHWESTERLY ONCE FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AUTEN && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 255 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 DECAYING MCS CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR CWA ROUGHLY ALONG I-57. MAIN THRUST OF THE LINE OF STORMS SCRAPED BY TO OUR SOUTHWEST. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING SOME THINNING OF THE CLOUDS OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL BREAKS ACROSS WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. MAIN INSTABILITY IS WELL TO THE WEST AS A RESULT. MAIN ISSUES WITH THE FORECAST INVOLVE THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS...IN REGARDS TO STORM REDEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... SHORT-RANGE MODELS REASONABLY HANDLE THE TIMING OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...BUT HAVE POOR AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION PLACEMENT. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE AN EXTREME CASE OF CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...WITH 11 INCHES OF RAIN PROGGED OVER ST LOUIS BY 12Z. NAM KEEPS THE HEAVIEST PRECIP OF NEARLY 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA...ECMWF HAS THE HEAVIEST AXIS FROM SPRINGFIELD WEST ALONG I-72...AND THE 4KM WRF KEEPS THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO OUR SOUTHWEST. THE 3KM HRRR FORMS AN MCS OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...AND ROLLS IT ACROSS OUR CWA MAINLY BETWEEN 00-06Z. NEEDLESS TO SAY...NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. WILL GO WITH ABOUT A 1.5 INCH AXIS OF RAIN THROUGH 12Z CENTERED ALONG I-55. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IN THIS AREA RUNS ABOUT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES IN 3 HOURS...SO WILL NOT ISSUE A WATCH HERE AT THE MOMENT. WILL LET THE EXISTING WATCH NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER CONTINUE WITH QPF AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES. FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF I-70...WILL GO WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH. LINGERING RAIN SHOULD END ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS AN AXIS OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE STATE. HOWEVER...WILL INCLUDE SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS DURING MAINLY THE AFTERNOON...AS AN UPPER WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. NEXT SIGNIFICANT RAIN CONCERN IS ON FRIDAY. MAIN ACTIVITY EXPECTED FURTHER NORTHWEST CLOSER TO A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. HOWEVER...GFS/ECMWF/SREF ALL SUGGESTING POTENTIAL MCS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL CLOSED UPPER LOW EJECTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...UNDERCUTTING THE DEVELOPING UPPER RIDGE. THESE MODELS SUGGEST THE SOUTHERN CWA HAVING THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY RAIN...SO WILL LIMIT MENTIONABLE POPS TO AREAS AS FAR NORTHWEST AS THE ILLINOIS RIVER. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AFOREMENTIONED UPPER RIDGE TO BE CENTERED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY SUNDAY...WHILE A TROUGH DIGS WEST OF THE ROCKIES AND BECOMES CUT OFF. WARMEST WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE. AFTER THAT...A SPLIT FLOW WILL CONSOLIDATE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND SEND A SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. TIMING OF THIS FEATURE HAS SPED UP A BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS RUNS...SO WILL INTRODUCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CWA AS EARLY AS SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA SUNDAY. SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN POPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROJECTED TO AMPLIFY AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WITH ANY SIGNIFICANT WARMING HOLDING OFF UNTIL JUST AFTER THE CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD. GEELHART && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ILZ027>029-036-040-091100- FULTON-KNOX-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK- 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK EASTWARD INTO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY DURING THE EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS MOVES NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR AT ANY TIME DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ILZ030-031-037-038-041>055-091100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL- MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-TAZEWELL- VERMILION-WOODFORD- 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO DANVILLE LINE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS MOVES NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR AT ANY TIME DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ILZ056-057-061>063-066>068-071>073-091100- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-SHELBY- 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS MOVES NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR AT ANY TIME DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. BARNES
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck an antenna attached to a garage in the village of Ogden. The fire engulfed the garage and spread to the attic of the house. There were no injuries to the occupants of the house.
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