An elderly woman died as a result of hypothermia when she wandered away from her home near Bloomington on Sunday, December 1st. Temperatures early Sunday morning were in the middle to upper 20s.
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An elderly woman died as a result of hypothermia when she wandered away from her home near Bloomington on Sunday, December 1st. Temperatures early Sunday morning were in the middle to upper 20s.
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 Nov 30, 11:18 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1118 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2013 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 900 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2013 Current forecast appears to be on track. A few cloud patches have developed in the extreme east and southeast, affecting only LWV at this time. New model run still wants to bring some lower level moisture into the area ahead of this approaching front. However, becoming less confident as to what is going to happen with clouds. For now, forecast is ok but will continue to monitor cloud trends. So, no update planned at this time. Auten && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1118 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2013 VFR conditions will prevail at all sites next 24hrs. Becoming increasing obvious that light fog will not be developing overnight. However, still thinking there is some lower level moisture there and that some light fog still possible, but only as a TEMPO group in the early morning hours from about 10-13z. Also vis will not drop that much so TEMPO vis will be MVFR at 3-5SM. Besides that, skies will be clear overnight and through tomorrow. Then mid clouds around 12kft will advect into the area for the evening hours. A weak front will move through the area overnight, which should have winds switching to southwest and then west. However, speeds are so light that variable direction is best overnight. Then winds should be north to northwest after FROPA and then become northeast during the evening hours. Auten && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 335 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2013 A relatively mild weather pattern will start out the first few days of December, before our next best chance of precipitation and much colder air moves in for the latter part of the week. The short range models are in fair agreement into the first part of next week. However, the medium range solutions diverge significantly by mid-week which has pretty big implications on the forecast. SHORT TERM...Tonight through Monday A weak cold front from western WI across southern MN and South Dakota is expected to approach central IL Sunday morning. Ahead of this front, a light wind and dew points mainly in the lower 30s could result in some light fog and few low clouds late tonight and early Sunday morning. The NAM model is hitting this harder than the others, which it has been doing more so lately and seems to have this tendency in the cool season. Will go with partly cloudy conditions for now and monitor this evening. Mild conditions are expected on Sunday, with readings of 45 to 50 in central IL and the lower 50s south of I-70. The forecast gets a bit tricky for Sunday night into Monday as a shortwave in the WNW flow approaches the state. Many of the short range model solutions are depicting the potential for light rain as early as late Sunday night and during the day Monday. Will hold off on any mention for Sunday night into early Monday morning because of a fairly thick layer of dry air expected between 850-925 mb. Will stick with the slight chance for rain during the day Monday as a bit stronger lift could produce isolated pockets of light rain. LONG TERM...Tuesday through Saturday There are quiet significant model differences between the GFS, Canadian and European solutions starting Tuesday, which continues right through the rest of the forecast period. The GFS is much quicker with shifting an upper level low from the Pacific NW across the northern states. However, while it is doing this, it is also digging a portion of the upper level energy toward the southwestern U.S. This should result in upper level ridging in the Midwest, which would force any northern energy up into central Canada. The GFS does not do this though, which results in a cold front moving through late Tuesday/early Wednesday. The European and Canadian model solutions make much more sense by holding off on the frontal passage at least 24-36 hours later, on early Thursday. Several shortwaves moving up from the southwest, and a slowing front expected to become parallel to the flow aloft will mean periods of precipitation from Wednesday through much of Friday. Rain will be the primary precipitation type at onset on Wednesday, but then as colder air gradually advects toward the region, a mixture changing to snow is anticipated - primarily later in the day Thursday, and especially Friday. The best low level moisture and forcing is expected to the east and south of our region - closer to the frontal position - near the Ohio Valley. Thus, at this time we are not anticipating any major snow amounts, but with the complex evolution of this system and the fact that it is six days away, the confidence factor is not very high either way. Miller && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 247 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011200- 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- 247 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HJS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
A 72-year old woman died of hypothermia when she wandered away from her home near Bloomington on Sunday, December 1st. Temperatures at the time were in the middle to upper 20s.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, McLean | 2013-12-01 | 72 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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