A period of cold winter weather led to the death of an elderly man in Shelbyville. The man was found dead outside his home at around 10 AM on January 15th when temperatures were in the teens.
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The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
A period of cold winter weather led to the death of an elderly man in Shelbyville. The man was found dead outside his home at around 10 AM on January 15th when temperatures were in the teens. The man was lying on the ground, most likely the result of a trip or fall. Medical examiners determined the cause of death as hypothermia.
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 Jan 14, 11:33 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1133 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 855 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 A LARGE...COLD...CANADIAN HIGH IS CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST AT THE MOMENT. THIS HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE QUIET BUT CHILLY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH THE NIGHT. GOING FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. ONLY PLAN A FEW TWEAKS TO THE HOURLY GRIDS FOR THE LATEST TRENDS. BAK && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1133 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 QUIET/VFR AVIATION WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS TERMINALS THROUGH THE 06Z TAF VALID TIME. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL HELP KEEP WINDS LIGHT AND CLOUDS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MOSTLY THIN CIRRUS AND PATCHY ALTO CU. BAK && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 205 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE HAS SPREAD QUITE A BIT OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SUNSHINE DOMINATED THE WEST BUT TEMPERATURES WERE NOT RESPONDING MUCH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WAS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM WITH RESPECT TO THE OVERALL SURFACE PATTERN ACRS THE MIDWEST WITH OUR AREA BASICALLY IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS TO OUR SOUTH AND ONE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE THAT BROUGHT THE CLOUD COVER INTO OUR AREA TODAY WILL BE EAST OF ILLINOIS TONIGHT RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES MOST AREAS. AFTER THAT...FAIRLY QUIET THRU AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE WEATHER. ANOTHER COLD DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE BOUNDARY HELPS TO BOOST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH WE SHOULD SEE COOLER WEATHER MOVE BACK IN FOR A 24-36 HOUR TIME FRAME. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY NOT LOOKING VERY SUPPORTIVE FOR MUCH IF ANY PRECIP ACRS OUR AREA SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT DRY FOR MIDWEEK. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE IN FOR THURSDAY BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR TO THE LAKES...WITH THE COLDEST 850 TEMPS REMAINING TO OUR NORTH. AFTERNOON HIGHS ON THURSDAY SHOULD BE ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES COLDER ACRS THE FORECAST AREA WITH NIGHTTIME LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT DIPPING BACK INTO THE TEENS NORTH TO THE LOW 20S SOUTH. LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE CANADIAN HIGH SHIFTS OFF TO OUR EAST ON FRIDAY...WE EXPECT A QUICK WARMUP AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RISING BACK INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. OUR UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN ZONAL INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE WE SOME AMPLIFICATION BEGIN ON SUNDAY AS RIDGING BUILDS NORTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AND CANADA ALLOWING A SHORTWAVE OVER CENTRAL CANADA TO DIG SHARPLY SSE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER LAKES. THIS WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH MOST OF THE PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE WEEKEND WAVE AND FRONT STILL FORECAST TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA. A SECONDARY WAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST ON MONDAY...WHICH WILL ACT TO SHARPEN UP THE 500 MB FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY EARLY NEXT WEEK...MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOWS TO THE AREA ALONG THE TIGHTENING BAROCLINIC ZONE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. FOR NOW...WILL ONLY CARRY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH. LATEST ECMWF SOLUTION FORECASTS 850 MB TEMPS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD INTO TUESDAY CRASHING TO BETWEEN -24 TO -26C. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY MILD AHEAD OF THE INITIAL FRONT ON SUNDAY WITH SATURDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 40S WITH THE TREND TO COLDER TEMPERATURES STARTING ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS DROPPING BACK INTO THE MID 20S TO MID 30S FAR NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS MANY AREAS ON TUESDAY IF THE ECMWF LOW LEVEL TEMP PROFILES VERIFY. SMITH && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 301 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-151200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-FULTON-KNOX- LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- 301 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-151200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 301 PM CST MON JAN 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE WABASH AND EMBARRAS RIVERS THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE RIVER LEVELS GRADUALLY FALL. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARNES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
A 79-year old man died of hypothermia outside his home in Shelbyville. Temperatures were in the teens at the time his body was discovered.
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, Shelby | 2013-01-15 | 79 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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