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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
510 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

...SUMMARY OF REPORTS SO FAR TODAY...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1205 PM    3 S CLINTON               IL   1.00 INCH HAIL
10/24/01   DE WITT                        REPORTED BY COUNTY ESDA.

1210 PM    DECATUR                   IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/24/01   MACON                          FROM COUNTY ESDA.

1245 PM    2 W DELAVAN               IL   65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   TAZEWELL                       FROM COUNTY ESDA.

1249 PM    1 W LINCOLN               IL   61 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   LOGAN                          MEASURED WIND GUST AT
                                          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
                                          LINCOLN. 

0100 PM    3 N ILLIOPOLIS            IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   SANGAMON                       EMPTY GRAIN BIN TOPPLED.
                                          BIN NEXT TO IT UNDAMAGED.
                                          FROM ESDA. 

0115 PM    BLOOMINGTON               IL   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   MC LEAN                        ESTIMATED BY OFF DUTY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE. 

0135 PM    1 N PANA                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CHRISTIAN                      TREES REPORTED DOWN. FROM
                                          NWS COOP OBSERVER.

0135 PM    3 S MONTICELLO            IL   TORNADO
10/24/01   PIATT                          REPORTED BETWEEN
                                          MONTICELLO AND BEMENT. FROM
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF.

0144 PM    1 NW MAHOMET              IL   70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   CHAMPAIGN                      WIND GUST ESTIMATED IN
                                          EXCESS OF 70 MPH. FROM
                                          COUNTY ESDA. 

0150 PM    5 NW CHAMPAIGN            IL   1.00 INCH HAIL
10/24/01   CHAMPAIGN                      FROM STATE TROOPER.

0155 PM    SULLIVAN                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   MOULTRIE                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. FROM NWS COOP
                                          OBSERVER. 

0155 PM    CHAMPAIGN                 IL   TORNADO
10/24/01   CHAMPAIGN                      TWO HOMES HAD ROOFS BLOWN
                                          OFF. TWO BUSINESS
                                          DESTROYED. NUMEROUS
                                          VEHICLES HAD WINDOWS BLOWN
                                          OUT. SEMI OVERTURNED. FROM
                                          WCIA-TV.  

0200 PM    RANTOUL                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CHAMPAIGN                      TREES REPORTED DOWN. FROM
                                          NWS COOP OBSERVER. 

0215 PM    MATTOON                   IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   COLES                          ROOF BLOWN OFF CAR WASH.
                                          FROM COOP OBSERVER. 

0235 PM    2 N ARCOLA                IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   DOUGLAS                        THREE POWER POLES DOWN.
                                          FROM NWS COOP OBSERVER. 

0235 PM    5 E MATTOON               IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   COLES                          TREES BLOWN ONTO CARS ON
                                          EIU CAMPUS. WINDOWS BLOWN 
                                          OUT OF GYM. FROM COUNTY ESDA.

0235 PM    CHARLESTON                IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   COLES                          DAMAGE TO STORES IN
                                          CHARLESTON. ONE STORE HAD
                                          THE ROOF AIR CONDITIONER
                                          BLOWN OVER CAUSING A HOLD
                                          IN THE ROOF AND BROKEN GAS
                                          LINE. FROM NWS COOP
                                          OBSERVER. 

0235 PM    7 N CHARLESTON            IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   COLES                          LARGE TREE DOWN ONTO CORNER
                                          OF HOUSE. SIDING BLOWN OFF A
                                          BARN. 

0240 PM    SIDELL                    IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   VERMILION                      TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN
                                          IN SIDELL. ALSO TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWN IN POTOMAC. ROSSVILLE,
                                          AND GEORGETOWN. ALL REPORTS
                                          OCCURRED BETWEEN 225 AND
                                          255 PM. FROM COUNTY ESDA. 

0330 PM    MARSHALL                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CLARK                          TREES AND POWER LINES

0332 PM    FLORA                     IL   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CLAY                           TREE WAS TOPPLED ONTO A
                                          HOUSE. FROM ESDA. 

0407 PM    LAWRENCEVILLE             IL   61 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/24/01   LAWRENCE                       MEASURED GUST FROM ASOS.

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