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[STORMREPORTS] Tornadoes Sweep Across Midwest, South

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 18:09:42 EDT

Tornadoes Sweep Across Midwest, South (Associated Press)

Tornadoes swept across the Midwest and South overnight and early Wednesday,
killing two people in Illinois and wreaking more havoc in towns trying to
pick up after a barrage of twisters over the weekend.

For the full story, go to:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030507/ap_on_re_us/midwest_tornadoes_129

Below is information from the National Weather Service:

NOUS43 KILX 072108
PNSILX

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
400 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

...DAMAGE SURVEYS OF MAY 6 STORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

...LOGAN AND DEWITT COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOGAN COUNTY ESDA PERSONNEL
CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF DAMAGE IN EXTREME EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY. THE
DAMAGE BEGAN ABOUT 4.5 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT PULASKI WHERE A PINE
TREE WAS BLOWN OVER...A CHIMNEY ON A HOUSE WAS KNOCKED DOWN...AND A
WOOD SHED WAS DAMAGED AROUND 845 PM TUESDAY MAY 6. THE DAMAGE PATH
CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST...EXTENDING 3 MILES EAST OF MOUNT
PULASKI...TO JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF CHESTNUT...AND JUST EAST OF
BEASON. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...POWER
POLES AND POWER LINES DOWN...AND ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF BARNS AND SHEDS.

THE STORM MOVED OUT OF LOGAN COUNTY INTO DEWITT COUNTY AROUND 9 PM...
WHERE IT BLEW DOWN A TREE ONE HALF MILE NORTHWEST OF MIDLAND CITY...
AND DAMAGED A BARN AND KNOCKED DOWN A TREE ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNESVILLE. THE STORM AFFECTED WESTERN DEWITT COUNTY BETWEEN 900
AND 905 PM.

THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE STORM PRODUCED A DOWNBURST
OF DAMAGING WIND ALONG A PATH 3 MILES WIDE AND ABOUT 20 MILES LONG.

...SHELBY / MOULTRIE / PIATT / DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

ESDA PERSONNEL AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVERS
DID DAMAGE SURVEYS AND RELAYED REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM EXTREME
NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...ACROSS MOULTRIE COUNTY INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN
PIATT COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

ESDA OFFICIALS IN SHELBY COUNTY REPORTED A DOWNED TREE AND DAMAGE TO
A LARGE MACHINE SHED AND A GARAGE 4 MILES NORTH OF FINDLAY. ESDA
INDICATED THAT THE DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY A DOWNBURST OF
WIND. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF
MOULTRIE COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR THE TOWNS OF
SULLIVAN...BETHANY AND NEAR THE PIATT/MOULTRIE COUNTY LINE CLOSE TO
HAMMOND. PIATT COUNTY ESDA REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM
HAMMOND TO PIERSON STATION. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A
LARGE TREE DOWN IN ARTHUR AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ATWOOD.

A REVIEW OF RADAR DATA AND REPORTS FROM COUNTY OFFICIALS AND NWS
OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS LIKELY PRODUCED BY
A DOWNBURST OF WIND. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WIDE
AND 23 MILES LONG.

$$

CHRIS MILLER
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NWS LINCOLN IL

NWUS53 KILX 072104 CCA
LSRILX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
345 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

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

0300 PM 2.5 SE COLFAX IL TORNADO
05/07/03 MC LEAN COUNTY ESDA SPOTTER
                                           REPORTED A BRIEF SMALL
                                           TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN A
                                           FIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION
                                           OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 1800N AND
                                           3600E. TOUCHDOWN LASTED
                                           ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS AND
                                           WAS IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH
                                           NO DAMAGE. FROM MCLEAN
                                           COUNTY ESDA.
                                           ...CORRECTION ON THE TIME
                                           AND LOCATION DUE TO LATER
                                           CONTACT WITH MCLEAN COUNTY
                                           ESDA.

$$

GOETSCH 

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