Severe Weather of March 1, 2007
A large and powerful late winter storm affected much of the eastern half of the U.S. on Thursday, March 1. A very intense low pressure system tracked into
Across central and southeast
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
819 PM CST THU MAR 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0657 AM HAIL JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.23W
03/01/2007 M0.88 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
1005 AM HAIL CLINTON 40.15N 88.96W
03/01/2007 M0.75 INCH DE WITT IL EMERGENCY MNGR
RELAYED BY MACON COUNTY EMA
1219 PM TSTM WND DMG TAYLORVILLE 39.52N 89.26W
03/01/2007 CHRISTIAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER
1219 PM HAIL TAYLORVILLE 39.52N 89.26W
03/01/2007 E0.75 INCH CHRISTIAN IL PUBLIC
1219 PM TSTM WND DMG TAYLORVILLE 39.52N 89.26W
03/01/2007 CHRISTIAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF OFF A HOUSE, DAMAGING SEVERAL OTHER HOUSES.
1241 PM HAIL DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
03/01/2007 E0.75 INCH MACON IL PUBLIC
ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE, NEAR ST MARYS HOSPITAL.
1247 PM TORNADO ELWIN 39.78N 88.96W
03/01/2007 MACON IL NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO
BEGAN 1/2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ELWIN
ROAD AND RT. 51 AND ENDED 1/2 MILE NNE OF THERE. PATH
LENGTH 1 MILE...30 YARD WIDTH...ESTIMATED WINDS NO
GREATER THAN 80 MPH. DAMAGE TO A HOUSE PORCH AND CHURCH
CHIMNEY...NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED...2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE
FELL ON 3 CARS CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE. ONE MINOR INJURY.
1250 PM HAIL DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
03/01/2007 M0.75 INCH MACON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
1255 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
03/01/2007 MACON IL AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN ON EAST SIDE OF DECATUR
1255 PM TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
03/01/2007 MACON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
1 HOUSE DAMAGED NEAR LAKE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IN
THE CITY. TREES DOWN.
0152 PM HAIL 4 W PESOTUM 39.91N 88.35W
03/01/2007 M0.75 INCH CHAMPAIGN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
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