High Wind in Lawrence, Illinois
High Wind September 27, 2024 · Lawrence, Illinois
What the National Weather Service wrote
A peak wind gust of 58mph was measured at the Lawrenceville Airport.
The wider storm
The remnants of Hurricane Helene lifted slowly northwestward across Kentucky during the afternoon of September 27th...with a 988mb low analyzed near Louisville, Kentucky by early evening. As the pressure gradient tightened, very strong winds developed across central Illinois. The strongest wind gusts of 55-65mph were concentrated along and southeast of a Champaign to Decatur line, where scattered minor wind damage occurred. A peak wind gust of 66mph was measured at the Coles County Memorial Airport between Mattoon and Charleston.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1218681. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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