Thunderstorm Wind — Menard, Illinois

2021-10-24 · near Petersburg, Menard, Illinois

Event narrative

Power lines were blown down.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure tracking from near Kansas City around midday on October 24th into central Illinois during the evening of the 24th triggered two distinct bands of pre-frontal convection. Some of the storms produced damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70mph and hail as large as golf balls. In addition, heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches occurred...which led to localized flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 988085. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.