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Eventdex · Lightning Report (Storm Events)

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795065 · 40.180, -90.870

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Event typeevent_typeLightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id795,065
Episode IDepisode_id132,864
Begin UTCbegin_utc2018-12-01T20:50:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2018-12-01T20:51:00+00:00
StatestateILLINOIS
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameSCHUYLER
Latitudelat40.180
Longitudelon-90.870
End latitudeend_lat40.180
End longitudeend_lon-90.870
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct1
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceEmergency Manager
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAn historic tornado outbreak occurred across Illinois on December 1st, with a total of 29 tornadoes touching down across the central part of the state. This made it the largest December tornado outbreak in the state of Illinois since 1957, and the third largest tornado outbreak across Illinois in any month since 1950. Within the National Weather Service Lincoln County Warning Area (CWA), 20 tornadoes touched down...with the most significant being an EF-3 tornado that tore through the city of Taylorville in Christian County. Despite several communities being directly impacted and experiencing major damage, there were no fatalities reported. The severe weather was caused by a deep area of low pressure that tracked from eastern Kansas into north-central Illinois. Warm air surging northward ahead of the low allowed temperatures to soar into the upper 50s and lower 60s, resulting in a narrow corridor of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) values of 500-1000J/kg ahead of an approaching occluded front. Thanks to ample low-level wind shear, numerous supercell thunderstorms developed within the instability axis by mid to late afternoon. Many of the storms produced tornadoes over the next several hours before the storms gradually weakened by mid-evening.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA lightning strike injured a person in Huntsville in Schuyler County.
Yearyear2,018

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