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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
236 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

MOSTLY SUNNY...HOT...AND BREEZY WEATHER PREVAILED OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON.  SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO
AROUND 30 MPH...AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH IOWA.
MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S...BUT
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...HEAT INDICES WERE AROUND 100.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS
EVENING...WILL CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN
IOWA...AND THEN SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
THIS EVENING.  WHILE TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
THE STORMS INITIALLY DEVELOP IN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...AS THE SYSTEM QUICKLY TRACKS TOWARDS INDIANA.  NORTHWEST
WINDS BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER
WEATHER INTO THE MIDWEST LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE
WILL THEN BRING QUIET WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TO THE
REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S IN NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS...TO THE LOWER 70S IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA.  HIGHS
ON THURSDAY WILL REACH THE MID 70S TO MID 80S FOR MUCH OF THE
MIDWEST.

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