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Radar: Lincoln IL
40.15 N - 89.33W
Period: 1980 - 2006      Range: 124 nm

Database Overview
All reports in the domain All severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Blue dots represent damaging wind, green dots represent large hail, and red dots represent tornadoes. [Click to enlarge]
  All Rpts Sig Rpts Avg Days
Hail
5620
 297 34
Wind
9282
 438 46
Tornadoes
1339
 170 16
Total
16241
 905 57
Significant severe reports Significant severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Only tornadoes F2 or stronger, wind gusts of 65 knots or stronger, and hail of 2" diameter or larger are plotted. [Click to enlarge]
Category
Rank*
Freq/mi2
Any Severe
28
1:80
Sig Severe
31
1:1,441
Tornadoes
9
1:974
F2+ Torn
31
1:7,672
* Compared to 141 national radar coverage areas studied.

Annual Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
Plot of annual severe weather reports in the search area. The dashed magenta line denotes a 5 year running average of all reports.

20 year report increase: 667%
10 year report increase: 204%
5 year report increase: 146%
See annual table below

Daily Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of daily severe weather reports in the search area. Lines denote a 7 day running mean.

Maximum daily value:
5.5 on 28 May

Primary Season:
Mar 29 - Aug 28
See monthly table below

Hourly Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of hourly severe weather reports in the search area. Values are in percent of total, and have been rounded to the nearest hour (UTC).

Maximum hourly value:
12% at 23 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.029%
3466 yrs
36
F2+ Tornado
0.020%
4943 yrs
45
This table represents the average annual probability and return interval of each event for any point within the search domain.
Read details of computational method

Annual Totals
Year
Hail
Wind
Tornado
Total
 
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
1980
72
25
220
40
28
16
128
50
1981
68
22
130
35
42
19
152
51
1982
87
30
266
51
38
19
163
64
1983
42
17
139
37
22
6
86
44
1984
93
25
135
31
36
19
165
46
1985
71
21
115
32
15
11
101
42
1986
74
26
165
39
18
7
110
46
1987
74
17
200
41
30
15
134
47
1988
47
13
181
28
34
12
115
32
1989
77
20
127
30
17
9
111
39
1990
77
24
205
41
61
18
199
52
1991
100
28
218
45
34
21
168
59
1992
113
24
310
40
28
13
169
45
1993
134
35
441
59
41
18
216
70
1994
126
25
231
39
24
7
174
44
1995
156
34
254
49
91
15
338
57
1996
255
42
328
57
65
17
385
71
1997
112
26
284
38
39
9
190
45
1998
234
47
609
50
111
26
456
66
1999
199
34
440
40
65
15
329
49
2000
405
46
662
58
62
19
529
71
2001
268
50
504
64
29
12
326
77
2002
262
44
328
51
32
12
326
66
2003
657
56
589
58
123
26
903
73
2004
441
55
671
59
94
22
629
73
2005
401
56
673
52
20
12
441
67
2006
975
71
857
65
140
28
1255
87
AVG
208
34
344
46
50
16
602
57


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1981 30-Mar 0030 UTC
F4
0
0
1981 04-Apr 0450 UTC
F4
0
32
1989 07-Jan 2324 UTC
F4
0
55
1990 02-Jun 2245 UTC
F4
0
2
1990 02-Jun 2307 UTC
F4
0
6
1990 02-Jun 2320 UTC
F4
1
12
1990 28-Aug 2030 UTC
F5
29
350
1994 27-Apr 0458 UTC
F4
3
70
1995 13-May 2255 UTC
F4
0
45
2004 13-Jul 1934 UTC
F4
0
3
2006 13-Mar 0343 UTC
F4
0
0

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
1
2
0
3
Feb
3
4
0
7
Mar
18
11
2
31
Apr
54
33
12
99
May
55
57
15
128
Jun
29
79
10
117
Jul
20
74
4
98
Aug
13
43
2
59
Sep
7
17
1
26
Oct
3
5
0
8
Nov
3
11
1
15
Dec
1
2
0
3

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
520
1021
188
1729
01
489
851
143
1483
02
380
665
98
1143
03
253
507
67
827
04
205
436
27
668
05
137
300
44
481
06
106
260
11
377
07
74
224
14
312
08
53
180
7
240
09
51
157
4
212
10
38
182
5
225
11
39
106
7
152
12
36
120
2
158
13
50
88
8
146
14
66
108
4
178
15
51
103
5
159
16
84
98
8
190
17
108
127
13
248
18
204
206
36
446
19
252
352
64
668
20
471
510
102
1083
21
567
785
110
1462
22
703
905
146
1754
23
683
991
226
1900

Click Here for tabular data (F2+ tornadoes).
Page Updated: Saturday 10-27-2007
If you have comments regarding this information, contact John Hart of the Storm Prediction Center.
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