Randolph

The Flood Warning continues for
the Mississippi River at Chester
* until early Monday afternoon.
* At 11:00 am Tuesday the stage was 28.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 27.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river is forecast to crest near 30.9 feet
Friday evening.
* Impact... at 28.0 feet... unleveed islands near Chester and the Prison
Farm floods.


Lat... Lon 3826 9043 3826 9030 3769 8935 3769 8959 3787 9003



                   fld latest 7am forecast
location stg obs stg 05/22 05/23 05/24 05/25 05/26

Mississippi River
Canton ld20 14.0 15.12 14.8 14.3 13.9 13.6 13.4
Quincy 17.0 18.02 17.6 17.0 16.4 16.0 15.9
Quincy ld21 17.0 17.07 16.8 16.3 15.7 15.2 14.9
Hannibal 16.0 18.57 18.3 17.8 17.1 16.6 16.3
Saverton ld22 16.0 17.70 17.4 16.9 16.3 15.7 15.3
Louisiana 15.0 17.97 17.7 17.3 16.8 16.3 15.9
Clarksville ld 25.0 28.69 28.5 28.0 27.4 26.9 26.5
Winfield ld25 26.0 29.61 29.5 29.2 28.6 27.9 27.2

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Columbia ASOS...

a record rainfall of 1.48 inches was set at Columbia ASOS yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 1.2 set in 1947.

05/21/2013 1206 am

Chester, Randolph County.

Hail m0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter.





05/21/2013 1206 am

Chester, Randolph County.

Hail m0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter.






05/21/2013 1206 am

Chester, Randolph County.

Hail m0.88 inch, reported by trained spotter.

... Preliminary damage survey results confirm short-lived tornado in
Mount Olive Illinois...

* maximum ef-scale rating: EF-2

* fatalities: none

* injuries: 3 minor

* begin time/location: 05/20/2013 1014 PM

* end time/location: 05/20/2013 1015 PM

* maximum estimated wind speed: 120-125 mph

* path length: approximately 1 mile

* maximum path width: 75 yards

* discussion/damage: preliminary survey results indicate a tornado
touched down in the downtown portion of Mount Olive and traveled
east. The damage path was 4 blocks long and ranged from 50-75
yards wide. The second story of a brick building was blown
off... large sections of several roofs were blown 2 blocks to the
north... a historic 2 story home had the roof blown off... and
windows were blown out of several homes and businesses.

This preliminary information was determined by a National
Weather Service survey team and is subject to change pending
final review of the event and publication in National Weather
Service storm data.

This information can also be found on our website at
www.Weather.Gov/lsx. More information will be available at
a later date when surveys have been completed.

For reference... the Enhanced Fujita scale classifies tornadoes
into the following categories:

EF0... wind speeds 65 to 85 mph
EF1... wind speeds 86 to 110 mph
EF2... wind speeds 111 to 135 mph
EF3... wind speeds 136 to 165 mph
EF4... wind speeds 166 to 200 mph
EF5... wind speeds greater than 200 mph