Weather Almanac For 5/13
This Day In Weather History1995 - The second major tornado outbreak in a week struck central Illinois. This outbreak produced tornadoes in an area extending from the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa, to west of Bloomington. Two violent tornadoes, each ranked at F4 intensity, were reported. The first tornado traveled 60 miles from near Fort Madison, Iowa, to southeast of Galesburg, producing over $10 million damage. The second violent tornado traveled 7 miles across Fulton County from Ipava to Lewistown, producing $6 million damage. Another strong tornado took a 25 mile path across parts of Fulton, Mason, and Tazewell Counties. The storms also produced softball-size hail south and northwest of Macomb.
2002 - Water runoff from storms on the 12th caused a continuation of flooding problems across central and southeast Illinois. Several state highways in southeast Illinois were closed due to flooding. In Jasper County, an elderly woman had to be evacuated from her home due to rising flood waters, and another person had to be rescued after driving into a flooded area. In Effingham County, several motorists drove into flooded roadways and had to be rescued. In Douglas County, several people in Villa Grove had to be evacuated via boat due to rising waters. Near Riverton, a levee breached on the Sangamon River, flooding nearby farmland. Several water treatment plants around Sangamon County and the power plant in Springfield had to be sandbagged, to prevent flooding of the facilities..
| || |
| || || || |
|Champaign-Urbana||73||51||90 (1956)||30 (1895)|
|Danville||74||51||89 (1956)||29 (1938)|
|Decatur||75||52||91 (1894)||32 (1960)|
|Effingham||73||52||90 (1956)||33 (1981)|
|Springfield||74||52||92 (1915)||36 (1960)|
Sunrise/Sunset For 2016
| || |
|Champaign-Urbana||5:39 AM||8:00 PM|
|Danville||5:36 AM||7:58 PM|
|Decatur||5:42 AM||8:03 PM|
|Effingham||5:43 AM||7:59 PM|
|Springfield||5:45 AM||8:05 PM|
Some information gathered from the National Weather Service and other government agencies. Data for averages are based on 1981 to 2010 averages. Record highs are based on different times of record. Here are when records stared for each observation point: Danville; 1895, Decatur; 1893, Effingham; 1951, Springfield; 1879, Urbana; 1888.
Copyright 2016 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.