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In 1974 another radar was installed in Marseilles greatly improving the radar coverage in Central Illinois. [2] A new radar, WSR-74C, was installed in Moline and helped the Peoria NWS issue severe weather warnings for the region. [2] In 1980 the Springfield office received a WSR-74C radar system to use for local warning operations. [2]
The WSR-74 was introduced as a "gap filler", as well as an updated radar that, among other things, was transistor-based. [3] In the early 1970s, Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC), based out of Enterprise, Alabama won the contract to design, manufacture, test, and deliver the entire WSR-74 radar network (both C and S-Band versions).
On November 17, 2013, the deadliest and costliest November tornado outbreak in Illinois history took shape, becoming the fourth-largest for the state overall. [2] With more than 30 tornadoes in Indiana, it was that state's largest tornado outbreak for the month of November, and the second largest outbreak recorded in Indiana. [3]
Get the Chicago, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... In a triumph for research and forecast improvement efforts, the Center's track forecast performance for 2024 was ...
Get the Chicago, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Spring forecast 2025: US faces split between warm weather, lingering chill.
Here is a look at the 3-day weather forecast for Central Illinois out the National Weather Service in Lincoln, Ill.: Saturday : Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 39.
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
The 2013 Washington, Illinois, tornado was an unusually powerful and violent tornado that caused catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in rural central Illinois during the early afternoon of November 17, 2013. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people.