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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 15, 20076 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this heat advisory at Aug 15, 2007, 3:47 AM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Aug 15, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2007, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 15, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 15, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2408 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 15, 3:45 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:45 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.