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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 3, 2009Scott County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2009, 1:21 PM CDT for Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2009, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Scott County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2009-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2009-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS83 KILX 031821
SPSILX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
121 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

ILZ049-031915-
SCOTT-
121 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRIGGSVILLE...OR NEAR PITTSFIELD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NAPLES...
  WINCHESTER...
  ALSEY...
  MANCHESTER...

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3977 9061 3975 9038 3966 9038 3967 9035
      3964 9035 3964 9030 3952 9030 3953 9057
      3964 9060 3970 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 299DEG 26KT 3967 9077

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott50 min
Aug 3, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott42 min

Nearby

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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.