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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 19, 2011Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2011, 9:08 AM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 19, 2011, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Jasper County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2011-04-19Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 19, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
729 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     HAIL             BLUFFS                  39.75N 90.53W
04/19/2011  E1.00 INCH       SCOTT              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE QUANTITY OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH CAR DAMAGE.

0543 AM     HAIL             GLASGOW                 39.55N 90.48W
04/19/2011  E1.00 INCH       SCOTT              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 9:08 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
908 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILZ056-062-063-066-067-191500-
CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-
908 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CUMBERLAND...EASTERN
EFFINGHAM...NORTHERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN COLES AND WESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

AT 907 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIETERICH...OR 11 MILES EAST OF EFFINGHAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIDALGO...
  JEWETT...
  HAZEL DELL...
  GREENUP...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...GILA...ROSE HILL AND YALE.

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 3939 8801 3903 8800 3896 8840 3915 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 240DEG 52KT 3907 8835

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMenard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott90 min
Apr 19, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott64 min
Apr 19, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott55 min
Apr 19, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby40 min
Apr 19, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham27 min
Apr 19, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham, Shelby45 min
Apr 19, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby40 min
Apr 19, 9:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXColes, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby4 hr
Apr 19, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXEdgar42 min
Apr 19, 9:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXClark, Coles, Edgar3 hr
Apr 19, 12:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Mason84 days
Apr 19, 12:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXBrown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler86 days
Apr 19, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler38 min
Apr 19, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott52 min
Apr 19, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon50 min
Apr 19, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott33 min
Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXPeoria43 min
Apr 19, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXKnox, Stark51 min
Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon34 min
Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon36 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Peoria31 min
Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian25 min
Apr 19, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby46 min
Apr 19, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon32 min
Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian21 min
Apr 19, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby38 min
Apr 19, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon, Piatt36 min

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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.