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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 22, 2011Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2011, 6:08 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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: May 22, 2011, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

County Schuyler County, IL

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The text

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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 May 22, 3:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-231100-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER
70 MPH...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A DAILY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH HEAVY RAINS.

WATER LEVELS ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL...
ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...MOST LIKELY THROUGH ABOUT 8 PM.

ILZ027>031-037-038-042-043-048-051-231100-
DE WITT-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-MENARD-PEORIA-SANGAMON-STARK-
TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER
70 MPH...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A DAILY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH HEAVY
RAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID
EVENING...MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM.

ILZ044>046-052>057-061-231100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-
SHELBY-VERMILION-
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH SOME
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL BE THIS EVENING...THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME
OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A DAILY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH HEAVY
RAINS ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-231100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE A FEW STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISK
WILL BE TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE
AS WELL.

LINGERING FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH RIVER IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A DAILY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...BETWEEN 10 PM AND 4 AM.

BAK

In the hours before

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Local storm report, May 22, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:05 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 6:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Piatt	64 min
May 22, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	82 min
May 22, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	52 min
May 22, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	34 min
May 22, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	55 min
May 22, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	36 min
May 22, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	16 min
May 22, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	38 min
May 22, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	37 min
May 22, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	46 min
May 22, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell	52 min
May 22, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	32 min
May 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	46 min
May 22, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	39 min
May 22, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	66 min
May 22, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	46 min
May 22, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	47 min
May 22, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	28 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	27 min
May 22, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	30 min
May 22, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	38 min
May 22, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	45 min
May 22, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.