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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2011, 12:01 PM CDT for Marshall County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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 29, 2011, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Marshall County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 29, 10:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 10:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1025 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 1025 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 MCS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH AN INTENSE BOW ECHO JUST CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM IOWA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT TO EXIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. MAIN STORY FURTHER SOUTH WILL BE THE HEAT...WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CWA ALREADY IN THE LOWER 80S. HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO IN MOST AREAS...EXCEPT THOSE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE RAIN. GEELHART && .AVIATION... ISSUED 700 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 AREAS OF FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL INTO MID MORNING THROUGH ABOUT 14Z-15Z (9-10 AM) WITH LIFR TO IFR CONDITIONS AND LOWEST AT BMI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO MID MORNING AT PIA AND BMI WITH THUNDERSTORM CURRENTLY NEAR PEKIN AND JUST NORTH OF NORMAL AND MOVING NE. A LARGER COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORSM OVER CENTRAL AND SW IA INTO FAR NW MO WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF IL BETWEEN 14-18Z AND POSSIBLY REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS PIA AND BMI WITH IFR VSBYS AND CEILINGS STILL POSSIBLE WITH CONVECTION INTO MIDDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOSTLY STAY NORTH OF THE I-72 TAF SITES THIS MORNING WHILE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG LIFT BETWEEN 14Z-16Z AS WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF I-72 LIFT NORTH TOWARD THROUGH CENTRAL IL BY LATE MORNING AND NEARING I-80 DURING THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT E/NE WINDS TO TURN BREEZY SOUTH BEHIND THE WARM FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 20-25 KTS BY AFTERNOON. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH CONVECTION STAYING NORTH OF CENTRAL IL CLOSER TO WARM FRONT. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON TO DIMINISH TO 12-15 KTS BY SUNSET. HUETTL && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED 328 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 AS THE FLOW SHIFTS FROM MORE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF A WARM FRONT THE MAIN FOCUS FOR WEATHER THIS MORNING AS THE SFC REFLECTION TO THE SOUTH SAGS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE 925 MB FRONT...WHERE CONVECTION IS FIRING IN RESPONSE TO A LLJ AND WAVE PUSHING OUT OF THE PLAINS. THIS CONVECTION...ITS EVOLUTION INTO ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS MORNING...IS THE FIRST ISSUE FOR THE FORECAST. NEXT WILL BE THE PASSING OF A COLD FRONT AS IT TRIES TO MOVE INTO A STRENGTHENING RIDGE OVER MUCH OF THE ERN HALF OF THE CONUS AND THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPS EXPECTED AS A LOW DIGS IN OVER THE DESERT SW. SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT... CONVECTION THIS MORNING FIRING ON THE SYNOPTIC FRONT IN CONCERT WITH THE LLJ ENHANCEMENT TO THE WEST. NAM/WRF BRINGS A ROUND OF PRECIP IN WITH THIS WAVE THROUGH THE MORNING AS ANOTHER WAVE OUT OF NEBRASKA SLOWLY PROGRESSES TO MOVE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING/NEAR NOON. TROUBLE IS THE ANTICIPATED STRENGTH OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE WAVE WITH THE ATMOSPHERE ALREADY BEING WORKED OVER WITH THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY. WITH WEAK WAVES JUST TO THE WEST AND SW WITH A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW OVER THE WEST COAST...NOT WILLING TO PULL ANY POPS OUT UNTIL WELL UNDER THE DEVELOPING RIDGE LATER IN THE EVENING. LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... PACIFIC COAST LOW DEEPENING RAPIDLY...EVIDENT FROM INCREDIBLE SPEED SHEAR/CYCLONIC INFLUENCE ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW...GOING FROM 40KTS TO OVER 120KTS IN A MATTER OF VERY FEW MILES. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE GULF COAST STATES...PUSHING UP INTO THE MIDWEST KEEPS THE REMAINDER OF THE FIRST FIVE DAYS MORE OR LESS DRY AS FAR AS PRECIP IS CONCERNED. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT WILL NOT BE HUMID. ALREADY A BIT MOISTURE RICH...WILL LIKELY SEE THE DWPTS HOLD IN THE 60S THROUGH MIDWEEK. TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 90S. CONCERN THAT THE MOS/MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOT WARM ENOUGH AND THAT THE TEMPS HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED SOMEWHAT. COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TRIES TO MAKE IT THOUGH THE MIDWEST ON TUESDAY...BUT WITH MOVING A WEAK FRONT INTO A 596 DM 500 MB HIGH...FEEL THAT THE MORE SCANT THE POPS...THE BETTER. FORWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT IS UP FOR DEBATE...BUT EITHER WAY...A BOUNDARY WILL EXIST TO FOCUS ANY ACTIVITY THAT FIRES AND JUST NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO PULL ENTIRELY AND WILL LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR TUES/TUES NIGHT... PARTICULARLY TUE/TUE NIGHT. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 28 min |
| May 29, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 61 min |
| May 29, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell | 33 min |
| May 29, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell and 1 more | 52 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.