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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 2011Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2011, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

County Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 1004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 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.

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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 Jun 10, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
322 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-111100-
CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-
MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
322 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A
COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE EVENING...PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL..GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORM CHANCES
WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT.

FLOODING ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL CONTINUE FROM PEORIA DOWNSTREAM
THROUGH THE WEEK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 10 PM.

ILZ044>046-052>057-061-111100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-
SHELBY-VERMILION-
322 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A
COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE EVENING...PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL..GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORM CHANCES
WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 10 PM.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-111100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
322 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE
EVENING...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE STORM CHANCES WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY
LATE TONIGHT.

FLOODING ON THE WABASH RIVER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

BARNES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:31 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
838 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W BROOKLYN            40.23N 90.84W
06/10/2011                   SCHUYLER           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE LARGE TREE UPROOTED AND SEVERAL PINE TREES SNAPPED
            OFF

&&

LAUFENBERG

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
838 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

ILZ036-040-110245-
FULTON-SCHUYLER-
838 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCHUYLER AND SOUTHWESTERN FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAYTON...OR 18 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROOKLYN...
  RUSHVILLE...
  LITTLETON...
  VERMONT...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...HUNTSVILLE...CAMDEN...RAY AND
TABLE GROVE.

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 4027 9088 4029 9083 4028 9046 4038 9045
      4040 9035 4011 9039 4002 9063 4005 9068
      4007 9068 4008 9071 4010 9071 4010 9089
      4011 9092 4023 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 231DEG 25KT 4007 9088

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	45 min
Jun 10, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott	6 hr
Jun 10, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas, Macon	59 min
Jun 10, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign	66 min
Jun 10, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	4 hr
Jun 10, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	48 min
Jun 10, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Schuyler	67 min
Jun 10, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	52 min
Jun 11, 12:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Effingham	6 hr
Jun 11, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	68 min
Jun 11, 1:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cumberland, Jasper, Richland	6 hr

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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.