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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2011, 1:33 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 24, 2011, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 3589 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 Jul 24, 12:40 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 12:40 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1119 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ILZ027>031-036-037-251100- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1119 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH THE 105 DEGREE MARK AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN BY FRIDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ038-040>051-053-251100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-VERMILION- 1119 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 110 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN BY FRIDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ILZ052-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-251100- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY- 1119 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 110 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN BY FRIDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GEELHART
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 24, 10:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1025 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 AM HEAVY RAIN BRADFORD 41.18N 89.66W
07/24/2011 M2.58 INCH STARK IL COCORAHS
RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN VARNA 41.04N 89.22W
07/24/2011 M1.92 INCH MARSHALL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
&&
LAUFENBERGSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 10:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1028 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ILZ050>054-061-241630- MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SHELBYVILLE 1028 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLIER THIS MORNING...EXTENDED FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD EAST TO SULLIVAN AT 1025 AM. THIS SOUTHWARD MOVING BOUNDARY WAS PRODUCING A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINDS GUSTING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WERE KICKING UP DUST FROM THE DRY GROUND...PRODUCING DUST DEVILS AND OTHER CIRCULATIONS. THE BOUNDARY WAS WELL AHEAD OF ANY STORM ACTIVITY...AND THESE WINDS WILL OCCUR 10 TO 15 MINUTES BEFORE ANY STORMS ARRIVE. AREAS FROM TAYLORVILLE TO SHELBYVILLE WILL BE SEEING THESE WINDS ARRIVE BEFORE 11 AM. SUCH BOUNDARIES CAN BE THE FOCUS FOR RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS. GEELHART
Local storm report, Jul 24, 11:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1104 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM HEAVY RAIN VIRGINIA 39.95N 90.21W
07/24/2011 M0.87 INCH CASS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 8:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 42 min |
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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.