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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2011, 2:49 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 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
- Sep 3, 2011, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Sep 3, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 241 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-055-041100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL- MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- 241 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ONE MORE VERY HOT AND HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX READINGS TO REACH 97 TO 103 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A SPRINGFIELD TO TUSCOLA LINE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 3 PM THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER SUNDAY MORNING FROM I-72 SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM. ILZ052-054-056-057-061>063-066>068-071>073-041100- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY- 241 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ONE MORE VERY HOT AND RATHER HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES... WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX READINGS TO REACH 98 TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...AND HIGHEST BY LAWRENCEVILLE. A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN FROM I-72 NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. KH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 9:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
249 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011
ILZ036-037-040-041-047-032045-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-SCHUYLER-TAZEWELL-
249 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCHUYLER...SOUTHEAST
FULTON...NORTHERN CASS...NORTHERN MASON AND WESTERN TAZEWELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ASTORIA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATH...
IPAVA...
HAVANA...
LEWISTOWN...
ST. DAVID...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLUFF CITY...MARBLETOWN...DUNCAN
MILLS...CHATAUQUA PARK...LIVERPOOL AND TOPEKA.
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 4028 9048 4029 9045 4030 9045 4065 9006
4035 8971 4005 9043 4018 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 232DEG 26KT 4020 9034
HUETTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 61 min |
| Sep 3, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 21 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.