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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 30, 2012Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2012, 6:48 PM CDT for Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 30, 2012, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

County Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-p

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

Hodograph

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: 164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 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 Mar 30, 6:28 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 6:28 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
313 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>055-311100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-
MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-
SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD-
313 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO ILLINOIS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ056-057-061>063-066>068-071>073-311100-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-
LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
313 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. LARGE HAIL
WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE TIMING FOR STORMS APPEARS TO BE
BETWEEN NOW AND 6 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO ILLINOIS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN NOW AND 6 PM.

HJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
258 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

ILZ061-066-302100-
EFFINGHAM-SHELBY-
258 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN EFFINGHAM AND SOUTHERN
SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAMSEY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOKOMIS...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKEWOOD...
  COWDEN...
  BEECHER CITY...
  STEWARDSON...
  SHUMWAY...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...HERRICK AND MODE.

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 3921 8882 3921 8913 3929 8914 3943 8847
      3914 8847 3912 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 263DEG 17KT 3921 8904

BAK

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 3:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
314 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

ILZ062-063-067-068-302115-
CLARK-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-JASPER-
314 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER...NORTHERN
CRAWFORD...SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM CDT...

AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIDALGO...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAZEL DELL...
  ANNAPOLIS...
  EATON...
  WEST UNION...
  HUTSONVILLE...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...ROSE HILL...YALE...BELLAIR...
ORANGE...WEST YORK AND YORK.

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 3934 8758 3931 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757
      3921 8757 3914 8765 3910 8761 3909 8762
      3907 8757 3904 8757 3904 8820 3922 8822
      3925 8808 3942 8752 3935 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 263DEG 18KT 3914 8809

BAK

Local storm report, Mar 30, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 6:48 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
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	53 min
Mar 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Shelby	62 min
Mar 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	61 min
Mar 30, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	58 min
Mar 30, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	54 min
Mar 30, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland	33 min
Mar 30, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland	36 min
Mar 30, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford	60 min
Mar 30, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay	66 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Illinois, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.