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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 6:58 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 321 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>048-053-055-057-041100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON- MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-PEORIA-PIATT-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL- VERMILION-WOODFORD- 321 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. ILZ049>052-054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-041100- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- LAWRENCE-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY- 321 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. BARNES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
531 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL HOPEDALE 40.42N 89.42W
04/03/2012 E0.88 INCH TAZEWELL IL MESONET
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BARNESSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 538 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ILZ029-036-037-041-032315- FULTON-MASON-PEORIA-TAZEWELL- 538 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN FULTON...NORTHERN MASON...SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA AND WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANITO...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAVANA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN VALLEY. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANITO... SOUTH PEKIN... OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...FOREST CITY...GOOFY RIDGE AND UNION. 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 4052 8994 4054 8955 4039 8952 4036 8994 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 208DEG 8KT 4041 8984 CHURCHILL
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 37 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.