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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2012, 8:17 PM CDT for Knox County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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
- May 28, 2012, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Knox County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 May 28, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 340 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>045-047>053-291100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL- MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 340 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...SHOULD THEY DEVELOP...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM. ILZ046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-291100- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION- 340 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. HJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:17 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 817 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ILZ027>029-290215- KNOX-PEORIA-STARK- 817 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL KNOX...NORTHWESTERN PEORIA AND STARK COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOXVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VICTORIA... WILLIAMSFIELD... ELMORE... LAURA... WEST JERSEY... BRIMFIELD... OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DAHINDA...SNAKE DEN HOLLOW... MONICA AND DUNCAN. 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 4121 8965 4084 8965 4074 9036 4100 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 252DEG 27KT 4088 9023 SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 67 min |
| May 29, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 59 min |
| May 29, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 55 min |
| May 29, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 60 min |
| May 29, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Shelby | 67 min |
| May 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 23 min |
| May 29, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 29, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 64 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.