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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 26, 2012Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 413 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
310 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-271100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-FULTON-KNOX-
LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-
PIATT-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-
WOODFORD-
310 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ORGANIZED
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-271100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
310 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PROVIDE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.

BAK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
600 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ILZ029-036-037-041-262345-
FULTON-MASON-PEORIA-TAZEWELL-
600 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FULTON...
NORTHEASTERN MASON...SOUTHERN PEORIA AND WESTERN TAZEWELL COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FARMINGTON...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS CLOSE TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRIVOLI...
  HANNA CITY...
  GLASFORD...
  BELLEVUE...
  BARTONVILLE...
  PEKIN...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...NORRIS...SMITHVILLE...KINGSTON
MINES...MAPLETON...NORTH PEKIN AND POWERTON.

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 4068 8947 4035 8971 4062 9013 4072 9004
      4072 8999 4078 8999 4080 8997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 301DEG 27KT 4070 9000

AUTEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:24 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more14 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Illinois, 2012Every 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.