Alert archive / Illinois / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 4:57 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
848
WWUS83 KILX 022157
SPSILX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
457 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012
ILZ051-052-061-022300-
CHRISTIAN-SANGAMON-SHELBY-
457 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHRISTIAN...SHELBY AND
SOUTHEASTERN SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KINCAID TO 6 MILES
NORTH OF NOKOMIS TO 6 MILES WEST OF COWDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. SOME BRANCHES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN OCONEE IN SOUTHWEST SHELBY
COUNTY AROUND 450 PM.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PANA...
KINCAID...
LAKEWOOD...
TOWER HILL...
TAYLORVILLE...
EDINBURG...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...PALMER...OCONEE...HERRICK...
SICILY...VANDERVILLE AND ROSAMOND.
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 3925 8915 3935 8915 3935 8936 3950 8954
3952 8954 3952 8956 3956 8961 3986 8934
3965 8915 3947 8860 3921 8887 3921 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 213DEG 17KT 3957 8946 3941 8929
3928 8896
$$
HUETTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham | 62 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.