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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 4, 2012Coles County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2012, 5:28 PM CDT for Coles 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
Sep 4, 2012, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Coles County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 4, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
317 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-051100-
CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-
MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-
TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
317 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THEN MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AROUND SUNSET. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
OF THESE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS WEEK. MOST OF THEM
WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS MAY
OCCUR INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE
REQUIRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

ILZ044>046-054>057-061-051100-
CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION-
317 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
THESE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
THE PRIMARY THREATS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS WEEK. MOST OF THEM
WILL BE ON FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS MAY OCCUR INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT MAY
BE NEEDED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-051100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
317 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FURTHER
NORTH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS WEEK. MOST OF THEM
WILL BE ON FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS MAY OCCUR INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

GEELHART

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 5:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.