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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Oct 22, 2012, 10:29 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- Oct 22, 2012, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2012, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County DeWitt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 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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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 Oct 22, 10:12 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 10:12 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 530 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-231100- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA- SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 530 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES TOWARD ILLINOIS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ONCE AGAIN SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ043>046-052>057-061-231100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE- PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 530 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES TOWARD ILLINOIS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ONCE AGAIN SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-231100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 530 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES TOWARD ILLINOIS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ONCE AGAIN SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. AUTEN
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Special weather statement, Oct 22, 9:36 AM CDT, 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 20 min |
| Oct 22, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 39 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.