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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT for Clark 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
- Jun 18, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County Clark County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 976 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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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</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 Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 134 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 133 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 LATEST MODEL SUITE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS HEIGHTS BUILD AND SUMMER MOVES INTO FULL SWING. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY COLD FRONT AT 18Z EXTENDS FROM NEAR MACOMB...ACROSS DECATUR...TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE. INSTABILITY ALONG THE FRONT WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG THE BOUNDARY WHERE CONVERGENCE AND POOLING DEW POINTS ARE OCCURRING. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. DIURNAL STABILITY COMBINED WITH DRIER AIR BEING ADVECTED INTO ILLINOIS SHOULD END RAIN CHANCES BY MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COOLER THAN NORMAL. THAT WILL CHANGE AS THE WEEK GOES ON. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG UPPER LOW IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS THIS FEATURE PUSHES EAST...RIDGE SHOULD BUILD AHEAD OF IT. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING RISING HEIGHTS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH RISES OF 160 METERS AT 500MB BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RESPOND BY MOVING ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE LATE JUNE. LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD ALSO COME AROUND TO SOUTH- SOUTHWEST BY FRIDAY ALLOWING DEW POINTS TO CLIMB. COMBINATION OF HUMIDITY AND TEMPS SHOULD BRING HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 102 ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAJOR MODELS IS WHETHER RIDGING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP PRECIP TO OUR NORTH. 00Z ECMWF/12Z NAM ARE WEAKEST AND DEVELOP A PATTERN THAT IS MOST CONDUCIVE TO DIURNAL CONVECTION. 12Z GFS/GEM IS STRONGER WITH RIDGE AND SUGGEST THAT ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN REDEVELOPING THE UPPER RIDGE BACK OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY NEXT TUESDAY WHICH WILL DEVELOP A LITTLE MORE IN THE WAY OF FLOW ACROSS ILLINOIS AND HIGHER RAIN CHANCES. THIS TRANSITION MAY BE A LITTLE FAST AND WILL KEEP TUESDAY DOWN TO SLIGHT CHC FOR NOW BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO WATCH CAREFULLY FOR MODEL TRENDS. BARKER && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1218 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS TAF SET IS TIMING OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS POINTING TO SCATTERED STORM DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS BEGINNING AROUND 19-20Z AND MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE KEPT VCTS WORDING AT ALL TAF SITES FOR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HAVE FOCUSED ON THE KSPI-KDEC-KCMI CORRIDOR BY ADDING TEMPO PERIODS OF TSRA AND VARIABLE/GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STORMS...AS THIS AREA IS NEAR A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SHOULD SEE THE CONVECTION FADE OUT WITH SUNSET. DRIER NORTHEAST FLOW WILL CLEAR OUT MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE HELD OFF ON ANY OVERNIGHT MVFR FOG CONDITIONS... BUT ANY AREAS THAT GET EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DURING THE DAY MAY SEE SOME DEVELOP ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH AT THE MOMENT. GEELHART && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-191100- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEST OF THE RIVER...BUT THE THREAT OF ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS IN THAT AREA IS LOW. LINGERING FLOODING ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR PEORIA IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. ILZ040-041-047>050-191100- CASS-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNSET. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS...ALTHOUGH RIVER STAGES WILL SLOWLY FALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAINLY FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM. ILZ042>046-051>057-061-191100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNSET. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM TODAY. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-191100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 1125 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WABASH RIVER UPSTREAM OF VINCENNES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK...SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM TODAY. GEELHART
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
143 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM HAIL FORSYTH 39.92N 88.96W
06/18/2013 E0.75 INCH MACON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
GEELHARTLocal storm report, Jun 18, 2:05 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
205 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HAIL DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
06/18/2013 M1.00 INCH MACON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF TV STATION WAND.
&&
OUSLEYLocal storm report, Jun 18, 2:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
220 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL MOUNT ZION 39.78N 88.88W
06/18/2013 M1.25 INCH MACON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
OUSLEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 18, 2:24 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 224 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ILZ054-056-061-182000- COLES-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 224 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SHELBY...SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE AND SOUTHWESTERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDSOR...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN COLES...MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MATTOON AND LERNA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LAT...LON 3956 8825 3938 8824 3940 8862 3954 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 275DEG 15KT 3947 8850 GEELHART
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 255 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ILZ053-054-061-182030- MACON-MOULTRIE-SHELBY- 255 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SHELBY...SOUTHERN MACON AND WESTERN MOULTRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF DALTON CITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN MACON...MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LAT...LON 3958 8884 3964 8903 3976 8895 3974 8876 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 026DEG 11KT 3969 8891 GEELHART
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
300 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
ILZ063-182045-
CLARK-
300 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS NEAR WESTFIELD...AND THE OTHER WAS
ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST UNION. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...IS EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
PEOPLE IN CLARK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WESTFIELD AND
MARTINSVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3933 8755 3934 8758 3931 8761 3930 8759
3929 8761 3926 8760 3926 8757 3920 8758
3918 8762 3917 8800 3948 8801 3948 8753
3935 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 304DEG 13KT 3941 8799
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 3:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 35 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.