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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 8, 2014Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2014, 5:09 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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: May 8, 2014, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

County Knox County, IL

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The text

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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 May 8, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 5:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
509 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

ILZ027-082300-
KNOX-
509 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM CDT...

AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ABINGDON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GALESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GALESBURG...
  KNOXVILLE...
  WATAGA...
  RIO...
  ONEIDA...
  VICTORIA...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...GALESBURG AIRPORT...EAST GALESBURG
AND HENDERSON.

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 4112 8999 4072 9040 4072 9041 4074 9045
      4115 9045 4115 8999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 211DEG 38KT 4085 9044

BARNES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	34 min
May 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	25 min
May 8, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Marshall	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.