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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 20, 2016Cass County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT for Cass County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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 20, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Cass County, IL

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
752 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

ILZ040-041-047-050-210115-
MORGAN-CASS-SCHUYLER-MASON-
752 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MASON...SOUTH
CENTRAL SCHUYLER...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND WESTERN CASS COUNTIES
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 752 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BEARDSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEARDSTOWN...BLUFF SPRINGS...ARENZVILLE AND FREDERICK.

LAT...LON 3996 9053 3997 9051 3999 9052 4010 9048
      4009 9019 3982 9030 3993 9054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 286DEG 22KT 4000 9041

ONTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMason, Menard52 min
Jun 20, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Logan, Mason, Menard33 min
Jun 20, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, McLean, Piatt50 min
Jun 20, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Tazewell41 min
Jun 20, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard19 min
Jun 20, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt, Vermilion54 min
Jun 20, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion35 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon31 min
Jun 20, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Illinois, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.