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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT for Knox County, Marshall County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 5, 11:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:07 PM CDT, 11 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047-048-061100- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-PEORIA- SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE LATE NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE BETTER THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON STARTING ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ILZ043>046-049>056-061-062-066-061100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EFFINGHAM- MACON-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE BETTER THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON STARTING ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ057-063-067-068-071>073-061100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-EDGAR-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE BETTER THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON STARTING ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:34 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 234 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 ILZ046-057-060815- EDGAR-VERMILION- 234 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN VERMILION AND NORTHWESTERN EDGAR COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT... AT 233 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALLERTON...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DANVILLE...GEORGETOWN...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD... RIDGE FARM...FAIRMOUNT...SIDELL...FITHIAN...BELGIUM...HUME... MUNCIE...BISMARCK...INDIANOLA...JAMAICA...METCALF...PALERMO... VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT AND KICKAPOO STATE PARK. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 220. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3975 8791 4021 8794 4027 8753 3990 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 226DEG 18KT 3987 8789 SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:59 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
259 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
ILZ027>031-060900-
STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-KNOX-WOODFORD-
259 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WOODFORD...NORTHERN
PEORIA...KNOX...STARK AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...
AT 258 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHERIDAN TO WYANET TO TAYLOR RIDGE.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEORIA...GALESBURG...LACON...CHILLICOTHE...ABINGDON...KNOXVILLE...
HENRY...MINONK...PRINCEVILLE...ROME...WYOMING...TOLUCA...DUNLAP...
TOULON...WASHBURN...WENONA...OSCEOLA...BRIMFIELD...
WATAGA AND BRADFORD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 40.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 75.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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LAT...LON 4115 8964 4115 8933 4112 8933 4110 8935
4110 8905 4093 8905 4093 8893 4088 8893
4083 8949 4081 9044 4115 9044 4115 8987
4123 8986 4124 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 341DEG 26KT 4155 8867 4134 8960 4139 9063
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason and 4 more | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 33 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.