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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 13, 2016Douglas County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2016, 1:29 PM CDT for Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2016, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

County Douglas County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 13, 12:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 12:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-141100-
CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-
MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-
TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MOVING EAST OUT OF MISSOURI. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL OR AN
ISOLATED TORNADO.

HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES IN SOME
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA TO START NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST
LIKELY TIME FRAME IS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM.

ILZ044>046-054>057-061-141100-
CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION-
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY DURING VERY
LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL OR AN ISOLATED
TORNADO.

HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AFTER A
COUPLE DAYS OF QUIET WEATHER... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME IS BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-141100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
MORE LIKELY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BE SEVERE...MAINLY THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL OR AN
ISOLATED TORNADO.

HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY. AFTER A BRIEF LULL
ON SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING...MAINLY BETWEEN
5 PM AND 10 PM.

GEELHART

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
129 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ILZ045-046-055-057-131900-
EDGAR-CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-VERMILION-
129 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN VERMILION...
NORTHWESTERN EDGAR...SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 128 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOMER TO NEAR HINDSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...TILTON...VILLA GROVE...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...
SIDNEY...HOMER...NEWMAN...OGDEN...FAIRMOUNT...SIDELL...FITHIAN...
CAMARGO...HUME...BROADLANDS...BROCTON...ALLERTON...
MUNCIE AND INDIANOLA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND 213.

LAT...LON 4016 8762 3971 8786 3972 8825 4017 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 248DEG 13KT 4004 8794 3973 8817

GEELHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	37 min
Jul 13, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	26 min
Jul 13, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign	43 min
Jul 13, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	47 min
Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	34 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	52 min
Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	47 min
Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	51 min
Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	45 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	40 min
Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	28 min
Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	51 min
Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	4 hr
Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon	44 min
Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	47 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	44 min
Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	38 min
Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	4 hr
Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	39 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more	45 min
Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	34 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	65 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Edgar, 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.