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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 11:18 AM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2016, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted.
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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 18, 11:14 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 11:14 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 648 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-191100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND- DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- 648 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TWO ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN. WITH THE WARM AND MUGGY AIRMASS IN PLACE PROVIDING INSTABILITY...STORMS WILL HAVE A MARGINAL RISK OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WEDNESDAY...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 9:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
926 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016
ILZ038-043>045-053-055-181500-
MACON-PIATT-DE WITT-CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS-MCLEAN-
926 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PIATT...SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN...
WESTERN CHAMPAIGN...NORTHEASTERN DE WITT AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...
AT 926 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LE ROY TO NEAR WELDON
TO NEAR CERRO GORDO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...MAHOMET...FARMER CITY...BEMENT...CERRO GORDO...ATWOOD...
MANSFIELD...DE LAND...BONDVILLE...WELDON...WHITE HEATH...SEYMOUR...
LAKE OF THE WOODS...BELLFLOWER...IVESDALE...CISCO...FOOSLAND...
LODGE...GALESVILLE AND MILMINE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 179.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 173.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3980 8837 3983 8877 4003 8873 4031 8879
4040 8845 4040 8842 4007 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 265DEG 34KT 4029 8884 4005 8876 3988 8879
MILLERSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 10:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1002 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016 ILZ045-055-181545- CHAMPAIGN-DOUGLAS- 1002 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAMPAIGN AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT... AT 1001 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHITE HEATH TO 7 MILES WEST OF TOLONO TO NEAR ATWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHAMPAIGN...TUSCOLA...URBANA...SAVOY...MAHOMET...ST. JOSEPH... TOLONO...VILLA GROVE...PHILO...SIDNEY...HOMER...OGDEN...PESOTUM... BONDVILLE...BROADLANDS...ALLERTON...SEYMOUR...LAKE OF THE WOODS... SADORUS AND ROYAL. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 244. INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 182. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 197. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3980 8845 4019 8845 4027 8794 3983 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 273DEG 26KT 4014 8849 3997 8841 3986 8843 MILLER
Local storm report, Jul 18, 10:48 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1048 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN HOOPESTON 40.47N 87.67W
07/18/2016 M3.02 INCH VERMILION IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN HENNING 40.31N 87.70W
07/18/2016 M2.84 INCH VERMILION IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
&&
25Local storm report, Jul 18, 11:02 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1102 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1039 AM TSTM WND DMG ALLERTON 39.92N 87.94W
07/18/2016 VERMILION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&
25Local storm report, Jul 18, 11:14 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 8:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 18 min |
| Jul 18, 12:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Jasper | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 48 hr |
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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.