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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 19, 2016Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 63 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 19, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Hodograph

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: 2669 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 19, 8:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 8:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
341 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

ILZ036-040-041-047>052-201100-
CASS-CHRISTIAN-FULTON-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
341 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
ON WEDNESDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
AREA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW OF
THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG.

VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 113 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 5 PM AND 9 PM THIS
EVENING...WEST OF AN AREA FROM HAVANA TO TAYLORVILLE.

ILZ027>031-037-201100-
KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
341 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
ON WEDNESDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
AREA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW OF
THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG.

VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 113 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ038-042>046-053>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-201100-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-
EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SHELBY-VERMILION-
341 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM BLOOMINGTON THROUGH
LINCOLN TO SHELBYVILLE AND EAST TOWARD I-57 EARLY THIS EVENING.
ANY STORMS THAT OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG.

VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 113 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

MILLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
354 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

ILZ036-040-041-047-048-050-051-192300-
FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-CASS-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANTON...RUSHVILLE...HAVANA...
BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD
354 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED NEAR CASS AND MASON COUNTY ILLINOIS...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN
THE VICINITY OF CHANDLERVILLE NEAR THE CASS AND MASON COUNTY LINE.
ADDITIONAL FUNNELS MAY FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR A FRONT THAT
EXTENDS FROM RUSHVILLE TOWARD SPRINGFIELD. SOME OF THESE
CIRCULATIONS ARE OCCURRING UNDERNEATH DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WHERE A FUNNEL CLOUD MAY DEVELOP. ONCE THE RAIN
BEGINS...THE FUNNEL CLOUD DISSIPATES.

LOW HANGING CLOUDS CAN ALSO APPEAR TO DIP UP AND DOWN AT TIMES...BUT
THEY WILL NOT SHOW SIGNS OF ANY RAPID ROTATION. AN ACTUAL FUNNEL
CLOUD WILL EXHIBIT SPINNING IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.

IN RARE INSTANCES THESE FUNNELS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCHDOWN. STAY ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHES
THE GROUND.

MILLER

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
438 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

ILZ036-041-192230-
MASON-FULTON-
438 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MASON AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

AT 438 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM VERMONT TO NEAR KILBOURNE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH
AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAVANA...LEWISTOWN...MANITO...CUBA...ASTORIA...VERMONT...ST. DAVID...
IPAVA...BATH...EASTON...KILBOURNE...TABLE GROVE...DUNFERMLINE...
BERNADOTTE...FOREST CITY...SMITHFIELD...BRYANT...LIVERPOOL...
MARIETTA AND TOPEKA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4062 9045 4049 8989 4047 8989 4044 8991
      4044 8972 4032 8971 4031 8969 4013 8984
      4014 8987 4013 8990 4014 8997 4011 9000
      4016 9020 4018 9021 4019 9030 4022 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 201DEG 15KT 4030 9044 4017 8994

BARKER

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
514 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

ILZ027-192300-
KNOX-
514 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

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

AT 514 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GALESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALESBURG...KNOXVILLE...WATAGA...ONEIDA...ALTONA...RIO...
EAST GALESBURG...HENDERSON AND GALESBURG AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 52.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 9018 4113 9011 4088 9030 4092 9044
      4115 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 226DEG 17KT 4098 9038

BARKER

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
605 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

ILZ029>031-037-038-192345-
PEORIA-MARSHALL-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
605 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WOODFORD...NORTHEASTERN PEORIA...
EASTERN TAZEWELL AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUNLAP TO WASHINGTON TO MACKINAW. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEORIA...EUREKA...LACON...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...
CHILLICOTHE...METAMORA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...EL PASO...HENRY...
MINONK...ROANOKE...MACKINAW...PRINCEVILLE...ROME...TOLUCA...DUNLAP...
WASHBURN AND WENONA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 31.
 INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 40.
 INTERSTATE 74 NEAR MILE MARKER 89...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND
118.

LAT...LON 4115 8933 4110 8935 4110 8905 4093 8905
      4092 8893 4075 8893 4075 8899 4067 8898
      4066 8904 4063 8904 4060 8914 4060 8927
      4049 8927 4041 8942 4065 8950 4087 8983
      4097 8971 4098 8964 4103 8964 4115 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 229DEG 29KT 4087 8970 4070 8944 4053 8938

BARKER

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 11:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan	3 hr
Jul 20, 11:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Schuyler	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:11 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	4 days

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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.