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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 24, 2016Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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 24, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2016-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4298 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2016-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

232 
WWUS83 KILX 250021
SPSILX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
721 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016
 
ILZ030-031-250045-
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-
721 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 721 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MINONK...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINONK AND RUTLAND. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 34.
 
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.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4099 8904 4093 8904 4093 8902 4092 8893
      4084 8893 4089 8917 4095 8917 4101 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 271DEG 26KT 4093 8908 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXWoodford46 min
Jul 24, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean65 min
Jul 24, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXTazewell48 min
Jul 24, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChampaign, Piatt, Vermilion62 min
Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean3 hr
Jul 24, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton32 min
Jul 24, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDeWitt, Macon51 min
Jul 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason, Tazewell28 min
Jul 24, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton3 hr
Jul 24, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Tazewell29 min
Jul 24, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean42 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.