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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
- 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
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
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.