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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 28, 2016McLean County, Marshall County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT for McLean County, Marshall County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 28, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL

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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 28, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 11:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:18 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:51 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
203 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     METAMORA                40.79N 89.36W
07/28/2016                   WOODFORD           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 NON-SUPERCELL FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR
            ISP DISTRICT 8 HEADQUARTERS.

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
206 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

ILZ030-031-037-038-282200-
MARSHALL-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
206 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 2 PM...THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR
THE DISTRICT 8 HEADQUARTERS IN METAMORA, IN WOODFORD COUNTY.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THAT FAVOR THE
POSSIBLE FORMATION OF WEAK CIRCULATIONS...ALONG AN EXISTING BOUNDARY.
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 TOUCH DOWN. STAY
ALERT... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...IF A FUNNEL
CLOUD APPROACHES THE GROUND.

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LAT...LON 4115 8933 4110 8935 4110 8905 4093 8905
      4092 8893 4075 8893 4075 8858 4062 8858
      4061 8846 4028 8846 4028 8901 4059 8902
      4062 8963 4068 8961 4071 8955 4078 8956
      4094 8945 4097 8945 4098 8948 4115 8940

GEELHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 6:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian	2 hr
Jul 28, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason and 5 more	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Effingham and 8 more	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.