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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County Menard County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 12, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-131100- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER- SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH THE STORMS DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW STORMS MAY LINGER EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER EARLY SATURDAY...BUT BETTER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061-131100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON- MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE THREAT OF STORMS DIMINISHING WEST OF I-55 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH ON SATURDAY...BUT WILL RETURN FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...MAINLY THROUGH 10 PM. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-131100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 316 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE EVENING... CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. RAINFALL FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL AVERAGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. THIS MAY CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH FLOODING ON LARGER RIVERS POSSIBLE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. GEELHART
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:47 PM CDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Illinois, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.