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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2016, 1:52 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2016, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 26, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1137 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-271100- CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD- MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 1137 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON, WITH STORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS LOW...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS- EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND- SHELBY-VERMILION- 1137 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON, WITH STORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARNES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ESE NEW HOLLAND 40.18N 89.58W
08/26/2016 M1.17 INCH LOGAN IL COCORAHS
&&
JRPSpecial weather statement, Aug 26, 1:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 152 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016 ILZ066-067-071-072-261930- CLAY-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-RICHLAND- 152 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER... NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND...CENTRAL CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 152 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LOUISVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOUISVILLE...BIBLE GROVE...WHEELER...SAILOR SPRINGS...INGRAHAM... BOGOTA...HORD...WAKEFIELD...NEWTON LAKE...LATONA AND WENDELIN. 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. && LAT...LON 3867 8857 3879 8866 3906 8833 3883 8810 TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 240DEG 14KT 3877 8854 BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Scott | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Macon | 3 hr |
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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.