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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 18, 201715 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this heat advisory at Jul 18, 2017, 3:07 PM CDT for 15 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jul 19, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2017, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 19, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 22, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 438 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2017-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2017-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 18, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 3:07 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningILXCass, Christian, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham and 18 more4 days

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Illinois, 2017Every heat advisory in 2017

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.