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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 30, 2017Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2017, 8:21 PM CDT for Sangamon 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
Jun 30, 2017, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

County Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2017-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 470 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2017-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
470 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

420 
WWUS83 KILX 010121
SPSILX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
821 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2017
 
ILZ048-051>053-010145-
Sangamon-Macon-Menard-Christian-
821 PM CDT FRI JUN 30 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...CENTRAL
SANGAMON AND WEST CENTRAL MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Springfield, moving east at 25 mph.

Small hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this 
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Sherman, Rochester, Riverton, Edinburg, Illiopolis,
Niantic, Mechanicsburg, Mount Auburn, Jerome, Southern View, Leland
Grove, Grandview, Spaulding, Dawson, Buffalo, Berry, Clear Lake,
Capital Airport and Roby.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 between mile markers 91 and 105.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 92 and 127.

LAT...LON 3975 8977 3993 8972 3987 8915 3961 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 283DEG 22KT 3983 8965 

$$

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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.