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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2017, 12:46 AM CDT for Clay County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 27, 2017, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2017, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Clay County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 27, 12:21 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 12:21 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 303 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-055-057-271100- Champaign-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Knox-Marshall-McLean-Peoria-Piatt- Stark-Tazewell-Vermilion-Woodford- 303 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will track across the area tonight. While a few of the storms could produce gusty winds during the evening...widespread severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... Scattered thunderstorms will continue into Thursday. Storm total rainfall by Thursday evening will range from 0.50 to 1.00 along the I-74 corridor...with higher amounts focused further southwest. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation may be needed this evening. ILZ036-040>042-047>054-056-061-271100- Cass-Christian-Coles-Fulton-Logan-Macon-Mason-Menard-Morgan- Moultrie-Sangamon-Schuyler-Scott-Shelby- 303 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will track across the area tonight. While a few of the storms could produce gusty winds during the evening...widespread severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... Scattered thunderstorms will continue into Thursday. Storm total rainfall by Thursday evening will range from 1.00 to 1.50. Minor flooding will occur on the Illinois River near Havana through the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation may be needed this evening. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-271100- Clark-Clay-Crawford-Cumberland-Effingham-Jasper-Lawrence-Richland- 303 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will track across the area tonight. While a few of the storms could produce gusty winds during the evening...widespread severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... Scattered thunderstorms will continue into Thursday. Storm total rainfall by Thursday night will range from 1.25 to 1.75. Minor flooding will continue on the Wabash River near Hutsonville through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation may be needed this evening. Barnes
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
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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.