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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 3, 2017Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 2:49 PM CDT for Champaign County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 56 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 3, 2017, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 668 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

562 
WWUS83 KILX 031949
SPSILX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
249 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2017
 
ILZ043>045-053-032045-
Macon-Piatt-De Witt-Champaign-
249 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PIATT...EASTERN DE WITT...
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...

At 247 PM CDT, emergency management reported strong thunderstorms
along a line extending from near Farmer City to Forsyth. Movement was
east at 30 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with these storms.

A funnel cloud was sighted on Hwy 150 between Farmer City and 
Mansfield at 245 pm. No tornadic activity is expected, but 
additional funnels may develop this afternoon.

Locations impacted include...
Champaign, Decatur, Monticello, Urbana, Savoy, Mahomet, Forsyth,
Tolono, Farmer City, Bement, Philo, Cerro Gordo, Warrensburg,
Thomasboro, Argenta, Mansfield, Oreana, Pesotum, De Land and
Bondville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 between mile markers 218 and 246.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 139 and 182.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 158 and 191.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4025 8795 3988 8826 3990 8910 4027 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 271DEG 28KT 4022 8858 3995 8896 

$$

Shimon

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMason56 min
Aug 3, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXLogan, Tazewell64 min
Aug 3, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean45 min
Aug 3, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXKnox63 min
Aug 3, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXFulton61 min
Aug 3, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXTazewell65 min
Aug 3, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford57 min

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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.