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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Nov 18, 2017, 11:18 AM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 57 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
- Nov 18, 2017, 11:18 AM CST (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2017, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Nov 18, 10:53 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 10:53 AM CST, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 538 AM CST Sat Nov 18 2017 ILZ027>031-036>038-191200- Fulton-Knox-Marshall-McLean-Peoria-Stark-Tazewell-Woodford- 538 AM CST Sat Nov 18 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Showers and thunderstorms will be possible this morning, but severe weather is not anticipated at this time. Northwest winds will be brisk from this morning through afternoon, with gusts of 30-40 mph possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ040>057-061>063-066-067-071-191200- Cass-Champaign-Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Cumberland-De Witt- Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Jasper-Logan-Macon-Mason-Menard-Morgan- Moultrie-Piatt-Sangamon-Schuyler-Scott-Shelby-Vermilion- 538 AM CST Sat Nov 18 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Showers and thunderstorms are expected across central and eastern Illinois this morning, ahead of a cold front. There is a marginal risk that some of the storms could become severe, with damaging winds and small hail the main threats. South winds could gust to around 30 mph this morning. After the cold front passes, northwest winds will be strong this afternoon into early evening, with gusts of 35 to 45 mph possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ068-072-073-191200- Crawford-Lawrence-Richland- 538 AM CST Sat Nov 18 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Showers and thunderstorms are expected across southeast Illinois this morning, ahead of a cold front. There is a slight risk that some of the storms could become severe, with damaging winds and small hail being the main threats. An isolated tornado is also possible. South winds could gust to around 30 mph this morning. After the cold front passes later this morning, northwest winds will be strong this afternoon into early evening, with gusts of 35 to 45 mph possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible later this morning. Auten
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Local storm report, Nov 18, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 6:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Nov 18, 7:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 40 min |
| Nov 18, 8:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 8:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 8:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Nov 18, 12:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 53 min |
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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.