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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2018, 11:09 AM CDT for Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 3, 2018, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
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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 Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 534 AM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ILZ027>031-037-041100- Knox-Marshall-Peoria-Stark-Tazewell-Woodford- 534 AM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Thunderstorm are possible today. Severe storms are not anticipated. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-041100- Cass-Fulton-Mason-Morgan-Schuyler-Scott- 534 AM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Thunderstorm are possible today. Severe storms are not anticipated. Flooding will continue along the Illinois River from Havana southward for at least the next few days. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ038-042-043-048-051>053-041100- Christian-De Witt-Logan-Macon-McLean-Menard-Sangamon- 534 AM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Thunderstorm are possible today. Severe storms are not anticipated. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ044>046-054>057-061-041100- Champaign-Coles-Douglas-Edgar-Moultrie-Piatt-Shelby-Vermilion- 534 AM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and east central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Thunderstorm are expected today. A few of the storms this afternoon may be severe, especially east of I-57. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat, but large hail and an isolated tornado are also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed later today, mainly between 2 PM and 6 PM. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-041100- Clark-Clay-Crawford-Cumberland-Effingham-Jasper-Lawrence-Richland- 534 AM CDT Tue Apr 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Thunderstorm are expected today. A few of the storms this afternoon may be severe, especially east of I-57. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat, but large hail and an isolated tornado are also possible. Flooding will continue for the next several days along portions of the Wabash, Little Wabash and Embarras rivers. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed later today, mainly between 2 PM and 6 PM. Bak
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
913 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM FLASH FLOOD CHARLESTON 39.48N 88.18W
04/03/2018 COLES IL MESONET
TOWN BRANCH OVERBANK...WATER FLOWING OVER 8TH STREET
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25Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:14 AM CDT, 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 13 min |
| Apr 3, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 25 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.