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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2019, 2:23 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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 6, 2019, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2019, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 6, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1209 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-071100- Cass-De Witt-Fulton-Knox-Logan-Marshall-Mason-McLean-Menard- Morgan-Peoria-Sangamon-Schuyler-Scott-Stark-Tazewell-Woodford- 1209 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... Scattered thunderstorms are possible on Monday. These are currently not expected to be severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be required. ILZ044>046-052>057-061-071100- Champaign-Christian-Coles-Douglas-Edgar-Macon-Moultrie-Piatt- Shelby-Vermilion- 1209 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and east central Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop again this afternoon and move southeast. While there is not a widespread severe weather threat, a few of the storms may be strong to briefly severe, producing strong wind gusts. A few storms may linger across eastern Illinois into early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A few thunderstorms are possible again on Thursday, especially over eastern Illinois, but these are not expected to be severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this afternoon into early evening. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-071100- Clark-Clay-Crawford-Cumberland-Effingham-Jasper-Lawrence-Richland- 1209 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop again this afternoon and move southeast. There is a slight risk that some of the storms could become severe with damaging winds being the primary severe weather risk. A few storms may linger across southeast Illinois this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A few thunderstorms are possible again on Thursday, especially over eastern Illinois, but these are not expected to be severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this afternoon into this evening. Auten
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
223 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019
ILZ071-072-062015-
Clay-Richland-
223 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND CLAY
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
At 222 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Stephen Forbes Station, or 12 miles northwest of Flora, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Flora, Louisville, Clay City, Noble, Xenia, Bible Grove, Iola, Sailor
Springs, Schnell, Ingraham, Oskaloosa, Wendelin, Hord and Olney Noble
Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Lincoln.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and southeastern Illinois.
LAT...LON 3861 8865 3863 8869 3884 8868 3891 8860
3890 8838 3889 8836 3885 8836 3885 8830
3873 8811 3860 8822
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 307DEG 27KT 3876 8868
AutenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 85 min |
| Aug 6, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 57 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.