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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2021, 11:14 AM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- May 27, 2021, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 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 164 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
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 May 27, 11:03 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 11:03 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 502 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ILZ036-040-041-047-281015- Cass-Fulton-Mason-Schuyler- 502 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain are possible from early this afternoon into early evening. Damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes are possible. Minor flooding will continue along the Illinois River near Havana and Beardstown downstream. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... Minor flooding will continue along the Illinois River at Havana and Beardstown, though subsiding Friday at Havana, and Monday at Beardstown. Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed between noon and 9 pm. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the National Weather Service while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-048>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-281015- Champaign-Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-De Witt- Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Jasper-Knox-Lawrence-Logan-Macon-Marshall- McLean-Menard-Morgan-Moultrie-Peoria-Piatt-Richland-Sangamon- Scott-Shelby-Stark-Tazewell-Vermilion-Woodford- 502 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain are possible from early this afternoon into early evening. Damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed between noon and 9 pm. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the National Weather Service while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. 25
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1013 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ILZ047-048-050-051-271545- Sangamon-Morgan-Menard-Cass- 1013 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MENARD... NORTHWESTERN SANGAMON...SOUTHEASTERN CASS AND NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT... At 1012 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Alexander, or near Jacksonville, moving northeast at 50 mph. Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Springfield, Jacksonville, Alexander, Petersburg, Athens, New Berlin, Ashland, Pleasant Plains, Woodson, Tallula, Literberry, South Jacksonville, Jerome, Southern View, Leland Grove, Philadelphia, Curran, Berlin, Newmansville and Sinclair. This includes the following highways... Interstate 55 near mile marker 95. Interstate 72 between mile markers 62 and 96, and near mile marker 101. LAT...LON 3960 9025 3983 9035 4009 8984 3976 8959 TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 240DEG 43KT 3978 9013 37
Special weather statement, May 27, 11:14 AM CDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 32 min |
| May 27, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 62 min |
| May 27, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby | 55 min |
| May 27, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 58 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.