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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2021, 3:37 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2021, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:38 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sidney, IL | LARGE TREE DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Jun 19, 3:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newman, IL | POWER POLES SNAPPED AND LINES DOWN. POWER COMPANY ON SCENE FOR REPAIRS. |
| Jun 19, 3:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newman, IL | TREE THROUGH A ROOF IN THE 600 BLOCK OF W GREEN ST. |
| Jun 19, 3:52 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newman, IL | POWER POLES SNAPPED AND LINES DOWN AT GABE STREET AND N HOWARD STREET. POWER COMPANY ON SITE FOR REPAIRS. |
| Jun 19, 3:52 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newman, IL | TREE THROUGH A ROOF IN THE 600 BLOCK OF W GREEN STREET. |
| Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chrisman, IL | MULTIPLE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED ACROSS TOWN. DIAMETER OF 12 INCHES OR GREATER. DOWNED LIMBS CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
005
WWUS83 KILX 190837
SPSILX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
337 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
ILZ044>046-054>057-190930-
Douglas-Coles-Vermilion-Piatt-Moultrie-Champaign-Edgar-
337 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COLES...EDGAR...
NORTHEASTERN MOULTRIE...SOUTHEASTERN PIATT...VERMILION...EASTERN
CHAMPAIGN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...
At 337 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Gifford to near Philo to near Arthur.
Movement was east at 60 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Champaign, Danville, Rantoul, Paris, Tuscola, Urbana, Savoy, St.
Joseph, Georgetown, Tolono, Westville, Arcola, Tilton, Villa Grove,
Arthur, Catlin, Oakwood, Philo, Chrisman and Rossville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 200 and 228.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 183 and 220.
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.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
central and east central Illinois.
LAT...LON 3951 8753 3968 8871 3996 8834 4038 8808
4039 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 291DEG 54KT 4024 8796 3994 8813 3972 8840
$$
DeubelbeissThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 12:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.