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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 4:54 PM CDT for Menard County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 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 8, 2021, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Menard County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KILX 082154
SPSILX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
454 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
ILZ041-047-048-050-082230-
Mason-Morgan-Menard-Cass-
454 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Menard,
eastern Cass, southeastern Mason and northeastern Morgan Counties
through 530 PM CDT...
At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ashland, or 7 miles east of Virginia, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Tallula around 500 PM CDT.
Petersburg and Kilbourne around 510 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Easton and Mason
City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 9001 3987 9025 4024 9004 4022 8961
3992 8994 3990 9000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 217DEG 47KT 3992 9008
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
SBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 29 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.