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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 5:02 PM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
824
WWUS83 KILX 082202
SPSILX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
502 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
ILZ031-037-038-082230-
Tazewell-Woodford-McLean-
502 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Woodford, east central Tazewell and northwestern McLean Counties
through 530 PM CDT...
At 502 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Minier, or 17 miles southeast of Pekin, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Mackinaw and Stanford around 510 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Danvers, Goodfield
and Carlock.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 155 near mile marker 22.
Interstate 39 between mile markers 3 and 13.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 111 and 126.
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 4036 8933 4048 8948 4077 8912 4063 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 222DEG 21KT 4046 8933
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 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, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 36 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.