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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT for Champaign County, Douglas County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 83 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
- Oct 11, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
543
WWUS83 KILX 112352
SPSILX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
652 PM CDT Mon Oct 11 2021
ILZ045-046-055>057-120115-
Douglas-Coles-Vermilion-Champaign-Edgar-
652 PM CDT Mon Oct 11 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Coles,
northern Edgar, Vermilion, eastern Champaign and eastern Douglas
Counties through 815 PM CDT...
At 652 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Rantoul to near Sidney to near Camargo.
Movement was east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Sidney around 655 PM CDT.
St. Joseph and Gifford around 700 PM CDT.
Homer and Ogden around 710 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Newman, Rankin,
Fithian, Broadlands, Potomac, Fairmount, Brocton, Muncie, Oakwood,
Hume, Catlin and Sidell.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 between mile markers 204 and 218, and between mile
markers 243 and 257.
Interstate 74 between mile markers 183 and 220.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for east central
Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 3968 8832 4004 8823 4040 8822 4040 8794
4049 8793 4049 8753 3969 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 260DEG 22KT 4036 8810 4007 8810 3977 8819
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
ShimonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 30 min |
| Oct 11, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 35 min |
| Oct 11, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler, Scott | 37 min |
| Oct 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 33 min |
| Oct 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 25 min |
| Oct 11, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 33 min |
| Oct 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 30 min |
| Oct 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 25 min |
| Oct 11, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason | 24 min |
| Oct 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt | 49 min |
| Oct 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 42 min |
| Oct 11, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 61 min |
| Oct 11, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 20 min |
| Oct 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 63 min |
Nearby
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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.