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Special Weather Statement, NWS Chicago, IL

August 8, 2021Kane County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 3:08 PM CDT for Kane County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Kane County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 567 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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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 Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 2:41 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:41 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
115 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-091815-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-
Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
115 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021 /215 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central
Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to quarter size.
     Limited damaging wind risk...up to 60 mph.
  Limited Flooding Risk.
  Limited Excessive Heat Risk.

DISCUSSION...

A few isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may develop
this afternoon, mainly west of the Fox River Valley across
north central Illinois. The main window for potential severe
thunderstorms will be late afternoon and early evening, most
favored across the Interstate 39 corridor west of the Chicago
metro area. These storms will move from the southwest where
ongoing strong to severe storms are ongoing across Missouri.
Any organized storm clusters which develop will have the potential
to produce localized damaging winds and isolated large hail.
Thunderstorms across the Chicago area will be favored in the early
to mid evening.

Clusters of heavy showers and embedded thunderstorms may occur
overnight, and some of these may present an isolated flooding
risk overnight. This risk is higher south of Interstate 80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Monday...
  Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
  Limited Flooding Risk.
Tuesday...
  Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
  Limited Flooding Risk.
  Elevated Excessive Heat Risk.
Wednesday and Thursday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.
  Limited Excessive Heat Risk.
Friday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

DISCUSSION:

A warm, humid and unsettled weather pattern will remain in
place across the area through much of the week. Periodic
thunderstorms are expected. Monday afternoon and evening there
is an increasing concern for severe thunderstorms across
northeast Illinois. The threat will switch to a period of
pose a locally heavy rainfall and a flooding threat in the
later evening and overnight. Another round of strong to severe
storms is possible late Tuesday or Tuesday night.

Warm and very humid conditions will persist through mid-week.
Heat indices of over 100 are possible in some spots during the
afternoon hours, with heat index values around 105 possible
Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotters may be needed in the late afternoon to early evening,
  highest likelihood along the Interstate 39 corridor and west of
  the core of the Chicago metro area.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

  Moving toward the northeast at 25 mph.

LMZ740>745-091815-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
115 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Hazardous conditions for small craft.
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk...with an associated:
     Limited hail risk...up to quarter size.
     Limited thunderstorm wind gust risk...up to 50 knots.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Monday...
  Elevated Thunderstorm Risk.
Tuesday...
  Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk.
Wednesday and Thursday...
  Limited Thunderstorm Risk.

KMD

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville
308 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

ILZ012-103-082045-
Kane IL-Northern Cook IL-
308 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Kane
and northwestern Cook Counties through 345 PM CDT...

At 307 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elgin, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Elgin, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Streamwood, Carpentersville,
Algonquin, Barrington, South Elgin, Pingree Grove, Gilberts,
Inverness, West Dundee, Barrington Hills, Sleepy Hollow, East Dundee
and South Barrington.

Including the following interstate...
 I-90 between mile markers 50 and 65.

This includes...  Elgin Community College.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4206 8808 4198 8837 4207 8843 4215 8832
      4215 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 234DEG 16KT 4203 8836

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Carlaw

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:14 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT8 hr
Aug 8, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTGrundy30 min
Aug 8, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLake38 min
Aug 8, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT37 min
Aug 8, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTWill40 min
Aug 8, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTKendall36 min
Aug 8, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTDuPage32 min
Aug 8, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLake25 min
Aug 8, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT65 min
Aug 8, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTLivingston3 hr

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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.