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Blowing Dust Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this blowing dust warning at May 1, 2023, 1:25 PM CDT for Christian County, Sangamon County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2023, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Christian County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing dust warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust warning went out at May 1, 12:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 12:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 534 AM CDT Mon May 1 2023 ILZ027>029-036-037-040>042-047>052-021100- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Fulton-Tazewell-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-Cass-Menard- Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian- 534 AM CDT Mon May 1 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Northwest winds will gust from 40 to 45 mph today. This will cause difficult travel for high profile vehicles, especially on north south oriented roads. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Northwest winds will not be quite as high on Tuesday, but will still gust from 30 to 35 mph. Combined with relative humidity falling below 30 percent, there is an risk of any fires getting out of control on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. ILZ030-031-038-043>046-053>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-021100- Marshall-Woodford-McLean-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Macon- Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham- Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 534 AM CDT Mon May 1 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Northwest winds will gust from 35 to 45 mph today, with the greatest speeds between I-55 and I-57. This will cause difficult travel for high profile vehicles, especially on north south oriented roads. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Northwest winds will not be quite as high on Tuesday, but will still gust from 30 to 35 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. Geelhart
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 12:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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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.