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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 19, 202335 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 19, 2023, 2:38 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Aug 20, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2023, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 20, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 25, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

All 35 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 18, 11:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 11:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.