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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 6, 2025Macon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2025, 6:21 PM CDT for Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 6, 2025, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Macon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 5:56 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 5:56 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 2:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
228 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-071930-
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-
Mason-Logan-De Witt-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-
228 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west
central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected through early this
evening. While the severe weather threat is low, some of the storms
may produce heavy rain.

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

Scattered thunderstorms are possible (30-50% chance) Tuesday through
Saturday, primarily in the afternoons. While the overall severe
weather threat is low, some stronger wind gusts and heavy downpours
are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071930-
Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-
Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-
Richland-Lawrence-
228 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east
central Illinois and southeast Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected through the evening. Some of
the storms may produce torrential rain which will may lead to
localized flooding. In addition, the strongest storms may generate
gusty to locally damaging winds.

Outside of the storms, the heat index will be close to 100 degrees
this afternoon, mainly east of I-57.

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

Scattered storms will linger into Monday near and south of I-70.
Additional storms are possible (30-50% chance) Wednesday through
Saturday, primarily in the afternoons. While the overall severe
weather threat is low, some stronger wind gusts and heavy downpours
are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

Bumgardner

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:04 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:13 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:13 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	21 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	17 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	19 min
Jul 6, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	18 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	15 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar	20 min
Jul 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Shelby	18 min
Jul 6, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	36 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie	39 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Shelby	46 min
Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Effingham	27 min
Jul 6, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Effingham	32 min
Jul 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	24 min
Jul 6, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Douglas	19 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.