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  2. Severe weather terminology (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Significant weather advisory (SPS; alt.: significant weather alert) – A strong thunderstorm below severe criteria, containing small hail below 1 inch (2.5 cm) diameter, and/or strong winds of 39–57 miles per hour (63–92 km/h), is indicated by Doppler weather radar and may create some adverse impacts on travel.

  3. Electrical equipment in hazardous areas - Wikipedia

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    The International Electrotechnical Commission publishes the 60079 series of standards [2] which defines a system for classification of locations, as well as categorizing and testing of equipment designed for use in hazardous locations, known as "Ex equipment". IEC 60079-10-1 covers classification of explosive gas atmospheres, and IEC 60079-10-2 ...

  4. National Weather Service - Wikipedia

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    The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the National Oceanic and ...

  5. List of National Weather Service Weather forecast offices

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    Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.

  6. Climate of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The highest temperature recorded in Illinois was 117 °F (47.2 °C), recorded on July 14, 1954, at East St. Louis, while the lowest temperature was −38 °F (−38.9 °C), recorded on January 31, 2019, at Mount Carroll. Illinois averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year which put it somewhat above average for number of ...

  7. List of Superfund sites in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    ILD980996789. Ilada Energy Co. Alexander. (. 37°15′30″N 89°27′49″W  / . 37.2584°N 89.4635°W. / 37.2584; -89.4635. ) Liquid oily wastes found on site were contaminated with VOCs, PCBs, and heavy metals including lead, arsenic, and zinc. On-site surface soils were contaminated with PCBs and heavy metals.

  8. SIGMET - Wikipedia

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    An en-route weather phenomenon in the U.S., issued by the Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, MO on the 7th of August, at 16:55 UTC [9] SIGC CONVECTIVE SIGMET 83C This is a convective weather pattern in the central region of the contiguous U.S. with sequence number 83C VALID UNTIL 1855Z That is valid until 18:55 UTC MI IN WI IL IA LM

  9. Köppen climate classification - Wikipedia

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    The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, [ 1 ][ 2 ] with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Later, German climatologist Rudolf Geiger (1894–1981 ...