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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 16, 200516 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2005, 1:39 AM CST for 16 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2005, 1:39 AM CST (07:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -234 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
105 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KILX 160739
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
139 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005

...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON TODAY...

.VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL
CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS UP TO JAMES BAY CANADA BY NOON.
VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE VERY GUSTY WINDS THIS
MORNING...THAT SHOULD REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LEWISTOWN TO LINCOLN TO PARIS LINE.

ILZ027>031-036>038-041>046-055-057-161800-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.051116T0739Z-051116T1800Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-
LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE
139 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT
TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-74.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SO USE
EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING.

$$

HUETTL

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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.