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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 13, 2006, 3:05 AM CST for 27 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2006, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2006, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox 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, 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KILX 130905 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 305 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...EXITING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND FAST LOW LEVEL WINDS BRINGING VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-131515- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.060313T1700Z-060314T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 305 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXITING THE MIDWEST TODAY...WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUNSHINE BEHIND THE EXITING STORMS WILL ALSO ADD TO MIXING IN THE ATMOSPHERE...TRANSLATING SOME HIGH WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE TO THE GROUND. WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO GUST TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HJS
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 131511 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 911 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...EXITING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND FAST LOW LEVEL WINDS BRINGING VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-131915- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.060313T1700Z-060314T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 911 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXITING THE MIDWEST TODAY...WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUNSHINE BEHIND THE EXITING STORMS WILL ALSO ADD TO MIXING IN THE ATMOSPHERE...TRANSLATING SOME HIGH WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE TO THE GROUND. WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO GUST TO 50 MPH FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A GUST TO 50 MPH OCCURRED AT BLOOMINGTON AT 855 AM. A GUST TO 48 MPH OCCURRED AT PEORIA AT 827 AM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BARKER
000 WWUS73 KILX 131905 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 105 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WAS PULLING AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST. THE COUNTER-CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND THE STRONG LOW WAS PRODUCING STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-132315- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060314T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 105 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO OCCASIONALLY GUST OVER 45 MPH. A GUST TO 46 MPH OCCURRED AT SPRINGFIELD AT 1139 AM. GUSTS TO 43 MPH WAS REPORTED FROM BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN SINCE NOON. 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BARKER
000 WWUS73 KILX 132330 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 530 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-140100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060314T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 530 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS COMMONLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KILX 140059 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 659 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-140200- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060314T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 659 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE DECREASING OVER MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL STILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...BUT WILL BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 13 min |
| Mar 12, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 11:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 67 min |
| Mar 12, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 12:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 2:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 2:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 3:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 3:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.