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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2006, 10:49 AM CST for 21 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2006, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 21 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeWitt 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, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KILX 311649 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1049 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BRINGING STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-312100- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.060331T1649Z-060401T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR 1049 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IS BRINGING BLUSTERY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH TO PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY...AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...EVENTUALLY FALLING BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. 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. $$ HJS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 312038 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 238 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BRINGING STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-010100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR 238 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IS BRINGING BLUSTERY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH TO PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY...AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...EVENTUALLY FALLING BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HJS
000 WWUS73 KILX 010110 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 710 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA... .THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. SUBSEQUENTLY THE WINDS HAVE DECREASE IN SPEED AND THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-010215- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR 710 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 35 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.