Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2006, 3:38 AM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 28, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2006, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 280838 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 338 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. MEANWHILE... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES THIS AFTERNOON... RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-281600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.061028T1500Z-061028T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT- PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 338 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A GALESBURG-LINCOLN-DANVILLE LINE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CROSS WIND SITUATION ALONG THE I-55 AND I-57 CORRIDORS... AS WELL AS OTHER NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. $$ HARDIMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 281557 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1057 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS...WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-282200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-061028T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT- PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1057 AM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A GALESBURG...TO LINCOLN...TO DANVILLE LINE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CROSS WIND SITUATION ALONG THE I-55 AND I-57 CORRIDORS...AS WELL AS OTHER NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BARNES
000 WWUS73 KILX 282000 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS DECREASING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY...THE GUSTY WINDS EXPERIENCED TODAY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. OCCASIONAL WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY EARLY THIS EVENING. ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-282100- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-061028T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT- PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 300 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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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.