Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2006, 4:03 PM CDT for 13 counties in Missouri; 15 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2006, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2006, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 28 counties
Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Pike County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 KLSX 292103 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 403 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-097>102-MOZ036-052-060>065- 073>075-084-085-300300- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.060429T2103Z-060430T0300Z/ BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GREENE IL-IRON- JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL- MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...CHESTER... EDWARDSVILLE...FARMINGTON...LITCHFIELD...SALEM...ST CHARLES... ST LOUIS...UNION...VANDALIA 403 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE OF TREE LIMBS BEING BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES...SO BE CAUTIOUS OF DOWNED POWER LINES THIS EVENING. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES LIKE TRUCKS...VANS...AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS EVENING IN THESE HIGH WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...MAKE SURE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS YARD FURNITURE AND GRILLS ARE SECURED AGAINST THESE GUSTY WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. $$ CARNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLSX 300249 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 949 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-097>102-MOZ036-052-060>065- 073>075-084-085-300900- /O.EXT.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060430T0900Z/ BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GREENE IL-IRON- JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL- MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...CHESTER... EDWARDSVILLE...FARMINGTON...LITCHFIELD...SALEM...ST CHARLES... ST LOUIS...UNION...VANDALIA 949 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD MAKE CERTAIN THAT LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR FURNITURE...GRILLS...AND TRASH CANS ARE PROPERLY SECURED. THOSE DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION...AS THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL YOUR VEHICLE. $$ GKS
000 WWUS73 KLSX 300913 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 413 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-097>102-MOZ036-052-060>065- 073>075-084-085-301015- /O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060430T0900Z/ BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GREENE IL-IRON- JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL- MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL- ST. CHARLES-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...CHESTER... EDWARDSVILLE...FARMINGTON...LITCHFIELD...SALEM...ST CHARLES... ST LOUIS...UNION...VANDALIA 413 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BYRD
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.