Alert archive / Illinois / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this high wind warning at Mar 1, 2007, 10:49 AM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 1, 2007, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2007, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence 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, Richland 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:19 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Taylorville, IL | SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER |
| Mar 1, 12:19 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Taylorville, IL | |
| Mar 1, 12:41 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Decatur, IL | ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE, NEAR ST MARYS HOSPITAL. |
| Mar 1, 12:47 PM CST | TORNADO | Elwin, IL | *** 1 INJ *** NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO BEGAN 1/2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ELWIN ROAD AND RT. 51 AND ENDED 1/2 MILE NNE OF THERE. PATH LENGTH 1 MILE...30 YARD WIDTH...ESTIMATED WINDS NO GREATER THAN 80 MPH. DAMAGE TO A HOUSE PORCH |
| Mar 1, 12:50 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Decatur, IL | |
| Mar 1, 12:55 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Decatur, IL | TREES DOWN ON EAST SIDE OF DECATUR |
| Mar 1, 1:52 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 4 W Pesotum, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 011649 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1049 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH. WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EVEN HIGHER. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-012200- /O.NEW.KILX.HW.W.0001.070301T1700Z-070301T2200Z/ 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-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1049 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO NEARLY 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS WILL BE ABOVE 45 MPH. WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONGER. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ CHURCHILL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KILX 012115 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020200- /O.CAN.KILX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070301T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.070301T2115Z-070302T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 315 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES FROM IOWA INTO WISCONSIN. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ALONG WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CHURCHILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 7:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 9:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 25 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.