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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2007, 1:36 PM CDT for 19 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2007, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon 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, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 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 011836 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 136 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... ..STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN HAS RESULTED IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDWEST. STRONG WINDS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE REGION HAS ALLOWED STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE TO MIX DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED... AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. ILZ029-031-036>038-040>053-012300- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.070401T1836Z-070401T2300Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN- DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 136 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 130 PM AND 4 PM. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. SUDDEN GUSTS MAY CAUSE YOUR VEHICLE TO DRIFT INTO NEIGHBORING LANES. SMALLER CARS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN PASSING LARGER VEHICLES. THIS HAZARD WILL BE ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-55 AND I-155. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. $$ HARDIMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KILX 012300 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 600 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ILZ029-031-036>038-040>053-020000- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070401T2300Z/ PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN- DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 600 PM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 53 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.