Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Oct 18, 2007, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)

Expired

Oct 18, 2007, 3:31 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS73 KILX 181436
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
936 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL STRENGTHEN A BIT
MORE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WISCONSIN BORDER BY SUNSET. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING A COLD
FRONT TOWARD ILLINOIS LATE TODAY. VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OR STRONGER BY
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-182100-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.071018T1436Z-071019T0000Z/
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
936 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 
45 MPH OR STRONGER WILL OCCUR BY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS
WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET.

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 AND REDUCE YOUR SPEED IF TRAVELING TODAY ESPECIALLY
ON I-72 AND I-74 AND OTHER EAST WEST HIGHWAYS.

$$

KH

000 
WWUS73 KILX 182031
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
331 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

.WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS CANCELED. IT WILL STILL BE 
WINDY INTO THIS EVENING WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH
AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ESPECIALLY THROUGH SUNSET.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-182145-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/
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
331 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GOING INTO THIS
EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

$$

KH

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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.