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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 22, 200735 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Dec 22, 2007, 3:17 PM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 23, 2007, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2007, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
18 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 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KILX 222117
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
317 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-230200-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0006.071223T0600Z-071223T2100Z/
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
317 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
SUSTAINED POST FRONTAL WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

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...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

$$

BAK
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KILX 230157
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
757 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
OVERNIGHT...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-230600-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.071223T0600Z-071223T2100Z/
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
757 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM
CST SUNDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
SUSTAINED POST FRONTAL WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

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...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

$$

AUTEN
000 
WWUS73 KILX 230559
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1159 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
OVERNIGHT...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-231000-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.071223T0600Z-071223T2100Z/
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
1159 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
SUSTAINED POST FRONTAL WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING.

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...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

$$

AUTEN
000 
WWUS73 KILX 230838
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
238 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
TODAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-231600-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/
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
238 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

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 TRAVELING
ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. 

$$
SMITH
000 
WWUS73 KILX 231559
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
959 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
TODAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-232100-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/
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
959 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM I-74 NORTH. THE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

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
TRAVELING ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS.

$$

KH
000 
WWUS73 KILX 232051
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
251 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

ILZ027>029-036-037-040>042-047>054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-
232200-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-
SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-
LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA...LINCOLN...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
251 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECLINE.


$$

ILZ030-031-038-043>046-055-057-240000-
/O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN...
URBANA...DANVILLE
251 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WIND SPEEDS
ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

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 TRAVELING
ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS.

$$

BAK
000 
WWUS73 KILX 240002
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
602 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...

ILZ030-031-038-043>046-055-057-240115-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN...
URBANA...DANVILLE
602 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE IN
SOME AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

$$

AUTEN

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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.