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Wind Advisory 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 21, 200716 counties in Illinois; 24 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Oct 21, 2007, 7:49 AM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2007, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2007, 12:40 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
All 40 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown 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, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2007-10-21Temperature 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 2007-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 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
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 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 KLSX 211249
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
749 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-
041-042-047>052-059>065-072-073-212200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.071021T1249Z-071021T2200Z/
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-
JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-
MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-
CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-
ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM...
QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...
COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...
ST LOUIS
749 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS WILL HELP PRODUCE STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO
30 MPH AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED DURING THE LATER HALF OF
THE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WIND SHOULD DIMINISH DURING
THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

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. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS WILL
BE MOST VULNERABLE WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS.

$$

GLASS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KLSX 211740
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1240 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007


ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-
041-042-047>052-059>065-072-073-211845-
/O.CAN.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071021T2200Z/
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-
JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-
MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-
CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-
ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM...
QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...
COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...UNION...
ST LOUIS
1240 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS WILL HELP PRODUCE STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...WILL ONLY SEE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.
SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

$$

BYRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 5:25 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLSXBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more14 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2007Wind Advisories in Illinois, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.