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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 27, 200835 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2008, 3:12 PM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 28, 2008, 2:24 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2008, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2008, 2:24 AM CST
Expired
Jan 28, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
In force
19 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 21:17 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, 9.2 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 2008-01-27Temperature 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 2008-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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 272112
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
312 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-280400-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.080128T1500Z-080129T0300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
312 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST MONDAY. 

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS ON MONDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY
MONDAY...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE MONDAY EVENING...BUT STILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

BAK
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KILX 280312
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
912 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-280900-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.080128T1500Z-080129T0300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
912 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST MONDAY. 

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS ON MONDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY
MONDAY...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE MONDAY EVENING...BUT STILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

AUTEN
000 
WWUS73 KILX 280824
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
224 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING...

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-281700-
/O.EXB.KILX.WI.Y.0002.080128T1800Z-080129T0300Z/
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
224 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS 
TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO
30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...
ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE MONDAY EVENING...BUT STILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

$$

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-281700-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.080128T1500Z-080129T0300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
224 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS 
TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY LATE MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING...ALONG
WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE MONDAY EVENING...BUT STILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

$$

KH
000 
WWUS73 KILX 281651
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1051 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-282200-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080129T0300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
1051 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE EVENING...BUT STILL REMAIN
GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

$$

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-282200-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.080128T1800Z-080129T0300Z/
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1051 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ALONG WITH
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE EVENING...BUT STILL REMAIN
GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

$$

BARNES
000 
WWUS73 KILX 282126
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
326 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-290300-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080129T0300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
326 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED ALONG THE EAST COAST 
AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE EVENING...BUT WILL STILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

$$

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-290300-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080129T0300Z/
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
326 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED ALONG THE EAST
COAST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME BY LATE EVENING...BUT WILL STILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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 AND ON
EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

$$

BARNES
000 
WWUS73 KILX 290302
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
902 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-290415-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080129T0300Z/
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
902 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEED ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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.