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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 11:33 AM CST for 16 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2008, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 519 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 717 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 171733 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1133 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE CIRCULATION AROUND STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AT MIDDAY WAS CREATING WINDY CONDITIONS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON...AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE STATE. ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-172200- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.080217T1733Z-080217T2200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 1133 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...AND GUST FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 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. $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 172118 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 318 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180200- /O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 318 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS SHOULD TAPER OFF BEFORE 9 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CHURCHILL
000 WWUS73 KILX 180155 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 755 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM CST... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180300- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 755 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED THE HIGH WINDS TODAY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS SHIFTED WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ACROSS THE EAST. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 10:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 8 days |
| Feb 17, 2:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 4 days |
| Feb 17, 2:10 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 68 hr |
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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.