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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at May 11, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 11, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:53 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 00:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 110852 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 352 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF ILLINOIS TODAY ALLOWING WINDS TO SWITCH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY ACTUALLY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE STRONG STORM SHIFTS INTO INDIANA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-111500- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.080511T0900Z-080512T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 352 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...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. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATER THIS MORNING WITH SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW OF THE MORE FAVORED AREAS MAY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE UNTIL THIS EVENING AS THE STRONG STORM SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. 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. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-111500- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.080511T0900Z-080512T0300Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 352 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW OF THE MORE FAVORED AREAS MAY ACTUALLY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS THE STORM PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR AREA LATER THIS EVENING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SMITH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 111459 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 959 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF ILLINOIS TODAY BRINGING NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SPEEDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY ACTUALLY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE STRONG STORM SHIFTS INTO INDIANA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE MIDWEST. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-112100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080512T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 959 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. A FEW OF THE MORE FAVORED AREAS MAY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE UNTIL THIS EVENING AS THE STRONG STORM SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA. 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. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-112100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080512T0300Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 959 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW OF THE MORE FAVORED AREAS MAY ACTUALLY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS THE STORM PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR AREA LATER THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS73 KILX 112030 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...STRONG WINDS DECREASING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... .LOW PRESSURE HAS BEGUN TO PULL AWAY INTO INDIANA...AND SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-55. WINDS EAST OF THERE WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN IN ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SO WILL KEEP THE ADVISORY GOING EAST OF A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO CHAMPAIGN. HOWEVER...WILL END THE ADVISORY EARLY AT 7 PM FOR THAT AREA...INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS ENDING AT 10 PM. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-112130- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080512T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHELBYVILLE TO CHAMPAIGN. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-120000- /O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080512T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH 7 PM. AS THE STORM PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR AREA EARLY THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SHIMON
000 WWUS73 KILX 120010 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 710 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-120115- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080512T0000Z/ 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 710 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA OF DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER SUNSET. THEN WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 15 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 36 min |
| May 11, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 47 min |
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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.