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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2008, 2:51 PM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2008, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2008, 8:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox 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, 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 251951 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 251 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY...BRINGING GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES. SUSTAINED WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-260200- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0009.081026T1500Z-081027T0200Z/ 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 251 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BARNES
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 260142 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 842 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY...BRINGING GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES. SUSTAINED WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-260900- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0009.081026T1500Z-081027T0200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 842 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BAK
000 WWUS73 KILX 260847 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 347 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...BRINGING GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES. SUSTAINED WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-261615- /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.W.0002.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0009.081026T1500Z-081027T0200Z/ 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 347 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINNING SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. COLD AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON AND AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ AUTEN
000 WWUS73 KILX 261612 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1112 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-262100- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0002.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081027T0200Z/ 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 1112 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WEST-NORTHWEST WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ MILLER
000 WWUS73 KILX 262027 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 327 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL USHER IN SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE FALL SEASON SO FAR. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE THE WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING THE MERCURY DIP A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW FREEZING BY SUNRISE MONDAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-270200- /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0002.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081027T0200Z/ 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 327 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WEST-NORTHWEST WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN ALL OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS73 KILX 270147 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 847 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-270900- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081027T0200Z/ /O.CON.KILX.FZ.W.0002.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 847 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S BY SUNRISE MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ BAK
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Illinois, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.