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Wind Advisory 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Dec 30, 2008, 3:32 PM CST for 14 counties in Missouri; 15 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2008, 3:32 PM CST (21:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
All 29 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, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 579 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 KLSX 302132 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 332 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>101-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036- 042-051-052-060-061-063-064-310600- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0012.081231T0000Z-081231T0600Z/ 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-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE- RALLS-PIKE-AUDRAIN-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-WARREN-ST. CHARLES- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... MEXICO...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 332 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. 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. $$ SCHROEDER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLSX 310425 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1025 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>101-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036- 042-051-052-060-061-063-064-310900- /O.EXT.KLSX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081231T0900Z/ GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL- JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE- RALLS-PIKE-AUDRAIN-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-WARREN-ST. CHARLES- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... MEXICO...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 1025 PM CST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 3 AM AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ BYRD
000 WWUS73 KLSX 310849 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 249 AM CST WED DEC 31 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-095>101-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036- 042-051-052-060-061-063-064-311000- /O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081231T0900Z/ 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-KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-MARION-MONROE- RALLS-PIKE-AUDRAIN-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-WARREN-ST. CHARLES- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... MEXICO...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 249 AM CST WED DEC 31 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THE REST OF THE MORNING. $$ BRITT
Nearby
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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.