Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2009, 10:32 AM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2009, 10:32 AM CST (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 539 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 051632 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1032 AM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS... .SUNNY SKIES MIXING STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN COMBINATION WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE PLAINS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-052200- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.090305T1632Z-090306T0000Z/ 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 1032 AM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS...IS RESULTING IN A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE. ALSO...SUNNY SKIES ARE ALLOWING FOR MORE TURBULENT MIXING OF THE ATMOSPHERE...AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT ARE MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE. AS A RESULT...BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON...AND EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA CLOSER TO SUNSET. TRAVEL ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HJS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 052104 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 304 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE LATE TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... .VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER ILLINOIS WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH LATE TODAY. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH UNTIL SUNSET. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-060000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090306T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 304 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH 6 PM ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND SUNSET. TRAVEL ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SO USE CAUTION. $$ KH
000 WWUS73 KILX 060000 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 600 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-060100- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090306T0000Z/ 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 600 PM CST THU MAR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BUT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES CENTRAL ILLINOIS. $$ SMITH
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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.