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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2009, 1:57 AM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 27, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2009, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2009, 1:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 06:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 270657 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 157 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED ALONG THE EAST COAST AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. WITH PARTIAL SUNSHINE EXPECTED INITIALLY...ENOUGH MIXING WILL OCCUR TO BRING EVEN STRONGER WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...AS CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MOVE INTO THE AREA. ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271500- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.090427T1200Z-090427T2200Z/ 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 157 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TODAY. 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. $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KILX 271456 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 956 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED ALONG THE EAST COAST AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271900- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090427T2200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 956 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES TODAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
000 WWUS73 KILX 271840 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 140 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...WINDS SUBSIDING OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271945- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090427T2200Z/ 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 140 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. AS RAIN COOLED AIR MOVES INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS...THE STRONG WINDS OF EARLIER HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Tazewell | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon, Tazewell, Woodford | 61 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.