Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 3, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 20:36 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, 8.5 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
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163 WWUS73 KILX 022030 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 330 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ON TAP FOR SUNDAY... .A WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS SOUTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO IOWA ON SUNDAY...THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE FRONT WILL BRING MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES...AS WELL AS VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. EXPECT GUSTS TO EXCEED 35 MPH BY NOON...AND REACH 40 TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030900- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.110403T1500Z-110404T0000Z/ 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 330 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ARTICLES SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS WILL BLOW AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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. && $$ CHURCHILL
5 follow-up statements
900 WWUS73 KILX 030844 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 344 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-031600- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.110403T1500Z-110404T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 344 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ARTICLES SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS WILL BLOW AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST- WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BAK
342 WWUS73 KILX 031512 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1012 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN IOWA WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-032030- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110404T0000Z/ 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 1012 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE THE WINDS SUBSIDE A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ARTICLES SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS WILL BLOW AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
112 WWUS73 KILX 031813 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 113 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN IOWA WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-032100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110404T0000Z/ 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 113 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. AREAS WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE THE WINDS SUBSIDE A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. WEST OF I-55...GUSTS WILL BE AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. EAST OF I-55...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE AROUND 45 MPH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ARTICLES SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS WILL BLOW AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. VISIBILITY MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED BY BLOWING DUST...IN AREAS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FARM FIELDS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
659 WWUS73 KILX 032048 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 348 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM APPROACHES THE AREA THIS EVENING...LOOK FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-040000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110404T0000Z/ 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 348 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WINDS AROUND 700 PM. * WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH AROUND 700 PM...WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ARTICLES SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS WILL BLOW AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. VISIBILITY MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED BY BLOWING DUST...IN AREAS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FARM FIELDS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SMITH
377 WWUS73 KILX 040002 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 702 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-040115- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110404T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 702 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ SHIMON
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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.