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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2011, 9:36 AM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2011, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 2:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448 WWUS73 KILX 151436 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 936 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING OVER EASTERN KANSAS IS CREATING STRONG EASTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS FURTHER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL BECOME COMMON. AS A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WORKS NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA...A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. ILZ027>031-036>038-041>046-160000- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.110415T1436Z-110416T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON- LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 936 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...EASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL POSSIBLE AS A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ARTICLES SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS WILL BLOW AROUND. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS I-55 AND I-57. 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. && $$ BARNES
1 follow-up statement
429 WWUS73 KILX 151903 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 203 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS BEGINNING TO DECREASE... ILZ027>031-036>038-041>046-152015- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON- LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 203 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH. $$ BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 17 min |
| Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Tazewell | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 55 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.