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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 15, 201114 counties in Illinois

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard48 min
Apr 15, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan39 min
Apr 15, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon46 min
Apr 15, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Menard39 min
Apr 15, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon43 min
Apr 15, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon47 min
Apr 15, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason, Tazewell50 min
Apr 15, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon48 min
Apr 15, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Menard17 min
Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon45 min
Apr 15, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Peoria, Tazewell52 min
Apr 15, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon48 min
Apr 15, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby62 min
Apr 15, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon37 min
Apr 15, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby55 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.