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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2011, 1:24 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2011, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 1459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 564 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WWUS73 KILX 301824 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 124 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061-302200- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.110430T1824Z-110430T2200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 124 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 1 PM UNTIL 5 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 30 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY IN A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE AND ON EAST WEST ORIENTED 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. && $$ HJS
1 follow-up statement
065 WWUS73 KILX 302206 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 506 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT.. .SOUTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON SO THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRED. ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061-302315- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110430T2200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 506 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. $$ KH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 34 hr |
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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.