Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2011, 3:07 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WWUS73 KILX 190800 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL FALL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER THE MIDWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS LIKELY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. ILZ038-043>046-053>057-191600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0005.111019T1700Z-111020T1500Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 300 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY...THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BY SUNSET...PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE A BIT BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
4 follow-up statements
679 WWUS73 KILX 191552 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1052 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL FALL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS FROM THE EASTERN TIP OF KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO BY THURSDAY MORNING. A RAPID INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS LIKELY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY FROM BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN NORTHEAST. ILZ038-043>046-053>057-200000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0005.111019T1700Z-111020T1500Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 1052 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY...THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE A BIT BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. && $$ KH
824 WWUS73 KILX 191953 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 253 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL FALL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS FROM THE EASTERN TIP OF KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY FROM BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN NORTHEAST. ILZ038-043>046-053>057-200400- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 253 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FROM BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE A BIT BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. && $$ KH
324 WWUS73 KILX 200156 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 856 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL FALL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS ACROSS OHIO INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A BLOOMINGTON TO LAWRENCEVILLE LINE. ILZ062-063-067-068-072-073-201000- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-JASPER-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCEVILLE 856 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ESPECIALLY EAST OF A MATTOON TO LAWRENCEVILLE LINE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE A BIT BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. && $$ ILZ038-043>046-053>057-201000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON 856 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ESPECIALLY EAST OF A BLOOMINGTON TO MATTOON LINE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE A BIT BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. && $$ AUTEN
191 WWUS73 KILX 200807 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...DIMINISHING WINDS TO LEAD TO POTENTIAL FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... ILZ038-043-044-053-054-201200- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.FR.Y.0003.111021T0600Z-111021T1300Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-MACON-MOULTRIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...DECATUR 307 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. * TIMING...AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE PERIOD BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM MOST LIKELY. * WINDS...WHILE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ANY REMAINING TENDER AND UNPROTECTED VEGETATION WILL LIKELY SUFFER DAMAGE IF LEFT UNCOVERED TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ ILZ045-046-055>057-062-063-067-068-072-073-200915- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-JASPER- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...LAWRENCEVILLE 307 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER OHIO MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-201200- /O.NEW.KILX.FZ.W.0001.111021T0600Z-111021T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 307 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS NEAR 32 DEGREES ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY AND LOCATIONS FURTHER WEST. SOME LOCAL AREAS MAY BE EVEN COLDER. THE PERIOD BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM IS MOST LIKELY TO SEE TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING. * IMPACTS...FROST AND TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES FOR MULTIPLE HOURS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO CAUSE DAMAGE TO UNDRAINED HOSES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ILZ042-051-052-061-201200- /O.NEW.KILX.FR.Y.0003.111021T0600Z-111021T1300Z/ LOGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... SHELBYVILLE 307 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE PERIOD BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM MOST LIKELY. * IMPACTS...ANY REMAINING TENDER AND UNPROTECTED VEGETATION WILL LIKELY SUFFER DAMAGE IF LEFT UNCOVERED TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ GEELHART
Nearby
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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.