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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this high wind warning at Dec 19, 2012, 3:57 PM CST for 30 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 30 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, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1:09 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 3 S Olney, IL | |
| Dec 20, 1:31 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Ene Lawrenceville, IL | AT LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES AIRPORT |
| Dec 20, 1:43 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Danville, IL | |
| Dec 20, 3:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Jacksonville Municipal, IL | |
| Dec 20, 3:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Wnw Pekin, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION ON HIGHWAY 9 MCNAUGHTON BRIDGE |
| Dec 20, 4:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Casey, IL | LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 20, 4:10 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 S Lincoln, IL | MULTIPLE VEHICLES STALLED ON INTERSTATE 55 SOUTH OF LINCOLN...BUT INTERSTATE STILL OPEN. POWER OUT DUE THE STORM IN CITIES OF LATHAM AND CHESTNUT. |
| Dec 20, 4:16 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 1 Sw Pesotum, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION I-57 AT US-45 EXIT |
| Dec 20, 4:17 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Watson, IL | LARGE TREE UPROOTED...NEARLY DEAD. |
| Dec 20, 4:42 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Pana, IL | 62 MPH WIND MEASURED IN TOWN WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. FROM SWOP OBSERVER. |
| Dec 20, 4:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Roanoke, IL | |
| Dec 20, 4:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Montrose, IL | BLOWN OVER SEMI AT 2300TH STREET AND 1600 AVE IN MONTROSE...FROM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Dec 20, 4:46 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 W Hopedale, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION ON I-155 NORTH OF HOPEDALE EXIT |
| Dec 20, 4:53 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Effingham County Airpor, IL | |
| Dec 20, 4:54 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Bloomington Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 4:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 1 E Flora, IL | |
| Dec 20, 4:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Taylorville Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 5:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Riverton, IL | DEAD TREE 3 FEET IN DIAMETER KNOCKED DOWN ONTO ROUTE 54 JUST EAST OF TOWN. SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 20, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 N Mackinaw, IL | 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW AT 5 PM. FROM COOP OBSERVER. |
| Dec 20, 5:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Decatur Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 5:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Mount Carmel Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 5:16 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ne Effingham, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION ON I-57/70 AT US-45 EXIT |
| Dec 20, 5:34 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 Se Delavan, IL | SEVERAL WRECKS ON INTERSTATE 155 IN TAZEWELL COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY SOUTHEAST OF DELAVAN...DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS...SNOW...PRODUCING LOW VISIBILITIES. |
| Dec 20, 5:34 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 8 Nnw Lincoln, IL | MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT MILE MARKER 6 ON INTERSTATE 155 NORTH OF LINCOLN DUE TO STRONG WINDS...SNOW...AND LOW VISIBILITIES. FROM LOGAN COUNTY EMA. |
| Dec 20, 5:50 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 S Greenview, IL | 1 DEAD TREE SNAPPED AT TRUNK DOWN IN YARD. |
| Dec 20, 6:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 Nne Divernon, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION ON I-55 SOUTH OF IL-104 INTERSECTION |
| Dec 20, 6:05 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Tolono, IL | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ON COUNTRY ROADS. |
| Dec 20, 6:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Springfield, IL | |
| Dec 20, 6:19 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 2 N Marshall, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION I-70 AT HIGHWAY 1 EXIT |
| Dec 20, 6:53 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 4 W Champaign, IL | |
| Dec 20, 6:53 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Willard Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 6:58 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Danville, IL | NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT VERMILION COUNTY WITH TRANSFORMERS ARCHING AND BLOWING. |
| Dec 20, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Sherman, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Edgar County Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 7:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 S Forsyth, IL | IDOT RWIS STATION I-72 AT US-36/US-51 |
| Dec 20, 7:51 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Coles County Airport, IL | |
| Dec 20, 8:08 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Eureka, IL | |
| Dec 20, 8:39 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mount Zion, IL | NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 21, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Lincoln, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060 WWUS73 KILX 192157 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 357 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL DEVELOP SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE SURFACE WITH AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE WITH THIS INTENSIFYING STORM WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 55 TO 60 KNOTS. WITH THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFER THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE...GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF 45 TO 55 KNOTS AT THE SURFACE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... .DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM TO BRING LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AND EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ILZ031-037-038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-200600- /O.NEW.KILX.HW.W.0001.121220T2100Z-121221T0300Z/ WOODFORD-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...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 357 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THOUGH THE WINDS WILL BE AT ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...THE MOST INTENSE WINDS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 40 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS ALONE WILL CREATE ISSUES FOR THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA...CREATING TRAVELING HAZARDS PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. WITH WINDS THIS HIGH AND LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED...MELT AND REFREEZE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SLICK ROADS. WITH HIGH WINDS...THE SITUATION WILL BE THAT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TOMORROW AFTERNOON LIKELY TO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME FRAME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HJS
5 follow-up statements
716 WWUS73 KILX 200315 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 915 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL DEVELOP SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE SURFACE WITH AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE WITH THIS INTENSIFYING STORM WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 55 TO 60 KNOTS. WITH THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFER THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE...GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF 45 TO 55 KNOTS AT THE SURFACE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... .DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM TO BRING LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS AND EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ILZ031-037-038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-201100- /O.CON.KILX.HW.W.0001.121220T2100Z-121221T0300Z/ WOODFORD-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...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 915 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THOUGH THE WINDS WILL BE AT ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...THE MOST INTENSE WINDS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 40 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS ALONE WILL CREATE ISSUES FOR THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS AREA...CREATING TRAVELING HAZARDS PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. WITH WINDS THIS HIGH AND LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED...MELT AND REFREEZE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SLICK ROADS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE THE SITUATION THAT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TOMORROW AFTERNOON LIKELY WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME FRAME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ SHIMON
250 WWUS73 KILX 200907 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SAINT LOUIS TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. AS THE LOW LIFTS PAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE. SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AT TIMES. ILZ040-201015- /O.CAN.KILX.HW.W.0001.121220T2100Z-121221T0300Z/ SCHUYLER- 307 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY...AND THE WIND THREAT IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THAT WARNING. $$ ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-201630- /O.EXT.KILX.HW.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN- VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 307 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-72 AROUND NOON...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH. AREAS FROM CHAMPAIGN TO DANVILLE MAY NOT SEE THE HIGHEST WINDS OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 3 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTY...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...AND LIGHT WEIGHT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY OR DESTROYED. WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW...THE HIGH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE THE WET PAVEMENT TO RAPIDLY FREEZE...CAUSING SLICK ROADS. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THIS AFTERNOON LIKELY WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME FRAME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INSIDE. && $$ GEELHART
192 WWUS73 KILX 201612 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1012 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SAINT LOUIS TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. AS THE LOW LIFTS PAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE. SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AT TIMES. ILZ031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-210000- /O.CON.KILX.HW.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-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...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1012 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE RAPIDLY INCREASING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I- 72 AROUND NOON...AND INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH. AREAS FROM CHAMPAIGN TO DANVILLE MAY NOT SEE THE HIGHEST WINDS OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 3 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTY...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...AND LIGHT WEIGHT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY OR DESTROYED. WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW...THE HIGH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE THE WET PAVEMENT TO RAPIDLY FREEZE... CAUSING SLICK ROADS. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THIS AFTERNOON LIKELY WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME FRAME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INSIDE. && $$ HJS
458 WWUS73 KILX 202339 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 539 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE THIS EVENING... .SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...AND WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AT TIMES. ILZ031-037-038-041>043-047>053-210045- /O.CAN.KILX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT- MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA... LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 539 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WAS REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-210600- /O.CON.KILX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 539 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING DUE TO THE THESE STRONG WINDS. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTY WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...AND LIGHT WEIGHT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY OR DESTROYED. WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW...THE HIGH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE THE WET PAVEMENT TO RAPIDLY FREEZE... CAUSING SLICK ROADS.ANY LINGERING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME FRAME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...OR MOVE THEM INSIDE. && $$ SHIMON
277 WWUS73 KILX 210556 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1156 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-211200- /O.EXP.KILX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0011.121221T0600Z-121221T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 1156 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...ONGOING STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM... ALTHOUGH THEY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS...AND ICY CONDITIONS DUE TO RECENT LIGHT SNOW AND THE FREEZING OF PAVEMENT DUE TO THE RAIN ON THURSDAY...WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...AS WELL AS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE...AND LIGHT WEIGHT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY OR DESTROYED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 11 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.