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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 3:16 PM CST for 29 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 29 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
041 WWUS73 KILX 282116 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 316 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-291000- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.120229T1500Z-120301T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 316 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AFTER 9 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT WEIGHT OR LOOSELY SECURED OBJECTS CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ BARNES
3 follow-up statements
509 WWUS73 KILX 290915 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET. ILZ062-063-291800- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0001.120229T1500Z-120301T0000Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK- 315 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AFTER 9 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT WEIGHT OR LOOSELY SECURED OBJECTS CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-291800- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.120229T1500Z-120301T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 315 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AFTER 9 AM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT WEIGHT OR LOOSELY SECURED OBJECTS CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ SHIMON
659 WWUS73 KILX 291739 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1139 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-010000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1139 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT WEIGHT OR LOOSELY SECURED OBJECTS CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HJS
492 WWUS73 KILX 010003 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 603 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-010115- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 603 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MILLER
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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.