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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 11:56 PM CST for 16 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 11:56 PM CST (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 5:52 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
830 WWUS73 KILX 210911 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-211200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121221T1200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 311 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...ONGOING STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 AM... ALTHOUGH THEY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AROUND CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS...AND ICY CONDITIONS DUE TO RECENT LIGHT SNOW AND THE FREEZING OF PAVEMENT DUE TO THE RAIN ON THURSDAY...WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...AS WELL AS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
728 WWUS73 KILX 211152 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 552 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-211300- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-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 552 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. HOWEVER...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ BAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 12:04 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 13 more | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.