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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 3:41 AM CST for 22 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 22 counties
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, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975 WWUS73 KILX 020941 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 341 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS FROM 2 TO 8 PM TODAY... .AS LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY FROM CENTRAL IL DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND DEEPENS...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE WEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING TONIGHT BUT STILL STAY AT BREEZY LEVELS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-021800- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.120302T2000Z-120303T0200Z/ 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 341 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO 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 OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ HUETTL
4 follow-up statements
289 WWUS73 KILX 021857 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1257 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS FROM 2 TO 8 PM TODAY... .AS LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY FROM CENTRAL IL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DEEPENS...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE WEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING TONIGHT BUT STILL STAY AT BREEZY LEVELS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.120302T2000Z-120303T0200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 1257 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT WEIGHT OR LOOSELY SECURED OBJECTS CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ SMITH
235 WWUS73 KILX 022015 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...STRONG WINDS BEHIND DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING... .AS LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DEEPENS...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT STILL STAY AT BREEZY LEVELS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ILZ038-042-043-051>053-030000- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH ABOUT 6 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO 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 OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE 215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 6 PM OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT WILL LINGER UNTIL AROUND 8 PM ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-57 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CROSS WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT WEIGHT OR LOOSELY SECURED OBJECTS CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ GEELHART
783 WWUS73 KILX 030003 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 603 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 603 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE... WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO 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 OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ BAK
377 WWUS73 KILX 030158 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 758 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-030300- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 758 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. $$ BAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 8:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 8:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 9:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 54 min |
| Mar 2, 11:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 12:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 13 min |
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.