Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2012, 3:55 AM CST for 27 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2012, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WWUS73 KILX 060955 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 355 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...STRONG WINDS OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ029>031-036>038-040>057-061-061600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ 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...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE 355 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE A CHALLENGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CHURCHILL
2 follow-up statements
009 WWUS73 KILX 061532 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 932 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...STRONG WINDS OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027-028-070000- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0003.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GALESBURG 932 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE A CHALLENGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ILZ029>031-036>038-040>057-061-070000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.120306T1700Z-120307T0000Z/ 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...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON... SHELBYVILLE 932 AM CST TUE MAR 6 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...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE A CHALLENGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SMITH
411 WWUS73 KILX 070004 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 604 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-070115- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120307T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 604 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 5 hr |
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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.