Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 3:45 AM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 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, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence 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, Richland 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 2541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520 WWUS73 KILX 070945 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 345 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.120307T1400Z-120308T0000Z/ 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-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 345 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 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 8 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 40 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 ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HJS
4 follow-up statements
392 WWUS73 KILX 071526 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 926 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071830- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 926 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDLE AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN NOW AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE DANVILLE COURTHAOUSE HAD A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH AT 911 AM. BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT HAS HAD WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 48 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE A CHALLENGE TODAY... ESPECIALLY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BARKER
646 WWUS73 KILX 071734 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1134 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-072145- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ 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-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1134 AM CST WED MAR 7 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 WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDLE AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON. DECATUR AIRPORT...WILLARD AIRPORT IN CHAMPAIGN...AND BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT ALL HAVE HAD WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE A CHALLENGE TODAY... ESPECIALLY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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. && $$ BARKER
598 WWUS73 KILX 072111 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-080000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 311 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...A GRADUAL DROP OFF IN WIND SPEEDS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 6 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. IN THE MEANTIME...WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA. WILLARD AIRPORT IN CHAMPAIGN HAD A WIND GUST TO 52 MPH IN THE PAST HOUR. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE A CHALLENGE TODAY... ESPECIALLY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BARKER
976 WWUS73 KILX 080030 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 630 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-080130- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ 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-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 630 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THOUGH WINDS REMAIN GUSTY AROUND THE AREA...THEY HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ AUTEN
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.