Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 3:10 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 8:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 08:13 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, 8.2 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 WWUS73 KILX 150810 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 310 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS IOWA AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEP STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY. LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST WERE SHOWING 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER WINDS FORECAST TO TRANSLATE TO THE GROUND LATER THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH BY MID-MORNING...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-151600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0005.120415T1500Z-120416T0300Z/ 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 310 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY OUT OF THE SOUTH STARTING AROUND 10 AM CDT...AND CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 74...INTERSTATE 72 AND INTERSTATE 70. IN ADDITION...ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED IN ORDER TO PREVENT THEM FROM BLOWING AROUND. 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. && $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
685 WWUS73 KILX 151531 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1031 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO MID EVENING... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL TRACK TO NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER BY EARLY EVENING. THE VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEP STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY. LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILERS ACROSS THE MIDWEST WERE SHOWING 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE THIS MORNING WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER WINDS FORECAST TO TRANSLATE TO THE GROUND FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO MID EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160300- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ 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 1031 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY OUT OF THE SOUTH LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-74...I-72 AND I-70. IN ADDITION... ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED IN ORDER TO PREVENT THEM FROM BLOWING AROUND. 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. && $$ HUETTL/SMITH
427 WWUS73 KILX 160158 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 858 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160300- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ 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 858 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED EARLY. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. $$ AUTEN
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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.