Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 3:05 AM CDT for 26 counties in Illinois. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 26 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas 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), 0 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414 WWUS73 KILX 240805 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 305 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST AND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-241600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0006.120524T1500Z-120525T0100Z/ 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-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 305 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER 10 AM...THEN WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED 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. && $$ BARNES
3 follow-up statements
478 WWUS73 KILX 241548 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1048 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST AND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-242200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120525T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 1048 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER 11 AM...THEN WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...SUCH AS I-74...I-72...AND I-70. IN ADDITION... ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED IN ORDER TO PREVENT THEM FROM BLOWING AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HJS
430 WWUS73 KILX 242057 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 357 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... .AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST AND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-250100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120525T0100Z/ 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-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 357 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AFTER 11 AM...THEN WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...GIVEN DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE...DUST IS BEING LOFTED ACROSS THE REGION IN SOME LOCATIONS AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY ALONG A LINE FROM PEORIA...TO LINCOLN...AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 155 TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED 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. && $$ HJS
803 WWUS73 KILX 250058 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 758 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-250200- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120525T0100Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE 758 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE STRONG WINDS FROM EARLIER TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. BLOWING DUST HAS DIMINISHED AS WELL. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ SHIMON
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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.