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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 18, 20129 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Jun 18, 2012, 10:54 AM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jun 18, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2012, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1751 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1751 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

686 
WWUS73 KILX 181554
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1054 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY...

.AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND THIS AFTERNOON WILL MAKE TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR WORK CHALLENGING IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS
RIVER. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN
IOWA WILL BE THE REASON FOR THE WINDY CONDITIONS.

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-190000-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.120618T1700Z-120619T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-
MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA
1054 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING...NOON UNTIL 7 PM TODAY

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
  OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SMALL VEHICLES AND VEHICLES
  TOWING TRAILERS OR CAMPERS WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. PEOPLE DOING
  OUTDOOR WORK WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THE WINDY AND HOT
  CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$


MILLER
1 follow-up statement
202 
WWUS73 KILX 182357
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
657 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-190100-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120619T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-
MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA
657 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

$$


BAK

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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.