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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.