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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Paducah, KY

December 19, 20124 states

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 3:41 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2012, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 21, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 58 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

801 
WWUS73 KPAH 192141
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
341 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH AN INTENSE COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY. VERY STRONG WEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
341 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AROUND SUNRISE OVER SOUTHEAST
  MISSOURI AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY EASTWARD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
  THROUGH NOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
  IN THE EVENING.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST 40 TO 55
  MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO
  SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. IN ADDITION...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS
  DECORATIONS AND ANY OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE LIKELY
  TO BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. BOATING ON AREA LAKES IS
  STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$

DRS
5 follow-up statements
760 
WWUS73 KPAH 201025
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
425 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH AN INTENSE COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE AREA EARLY TODAY. VERY STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-202230-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
425 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA
AND WEST KENTUCKY.

* WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AROUND SUNRISE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY EASTWARD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH
  NOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
  THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST IN THE
  EVENING.

* EXPECT WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55
  MPH AT TIMES.

* WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. IN
  ADDITION...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND ANY OTHER UNSECURED
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG
  WINDS. BOATING ON AREA LAKES IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$

GM/KES
981 
WWUS73 KPAH 201642
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1042 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.THE COLD FRONT HAS JUST ABOUT CLEARED THE ENTIRE AREA...AND GUSTY
SOUTHWEST TO WEST HAVE DEVELOPED AS EXPECTED.

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-210000-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1042 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
  THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH NOON. THE GUSTY
  WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  AND THEN DIMINISH SOMEWHAT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH
  THE EVENING.

* WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH AT TIMES.

* WINDS THIS STRONG CAN PRODUCE SOME MINOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING
  BLOWING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING OFF A SOME SHINGLES.
  DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...SUCH AS INTERSTATES
  55...57 AND 24...AND THE PENNYRILE AND GREEN RIVER
  PARKWAYS. IN ADDITION...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND ANY
  OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE
  STRONG WINDS. BOATING ON AREA LAKES IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$

DRS
963 
WWUS73 KPAH 210005
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
605 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

ILZ092-093-KYZ001>004-006-009-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-
210115-
/O.CAN.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
ALEXANDER-PULASKI-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-GRAVES-CALLOWAY-
PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...HICKMAN...
CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...MAYFIELD...MURRAY...PERRYVILLE...
MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...
POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
605 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY.
WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

ILZ075>078-080>091-094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ005-007-008-010>022-
210600-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-
MCCRACKEN-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...PADUCAH...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON
605 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND MUCH OF
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EVENING.
  HOWEVER...A DIMINISHING TREND IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO
  NORTHEAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

* WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* WINDS THIS STRONG CAN STILL PRODUCE SOME MINOR
  DAMAGE...INCLUDING BLOWING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING OFF
  A FEW SHINGLES. DRIVING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...SUCH
  AS INTERSTATES 57 AND 24...AND THE PENNYRILE AND GREEN RIVER
  PARKWAYS. IN ADDITION...OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND ANY
  OTHER UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE
  STRONG WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$
226 
WWUS73 KPAH 210347
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
947 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

ILZ075-080-081-084>086-088>091-094-KYZ005-007-008-010>013-017-022-
210500-
/O.CAN.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-UNION IL-
JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-MCCRACKEN-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-CHRISTIAN-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...PINCKNEYVILLE...
WEST FRANKFORT...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...
VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS...PADUCAH...
SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...
HOPKINSVILLE...ELKTON
947 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MT. VERNON ILLINOIS TO HOPKINSVILLE
KENTUCKY.

WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT
WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

ILZ076>078-082-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014>016-018>021-
210600-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-
DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...
MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...
POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...
GREENVILLE
947 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND ADJACENT
  PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT. A DIMINISHING TREND IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* WINDS THIS STRONG WILL STILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
  HIGHWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$
318 
WWUS73 KPAH 210607
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1207 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012

ILZ076>078-082-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014>016-018>021-
210715-
/O.EXP.KPAH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-
DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...
MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...
POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...
GREENVILLE
1207 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WEST WINDS
CONTINUE TO GUST AT TIMES TO 30 MPH OR GREATER. A GRADUAL DECREASE
IN WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
NIGHT. FORTUNATELY...ANY RESIDUAL WIND GUSTS WILL BE MARKEDLY
LOWER THAN EARLIER IN THE DAY...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.

$$

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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.