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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 10, 201329 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2013, 9:40 PM CST for 29 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2013, 9:40 PM CST (03:40 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2013, 10:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2013, 2:54 PM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 29 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 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.

269 
WWUS73 KILX 110340
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
940 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO MONDAY...

.SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-111200-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.130211T0400Z-130211T2200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA
940 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY. 


* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS OF
  MONDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME
  DIFFICULTY WITH THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH
  ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER 
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SMITH
3 follow-up statements
867 
WWUS73 KILX 110925
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
325 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ILZ042>057-061>063-111730-
/O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T2200Z/
LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-
SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-
CUMBERLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...
DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
325 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE WEST...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SMALL AUTOMOBILES WILL
  LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THIS WIND... ESPECIALLY
  ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-111730-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T2200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA
325 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.

* WINDS...30 TO 35 MPH FROM THE WEST...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SMALL AUTOMOBILES WILL
  LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THIS WIND... ESPECIALLY
  ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MILLER
086 
WWUS73 KILX 111629
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1029 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-112200-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T2200Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
1029 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND SMALL AUTOMOBILES WILL
  LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THIS WIND... ESPECIALLY
  ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS LIKE I-39...I-155...I-55 AND I-57.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER
AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING INTO MID AFTERNOON NORTH
OF I-70.

&&

$$

07
053 
WWUS73 KILX 112054
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
254 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-112200-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T2200Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
254 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A BIT OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...AND WERE NO
LONGER GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH AS THEY WERE DURING THE MORNING
HOURS. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...
SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE OBSERVED THROUGH
SUNSET...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-74 CORRIDOR.

$$
GEELHART

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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.