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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2013, 2:55 AM CST for 20 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 18, 2013, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2013, 2:55 AM CST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907 WWUS73 KILX 180855 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 255 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN ILLINOIS BY MIDDAY... ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-181600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.130218T1800Z-130219T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 255 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE COMMON BY LATE MORNING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM NOON TIL AROUND 5 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST ROADS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
848 WWUS73 KILX 181542 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 942 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-190000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.130218T1800Z-130219T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 942 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FREQUENTLY GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST ROADS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BARNES
240 WWUS73 KILX 190000 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 600 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-190100- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130219T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 600 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WHILE A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD ADVISORY CONDITIONS HAS ENDED. $$ 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.