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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 14, 201327 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2013, 3:47 AM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2013, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2013-04-14Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2013-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 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.

275 
WWUS73 KILX 140847
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
347 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM NOON TO 8 PM TODAY...


ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-141700-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.130414T1700Z-130415T0100Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
347 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON 
AND EARLY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST
  GUSTS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH OR
  HIGHER AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST ROADS LIKE I-72
  AND I-74...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 SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ALONG WITH
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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

&&

$$

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3 follow-up statements
245 
WWUS73 KILX 141638
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1138 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-142100-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.130414T1700Z-130415T0100Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
1138 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WHILE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET...
  THE HIGHEST WINDS SHOULD BE MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM. 

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 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 SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ALONG WITH
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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

&&

$$
GEELHART
220 
WWUS73 KILX 142027
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
327 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-150100-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130415T0100Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
327 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS OF THE DAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4
  PM AND 7 PM.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH GUSTS
  AROUND 40 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 SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ALONG WITH
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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

&&

$$


SHIMON
662 
WWUS73 KILX 150052
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
752 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-150200-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130415T0100Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE
752 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

$$


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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.