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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2013, 3:50 AM CDT for 20 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2013, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- 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 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059 WWUS73 KILX 180850 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 350 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-181700- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.130418T1500Z-130419T0000Z/ 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 350 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED MAY BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...PARTICULARLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS LIKE I-74 AND I-70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER OR 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 TODAY ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS INTO INDIANA. && $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
694 WWUS73 KILX 181556 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1056 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-181700- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN... URBANA...DANVILLE...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1056 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THOUGH TODAY WILL BE RATHER WINDY...WITH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH POSSIBLE...ONGOING PRECIPITATION AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTERFERED WITH THE STRONGER WIND THREAT. $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 15 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 11 days |
| Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Tazewell | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 6 days |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Menard | 9 days |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 9 days |
| Apr 18, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 10:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Mason, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Vermilion | 16 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Vermilion | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 2 more | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 22 hr |
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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.