Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2013, 3:25 AM CST for 10 counties in Illinois; Madison County, Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. 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, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 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 St. Louis, MO
Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Madison County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
437 WWUS73 KLSX 180925 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 325 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ILZ060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ074-075-085-190000- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0002.130218T1800Z-130219T0000Z/ BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-MADISON IL-MADISON MO-MARION IL- MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO- STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE... FARMINGTON...LITCHFIELD...SALEM...VANDALIA 325 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED AND EXPOSED LIGHT WEIGHT FURNITURE ON PORCHES OR PATIOS WILL LIKELY GET MOVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ TES
1 follow-up statement
517 WWUS73 KLSX 190001 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 601 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ILZ060-064-065-069-070-074-079-100>102-MOZ074-075-085-190115- /O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130219T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-MARION IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL- ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-MADISON MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM... CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...FARMINGTON 601 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WHILE WESTERLY WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS EVENING...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ BRITT
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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.