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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 11, 201427 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2014, 10:39 PM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2014, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2014, 11:08 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties

Cass County, IL, 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, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2014-03-12Temperature 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 2014-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 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
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
448 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.

484 
WWUS73 KILX 120339
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1039 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT...

ILZ040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121000-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.140312T0339Z-140312T1800Z/
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...
DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE
1039 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA
  AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS
  SHOULD DECREASE AND FALL TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 1 PM.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS OUTDOOR FURNITURE MAY BE TOSSED
  AROUND. DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BE VERY
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS
  AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. MINOR TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE IS
  ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

AUTEN
2 follow-up statements
287 
WWUS73 KILX 120941
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
441 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT...

ILZ040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121800-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140312T1800Z/
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...
DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE
441 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH
  THIS WINTER SYSTEM THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE
  CLOSE TO MID DAY AND FALL TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 1 PM.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS OUTDOOR FURNITURE MAY BE 
  TOSSED AROUND. DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS MAY 
  BE VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH 
  AS SEMIS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. MINOR TREE AND BUILDING 
  DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


HJS
348 
WWUS73 KILX 121608
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1108 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORIES CANCELLED LATE THIS MORNING...


ILZ040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121715-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140312T1800Z/
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...
DANVILLE...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE
1108 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE OCCUR
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS ALONG THE INDIANA
BORDER. EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY OVER INDIANA AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHERE A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY.

$$

07

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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.