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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Nov 24, 2014, 3:40 AM CST for 18 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Nov 24, 2014, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2014, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2014, 5:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2014, 3:02 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616 WWUS73 KILX 240940 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 340 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-241700- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.141124T1100Z-141125T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 340 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH...WHILE GUSTS EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON MANY NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-57. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND AND A FEW TREE BRANCHES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. 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. && $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
941 WWUS73 KILX 241606 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1006 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-250000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1006 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND DIMINISH TOWARD DUSK. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 30 MPH...WHILE GUSTS EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FROM CHAMPAIGN NORTHEAST. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON MANY NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-57. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND AND A FEW TREE BRANCHES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 07
947 WWUS73 KILX 242102 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 302 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-242215- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES- EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY- RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 302 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AUTEN
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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.