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Wind Advisory 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 24, 2014Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; 14 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2014, 4:17 AM CST for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; 14 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 24, 2014, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2014, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 24, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-01-24Temperature 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 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.

283 
WWUS73 KLSX 241017
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
417 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>051-250000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.140124T1600Z-140125T0000Z/
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-BROWN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...HANNIBAL...
JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...QUINCY
417 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING
  THE LATER HALF OF THE MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN STRONG WIND
  GUSTS. THESE WINDS CAN ALSO LIFT TRASH CANS...LAWN
  FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

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.

&&

$$

GLASS
2 follow-up statements
724 
WWUS73 KLSX 241804
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1204 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>051-250000-
/O.CON.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0000Z/
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-BROWN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...HANNIBAL...
JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...QUINCY
1204 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN 
  STRONG WIND GUSTS. THESE WINDS CAN ALSO LIFT TRASH CANS...LAWN 
  FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

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.

IN ADDITION...THOSE WORKING IN AND NEAR CONSTRUCTION SITES SHOULD
TAKE TIME TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT STRUCTURES ARE PROPERLY BRACED FOR
THESE HIGH WINDS...AND THAT BUILDING MATERIALS ARE TIED DOWN.

&&

$$

TRUETT
123 
WWUS73 KLSX 250008
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
608 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>051-250115-
/O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0000Z/
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-BROWN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-
PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...HANNIBAL...
JEFFERSON CITY...MEXICO...QUINCY
608 PM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.