Alert archive / Illinois / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 3:33 AM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840 WWUS73 KILX 210833 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 333 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-211700- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.150421T1600Z-150422T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT- CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...WYOMING...TOULON... BRADFORD...PEORIA...HENRY...LACON...TOLUCA...WENONA...EUREKA... METAMORA...EL PASO...MINONK...GERMANTOWN HILLS...ROANOKE... PEKIN...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...CLINTON...FARMER CITY...MONTICELLO...BEMENT... CERRO GORDO...ATWOOD...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 333 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING, THEN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS I-55...I-57...AND I-39 MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BARNES
3 follow-up statements
229 WWUS73 KILX 211521 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1021 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY... ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-212100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.150421T1600Z-150422T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT- CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...WYOMING...TOULON... BRADFORD...PEORIA...HENRY...LACON...TOLUCA...WENONA...EUREKA... METAMORA...EL PASO...MINONK...GERMANTOWN HILLS...ROANOKE... PEKIN...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...CLINTON...FARMER CITY...MONTICELLO...BEMENT... CERRO GORDO...ATWOOD...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 1021 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE MORNING...AND WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS...SUCH AS INTERSTATE 55...INTERSTATE 57...AND INTERSTATE 39...MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
181 WWUS73 KILX 212013 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 313 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET... ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-220000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT- CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...WYOMING...TOULON... BRADFORD...PEORIA...HENRY...LACON...TOLUCA...WENONA...EUREKA... METAMORA...EL PASO...MINONK...GERMANTOWN HILLS...ROANOKE... PEKIN...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...CLINTON...FARMER CITY...MONTICELLO...BEMENT... CERRO GORDO...ATWOOD...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 313 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM...AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH 5 PM...THEN GUST FROM 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...DRIVING ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
063 WWUS73 KILX 212355 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 655 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-220100- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT- CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...WYOMING...TOULON... BRADFORD...PEORIA...HENRY...LACON...TOLUCA...WENONA...EUREKA... METAMORA...EL PASO...MINONK...GERMANTOWN HILLS...ROANOKE... PEKIN...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...CLINTON...FARMER CITY...MONTICELLO...BEMENT... CERRO GORDO...ATWOOD...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE 655 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS THAT GUSTED AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. $$ SMITH
Nearby
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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.