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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2015, 3:15 PM CST for 27 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2015, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 5:07 PM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 27 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
776 WWUS73 KILX 272115 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-280330- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0005.151228T0600Z-151229T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS...SHELBYVILLE 315 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 5 PM ON MONDAY. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH. DURING THE DAY MONDAY...EXPECT GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
3 follow-up statements
294 WWUS73 KILX 280326 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 926 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-281200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0005.151228T0600Z-151229T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS...SHELBYVILLE 926 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 5 PM ON MONDAY. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH. DURING THE DAY MONDAY...EXPECT GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
620 WWUS73 KILX 281020 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 420 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-290000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS...SHELBYVILLE 420 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY... * TIMING...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THIS MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 2 PM TODAY. WINDS WILL TURN MORE SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH DURING THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH TODAY. SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 07
868 WWUS73 KILX 282307 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 507 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-290015- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS...SHELBYVILLE 507 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG WINDS OF THIS MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS WERE RAPIDLY DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVED INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AS A RESULT, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 8:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Effingham, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 9 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 9 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Menard | 12 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 12 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 13 days |
| Dec 26, 9:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 6 days |
| Dec 26, 9:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 22 days |
| Dec 26, 10:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 8 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:03 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 5 days |
| Dec 27, 4:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Effingham, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:51 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ILX | Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 26 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:09 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Fulton, McLean, Tazewell | 20 hr |
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.