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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this frost advisory at Oct 20, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT for 10 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 21, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
613 WWUS73 KILX 201927 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 227 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2016 ...FROST LIKELY TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...LEADING TO CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AS LOW TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-210900- /O.NEW.KILX.FR.Y.0002.161021T0900Z-161021T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...RUSHVILLE...HAVANA...BEARDSTOWN 227 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD DAWN FRIDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS IN ORDER TO PREVENT DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
830 WWUS73 KILX 210811 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 311 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-211300- /O.CON.KILX.FR.Y.0002.161021T0900Z-161021T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...RUSHVILLE...HAVANA...BEARDSTOWN 311 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD DAWN THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
501 WWUS73 KILX 211253 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 753 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-211400- /O.EXP.KILX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161021T1300Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...RUSHVILLE...HAVANA...BEARDSTOWN 753 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO WARM WITH SUNRISE...SO THE FROST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 56 min |
| Oct 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 6 hr |
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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.