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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 18, 201635 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2016, 3:03 PM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2016, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence 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, Richland 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-18Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

256 
WWUS73 KILX 182103
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
303 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY FRIDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-190400-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.160219T1200Z-160220T0000Z/
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-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
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...GREENUP...MARSHALL...
EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE
303 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...6 AM TO 6 PM FRIDAY.

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

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

AUTEN
5 follow-up statements
665 
WWUS73 KILX 190337
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
937 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY FRIDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-191200-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.160219T1200Z-160220T0000Z/
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-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
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...GREENUP...MARSHALL...
EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE
937 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...6 AM TO 6 PM FRIDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

SHIMON
789 
WWUS73 KILX 190930
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
330 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-191800-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.160219T1200Z-160220T0000Z/
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-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
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...GREENUP...MARSHALL...
EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE
330 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

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

* TIMING...6 AM TO 6 PM FRIDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE STRONGEST GUSTS OF
  AROUND 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY HIGHER WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND EAST
  OF THE I-57 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROAD SUCH AS
  I-74...I-72...AND I-70.

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.

&&

$$

BARNES
442 
WWUS73 KILX 191602
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1002 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
TODAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-192215-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
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-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
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...GREENUP...MARSHALL...
EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE
1002 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

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

* TIMING...ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF I-72...THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL
  OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 4 PM. THE GUSTY WINDS TO THE SOUTH WILL SHOW
  A MORE SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE AFTER 3 PM. 

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AT TIMES ALONG
  AND NORTH OF I-74. MOST AREAS WILL SEE GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE
  OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN 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
957 
WWUS73 KILX 192106
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
306 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

ILZ040-047-049>052-054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-192215-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
SCHUYLER-CASS-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MOULTRIE-COLES-
SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-
LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSHVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...WINCHESTER...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...SULLIVAN...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...GREENUP...MARSHALL...
EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE
306 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WHILE WIND GUSTS WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR
SO...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH SUNSET.

$$

ILZ027>031-036>038-041>046-048-053-055-057-200000-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-
LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MENARD-MACON-DOUGLAS-
EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON...
EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA...
LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
PETERSBURG...DECATUR...TUSCOLA...PARIS
306 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

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

* TIMING...THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM...
  BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. 

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL LINGER INTO LATE
  AFTERNOON...BEFORE SUBSIDING TO AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH BY SUNSET. 

* IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN 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
408 
WWUS73 KILX 192358
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
558 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

ILZ027>031-036>038-041>046-048-053-055-057-200100-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-
LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MENARD-MACON-DOUGLAS-
EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON...
EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA...
LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
PETERSBURG...DECATUR...TUSCOLA...PARIS
558 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 30 MPH, AND GUSTS HAVE
ALSO DIMINISHED BELOW 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME
LIGHTER EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL
EXPIRE AT 6 PM.

$$

SHIMON

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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.