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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 3:46 AM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2016, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 09:46 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 00:00Z, 9.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
547 WWUS73 KILX 280946 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 346 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-281800- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.160228T1400Z-160228T2200Z/ 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 346 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...8 AM TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...SUCH AS I-74 AND I-72. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. 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. && $$ AUTEN
5 follow-up statements
236 WWUS73 KILX 281015 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 415 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-281800- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0002.160228T1400Z-160228T2200Z/ CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENUP...MARSHALL...EFFINGHAM... NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE 415 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...8 AM TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...SUCH AS I-70. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-281800- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.160228T1400Z-160228T2200Z/ 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 415 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...8 AM TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS TODAY. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...SUCH AS I-74 AND I-72. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. 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. && $$ AUTEN
079 WWUS73 KILX 281721 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1121 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-282200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160228T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE... SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS...SHELBYVILLE...GREENUP...MARSHALL... EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE 1121 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
603 WWUS73 KILX 281957 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 157 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-290000- /O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS... SHELBYVILLE...GREENUP...MARSHALL...EFFINGHAM...NEWTON... ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE 157 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST FROM 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. 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. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-282200- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160228T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG... WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 157 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES...PRIMARILY EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
879 WWUS73 KILX 282154 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 354 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-282300- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160228T2200Z/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- CHRISTIAN-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON... EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...RUSHVILLE... HAVANA...LINCOLN...CLINTON...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG... WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR 354 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED FROM EARLIER. WHILE THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS EVENING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-290000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS... SHELBYVILLE...GREENUP...MARSHALL...EFFINGHAM...NEWTON... ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE 354 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WILL MAINLY BE EAST OF I-57. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH SUNSET...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF I-57. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEELHART
722 WWUS73 KILX 282358 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 558 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-290100- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0000Z/ PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA... DANVILLE...SULLIVAN...TUSCOLA...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS... SHELBYVILLE...GREENUP...MARSHALL...EFFINGHAM...NEWTON... ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE 558 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH FROM THIS AFTERNOON WHEN NUMEROUS GUSTS OF 45 TO 54 MPH WERE RECORDED. NEVERTHELESS...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS WINDS EVENTUALLY SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY. EXPECT PERIODS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING. $$
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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.