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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 18, 201621 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2016, 10:42 AM CST for 21 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2016, 10:42 AM CST (16:42 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 19, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 21 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeWitt 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, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2016-11-18Temperature 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 2016-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
455 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

500 
WWUS73 KILX 181642
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1042 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY FROM I-72 NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-190200-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.161118T1800Z-161119T1200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON-
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...DECATUR
1042 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTING TO
  35 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN WEST TO NORTHWEST BEHIND A
  COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME EVEN A BIT STRONGER
  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL
  BE THROWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

07
5 follow-up statements
038 
WWUS73 KILX 182155
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
355 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY FROM I-72 NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-190600-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T1200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON-
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...DECATUR
355 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT WEST
  TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND BE
  GUSTING AT 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL 
  BE THROWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

07
545 
WWUS73 KILX 190108
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
708 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-190600-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T1200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON-
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...DECATUR
708 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  NIGHT...BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY AROUND SUNRISE.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES... WITH
  THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS NORTH OF I-74. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS MAY BE
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS
  WILL BE THROWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

GEELHART
234 
WWUS73 KILX 190144
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
744 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

ILZ040-042>051-053-190245-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T1200Z/
SCHUYLER-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-
SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSHVILLE...LINCOLN...CLINTON...
MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...BEARDSTOWN...
PETERSBURG...WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR
744 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST FROM 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES
THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE THREAT OF WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH HAS
PUSHED FURTHER TO THE NORTH.

$$

ILZ027>031-036>038-041-191000-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T1200Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON...
EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA
744 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
  NIGHT...BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY AROUND SUNRISE. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES... 
  WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS NORTH OF I-74. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS WILL BE THROWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

GEELHART
313 
WWUS73 KILX 190840
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
240 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL NOON...

ILZ027>031-036>038-041-191800-
/O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T1800Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON...
EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA
240 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 35 TO 45 MPH AT
  TIMES... WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS NORTH OF I-74.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS WILL BE THROWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SMITH
886 
WWUS73 KILX 191803
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1203 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

ILZ027>031-036>038-041-191915-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T1800Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...LACON...
EUREKA...CANTON...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...HAVANA
1203 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED AT NOON CST...

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD SUNSET. THESE WINDS WHILE
STILL STRONG WILL BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS A RESULT THE
WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 2:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementILXEdgar, Vermilion43 min
Nov 18, 3:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark23 min
Nov 18, 3:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementILXLawrence14 min

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.