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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 4:10 AM CST for 9 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2016, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2016, 3:13 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
293 WWUS73 KLOT 281010 NPWLOT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 410 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY... ILZ012>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-281815- /O.NEW.KLOT.WI.Y.0002.160228T1400Z-160228T2200Z/ KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA... OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 410 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 /510 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /9 AM EST/ THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST /5 PM EST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /9 AM EST/ THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST /5 PM EST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE. ANY LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECT SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH...ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE UNLESS PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND USE CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
166 WWUS73 KLOT 281515 NPWLOT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 915 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY... ILZ012>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-282200- /O.CON.KLOT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160228T2200Z/ KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA... OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 915 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 /1015 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST /5 PM EST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE. ANY LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECT SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH...ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE UNLESS PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND USE CAUTION. && $$ KMD
780 WWUS73 KLOT 282113 NPWLOT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 313 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 ILZ012>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-282215- /O.CAN.KLOT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160228T2200Z/ KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...OTTAWA... OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 313 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016 /413 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING. $$ KJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:23 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 24 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.