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Wind Advisory 1, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 19, 201617 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 3:28 AM CST for 17 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2016, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 862 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
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
862 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1024 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

049 
WWUS73 KLSX 190928
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
328 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016


ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-192100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0001.160219T1200Z-160219T2100Z/
ADAMS IL-BOND IL-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-
GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-
MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...
LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...SALEM...VANDALIA
328 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE WINDS CAN ALSO LIFT
  AND MOVE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR
  OBJECTS. MINOR TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

GOSSELIN
1 follow-up statement
925 
WWUS73 KLSX 192106
NPWLSX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
306 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-192215-
/O.EXP.KLSX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
ADAMS IL-BOND IL-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-
GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-
MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...EDWARDSVILLE...
LITCHFIELD...QUINCY...SALEM...VANDALIA
306 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO THE ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE
INTO THE THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

BRITT

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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.