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Wind Advisory 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2016, 3:54 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois; Knox County, Lewis County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2016, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Greene County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
878 WWUS73 KLSX 152054 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 354 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ILZ058>060-095>097-MOZ018-019-161000- /O.NEW.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.160316T1200Z-160317T0100Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-GREENE IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MACOUPIN IL- MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MOUNT STERLING... PITTSFIELD...QUINCY 354 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ GKS
3 follow-up statements
964 WWUS73 KLSX 160855 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 355 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ILZ058>060-095>097-MOZ018-019-162200- /O.CON.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.160316T1200Z-160317T0100Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-GREENE IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MACOUPIN IL- MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MOUNT STERLING... PITTSFIELD...QUINCY 355 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THESE WINDS CAN ALSO LIFT AND MOVE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MINOR TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ TES
702 WWUS73 KLSX 162105 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 405 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ILZ058>060-095>097-MOZ018-019-170100- /O.CON.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-GREENE IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MACOUPIN IL- MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MOUNT STERLING... PITTSFIELD...QUINCY 405 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ CARNEY
882 WWUS73 KLSX 170035 NPWLSX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 735 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ILZ058>060-095>097-MOZ018-019-170145- /O.CAN.KLSX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160317T0100Z/ ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-GREENE IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MACOUPIN IL- MONTGOMERY IL-PIKE IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MOUNT STERLING... PITTSFIELD...QUINCY 735 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS EVENING...SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 44 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.