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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 10, 201735 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 3:43 AM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2017, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 10, 2017, 8:38 PM CST
In force
15 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 09:49 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, 9.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10Temperature 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 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 482 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
653 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

747 
WWUS73 KILX 100943
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
343 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017



ILZ030-031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-101600-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.170110T1200Z-170111T0100Z/
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-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...LACON...EUREKA...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...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
343 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
434 
WWUS73 KILX 101533
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
933 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TODAY...

ILZ027>029-036-040-102345-
/O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0100Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-FULTON-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...CANTON...
RUSHVILLE
933 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

ILZ030-031-037-038-041>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-102345-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0100Z/
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-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...LACON...EUREKA...PEKIN...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...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
933 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BARNES
385 
WWUS73 KILX 102124
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
324 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-110100-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0100Z/
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
324 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PASSES. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 40
  TO 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS
  GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BARNES
713 
WWUS73 KILX 110044
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
644 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

ILZ027>029-036-037-040>042-047>054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-
110145-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0100Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-
SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-
LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...TOULON...PEORIA...CANTON...
PEKIN...RUSHVILLE...HAVANA...LINCOLN...BEARDSTOWN...PETERSBURG...
WINCHESTER...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...
SULLIVAN...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...GREENUP...
MARSHALL...EFFINGHAM...NEWTON...ROBINSON...FLORA...OLNEY...
LAWRENCEVILLE
644 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...AS A
RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

ILZ030-031-038-043>046-055-057-110300-
/O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0300Z/
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LACON...EUREKA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...
CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...TUSCOLA...
PARIS
644 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...STRONG WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE THE WINDS GRADUALLY BEGIN
  TO SUBSIDE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
817 
WWUS73 KILX 110238
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
838 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

ILZ030-031-038-043>046-055-057-110345-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0300Z/
MARSHALL-WOODFORD-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LACON...EUREKA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...
CLINTON...MONTICELLO...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...TUSCOLA...
PARIS
838 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING, AS 
A RESULT, THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 5:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper41 min

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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.