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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2017, 3:50 AM CST for 13 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 8, 2017, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2017, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
199 WWUS73 KILX 080950 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 350 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...Strong Winds Expected Again Today Over Parts of Central and East Central Illinois... ILZ028>031-037-038-043>046-055-057-081800- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.170308T1500Z-170309T0000Z/ Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-De Witt-Piatt- Champaign-Vermilion-Douglas-Edgar- 350 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 9 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. * TIMING...Mid-morning through late this afternoon. * WINDS...West winds of 25 to 35 mph will gust up to 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...A Wind Advisory means that winds of 30 mph or greater are expected, which can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution if you are traveling. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles on north-south roads. Use extra caution. && $$ Smith
2 follow-up statements
074 WWUS73 KILX 081649 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1049 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...Strong Winds Expected Again Today Over Parts of Central and East Central Illinois... ILZ027-090000- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ Knox- 1049 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * TIMING...Mid-morning through late this afternoon. * WINDS...West winds of 25 to 35 mph will gust up to 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...A Wind Advisory means that winds of 30 mph or greater are expected, which can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution if you are traveling. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles on north-south roads. Use extra caution. && $$ ILZ028>031-037-038-043>046-055-057-090000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-De Witt-Piatt- Champaign-Vermilion-Douglas-Edgar- 1049 AM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Mid-morning through late this afternoon. * WINDS...West winds of 25 to 35 mph will gust up to 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...A Wind Advisory means that winds of 30 mph or greater are expected, which can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution if you are traveling. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles on north-south roads. Use extra caution. && $$ Miller
281 WWUS73 KILX 082351 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 551 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-055-057-090100- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170309T0000Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-De Witt-Piatt- Champaign-Vermilion-Douglas-Edgar- 551 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... Wind gusts have dropped below 30mph late this afternoon...and will continue to rapidly decrease after sunset. Therefore the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 6 PM CST. $$ Barnes
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean, Marshall and 10 more | 6 hr |
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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.