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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2017, 4:18 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at May 17, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2017, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 1:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 09:19 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, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
459 WWUS73 KILX 170918 CCA NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Lincoln IL 418 AM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .A strong area of low pressure is expected to push into Iowa today and bring very windy conditions to central, east central and southeast Illinois. Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of around 45 mph are expected across the wind advisory area. Winds will gradually diminish just after sunset. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-171700- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.170517T1700Z-170518T0000Z/ 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, and Lawrenceville 418 AM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Noon through early this evening * WINDS...Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Loose, lightweight objects may be blown around. Minor tree or property damage is possible. Driving may be made difficult especially in high profile vehicles and on east-west roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected with gusts around 45 mph at times. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Corrected formatting error
5 follow-up statements
583 WWUS73 KILX 171658 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1158 AM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .A strong area of low pressure will move into western into Iowa by this evening. As a result, very windy conditions will be the rule over central, east central, and southeast Illinois. Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of around 45 mph are expected across the wind advisory area. Winds will gradually diminish just after sunset. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.170517T1700Z-170518T0000Z/ 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, and Lawrenceville 1158 AM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...This afternoon through early this evening * WINDS...Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Loose, lightweight objects may be blown around. Minor tree or property damage is possible. Driving may be made difficult especially in high profile vehicles and on east-west roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected with gusts around 45 mph at times. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Goetsch
106 WWUS73 KILX 172116 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 416 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... ...DUST LOWERING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE... .Blowing dust from the strong winds were lowering visibilities to less than one quarter mile in some areas. This was producing hazardous driving conditions, mostly on east west roads. The very windy conditions wind continue over central and southeast Illinois through the evening. Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of around 45 mph will continue in the wind advisory area, gradually diminishing just after sunset. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170518T0000Z/ 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, and Lawrenceville 416 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Early this evening * WINDS...Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Blwing dust from the strong winds was lowering visibilities on some east west roads to less than one quarter mile. Numerous car accidents have been reported. Loose, lightweight objects may be blown around. Minor tree or property damage is possible. Driving may be difficult especially in high profile vehicles and on east-west roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected with gusts around 45 mph at times. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
151 WWUS73 KILX 172347 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 647 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ... DUST LOWERING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE... .Blowing dust from the strong winds were lowering visibilities to less than one quarter mile in some areas. This was producing hazardous driving conditions, mostly on east west roads. The very windy conditions wind continue over central and southeast Illinois through the evening. Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of around 45 mph will continue in the wind advisory area, gradually diminishing just after sunset. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180200- /O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170518T0200Z/ 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, and Lawrenceville 647 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Advisory extended Through this evening until 9 pm. * WINDS...Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts around 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Blowing dust from the strong winds was lowering visibilities on some east west roads to less than one quarter mile. Numerous car accidents have been reported. Loose, lightweight objects may be blown around. Minor tree or property damage is possible. Driving may be difficult especially in high profile vehicles and on east-west roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected with gusts around 45 mph at times. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
556 WWUS73 KILX 180136 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 836 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS... ...DANGEROUS DUSTLOWERING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN SOME AREAS... .Blowing dust from the strong winds were lowering visibilities to less than one quarter mile in some areas. This will continue to producing danagerous driving conditions through the overnight hours, especially on east-west roads. The very windy conditions wind continue overnight, slowly dropping overnight. However with darkness and the large amount of dust in the air, visibilities will remain extremely dangerous. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180900- /O.EXT.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170518T0900Z/ 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, and Lawrenceville 836 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...Advisory extended into the overnight hours until 4 am Thursday. * WINDS...Southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to near 45 mph at times. * IMPACTS...Extremely danagerous will continue through the overnight hours, due to the strong winds blowing dust and lowering visibilities to less than one quarter mile. Numerous car accidents have been reported. Numerous roads or highways have been closed, mainly east-west roads. Loose, lightweight objects may be blown around. Minor tree or property damage is possible. Driving may be difficult especially in high profile vehicles and on east- west roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected with gusts around 45 mph at times. Because of the dust and low visibilities, use EXTREME caution when driving tonight if you must, or avoid travel altogether tonight due to the limiting visibilities. && $$
005 WWUS73 KILX 180616 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 116 AM CDT Thu May 18 2017 ...Wind advisory cancelled over central Illinois... ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180730- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170518T0900Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean- Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass- Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas- Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford- Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Canton, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Rushville, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Beardstown, Petersburg, Winchester, Jacksonville, Springfield, Taylorville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 116 AM CDT Thu May 18 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has cancelled the Wind Advisory. South to southwest winds have diminished to 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 25 to 35 mph at 1 am cdt across central and southeast Illinois. Southwest winds will continue to slowly diminish overnight, but still remain gusty into Thursday. $$ 07
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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.