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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2018, 9:19 AM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2018, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2018, 3:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
868 WWUS73 KILX 011419 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 919 AM CDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...HIGH WIND GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING... ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020000- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0004.181101T1419Z-181102T0000Z/ Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 919 AM CDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Through 7 PM. * WINDS...Northeastern winds 25 to 30 mph, with gusts from 45 to 50 mph at times. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will have difficulty with blustery conditions, particularly on east-west oriented roadways. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
112 WWUS73 KILX 012031 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 331 PM CDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ILZ044>046-054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-012145- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-181102T0000Z/ Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- Including the cities of Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, Marshall, Effingham, Newton, Robinson, Flora, Olney, and Lawrenceville 331 PM CDT Thu Nov 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Wind gusts in eastern Illinois have tapered off into the 25 to 35 mph range late this afternoon. The wind will continue to diminish through the evening hours. $$ Miller
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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.