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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2018, 12:14 PM CST for 20 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2018, 12:14 PM CST (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2018, 5:07 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 566 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
141 WWUS73 KILX 271814 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1214 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...SHORT PERIOD OF VERY WINDY WEATHER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ029>031-037-038-041>043-048-051>053-272100- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0006.181227T1814Z-181227T2100Z/ Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Mason-Logan-De Witt- Menard-Sangamon-Christian-Macon- Including the cities of Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Petersburg, Springfield, Taylorville, and Decatur 1214 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * TIMING...Through mid afternoon. * WINDS...Gusts in excess of 50 mph are expected at times through mid afternoon, before subsiding to around 35 mph. A gust to 58 mph was reported at Springfield at 11:30 am, and a gust to 48 mph was reported at Lincoln at noon. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will have significant difficulty traveling. Several power outages have occurred due to the strong winds. Loose objects will be blown about. Minor damage to tree limbs is likely. 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. && $$ Geelhart
3 follow-up statements
200 WWUS73 KILX 271951 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 151 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...SHORT PERIOD OF VERY WINDY WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ044>046-054>057-061-280000- /O.EXB.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181228T0000Z/ Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- Including the cities of Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, and Shelbyville 151 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. * TIMING...The strongest winds are expected between 2 pm and 6 pm. * WINDS...Gusts in excess of 50 mph are expected at times, before subsiding to around 35 mph. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will have significant difficulty traveling. Several power outages have occurred due to the strong winds. Loose objects will be blown about. Minor damage to tree limbs is likely. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ ILZ029>031-037-038-041>043-048-051>053-272100- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181227T2100Z/ Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Mason-Logan-De Witt- Menard-Sangamon-Christian-Macon- Including the cities of Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Petersburg, Springfield, Taylorville, and Decatur 151 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...Through mid afternoon. * WINDS...Gusts in excess of 50 mph are expected at times through mid afternoon, before subsiding to around 35 mph. A wind gust of 56 mph was reported at Bloomington just before 1 pm, and winds continue to gust over 50 mph at Springfield. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will have significant difficulty traveling. Several power outages have occurred due to the strong winds. Loose objects will be blown about. Minor damage to tree limbs is likely. 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. && $$ Geelhart
660 WWUS73 KILX 272103 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 303 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...SHORT PERIOD OF VERY WINDY WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ029>031-037-038-041>043-048-051>053-272215- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181227T2100Z/ Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Mason-Logan-De Witt- Menard-Sangamon-Christian-Macon- Including the cities of Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Petersburg, Springfield, Taylorville, and Decatur 303 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds have diminished quite a bit from earlier this afternoon. However, some gusts of 25 to 35 mph will continue through sunset. $$ ILZ044>046-054>057-061-280000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181228T0000Z/ Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- Including the cities of Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, and Shelbyville 303 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...The strongest winds are expected through 6 pm. * WINDS...Gusts in excess of 50 mph are expected at times, before subsiding to around 35 mph. Willard Airport south of Champaign reported a wind gust of 62 mph at 2:05 pm, and Coles County Airport east of Mattoon had a wind gust of 53 mph at 2:19 pm. * IMPACTS...High profile vehicles will have significant difficulty traveling. Several power outages have occurred due to the strong winds. Loose objects will be blown about. Minor damage to tree limbs is likely. 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. && $$ Geelhart
486 WWUS73 KILX 272307 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 507 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ILZ044>046-054>057-061-280015- /O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-181228T0000Z/ Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- Including the cities of Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, and Shelbyville 507 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Lincoln has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Sustained winds and gusts have diminished to below advisory criteria. $$ Shimon
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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.