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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Chicago, IL

April 12, 201916 counties in Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2019, 3:23 AM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 12, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2019, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2019-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2019-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 11, 6:32 PM CDT, 8 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:32 PM CDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 3:22 AM CDTGale WarningLOT17 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Illinois, 2019Wind Advisories in Indiana, 2019Every wind advisory in 2019

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.