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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Chicago, IL

October 12, 20194 counties in Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2019, 10:28 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 12, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2019, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Boone County, IL, Lee County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2019-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2019-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 8:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLOTOgle71 hr
Oct 12, 3:01 AM CDTGale WarningLOT24 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Illinois, 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.