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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Chicago, IL

January 9, 20206 counties in Illinois; Benton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2020, 3:20 AM CST for 6 counties in Illinois; Benton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Jan 9, 2020, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2020, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2020, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 9, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 105 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 2020-01-09Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2020-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 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 Jan 8, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:37 PM CST, 11 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
337 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
092145-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-Cook-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
337 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020 /437 PM EST Wed Jan 8 2020/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central
Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

  No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thursday...
  Limited Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk.
  Limited Ice Accumulation Risk.
Friday Night...
  Limited Flooding Risk.
  Limited Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk.
  Elevated Ice Accumulation Risk.
  Limited Snow and sleet Risk.
  Elevated Lakeshore Flood Risk.
Saturday...
  Elevated Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk.
  Elevated Ice Accumulation Risk.
  Significant Snow and Sleet Risk.
  Elevated Lakeshore Flood Risk.

DISCUSSION:

There is increasing potential for a storm system to impact the
region late Friday through Saturday night and possible through
Sunday morning. At this time, notable ice accumulation
is a possibility across portions of north central and far
northeastern Illinois late Friday night and Saturday morning.
Accumulating snow is also possible for the area Saturday
night. However, there is still a good deal of uncertainty with
the track and strength of the storm system, which will ultimately
influence snow and ice accumulations and what areas are affected.

Strong southerly wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph, with sporadic gusts
to 45 mph, are expected on Thursday. Winds are then forecast to
become northerly which will build waves, bringing a risk for
lakeshore flooding late Friday night through Saturday night.

Finally, waves of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall may
result in a risk for flooding for locales roughly south and east
of I-55.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be necessary through tonight.

LMZ740>745-092145-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
337 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Hazardous conditions for small craft.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Thursday...
  Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely.
Friday and Saturday...
  Gale force winds and or very hazardous waves are likely.
Sunday...
  Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely.

KJB

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 3:39 AM CSTFlood WatchLOTDuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 1 more55 hr
Jan 9, 3:54 AM CSTLakeshore Flood WatchLOTLake17 hr
Jan 9, 4:03 AM CSTGale WarningLOT23 hr
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTKankakee4 days
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTGrundy, Kankakee, Will70 hr
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTIroquois7 days
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTIroquois, Kankakee70 hr
Jan 9, 11:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTIroquois4 days
Jan 9, 11:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTGrundy4 days
Jan 9, 11:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTLivingston5 days
Jan 9, 11:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTLaSalle6 days
Jan 9, 11:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTGrundy21 days
Jan 9, 11:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTLaSalle21 days
Jan 9, 11:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTLaSalle21 days
Jan 9, 1:36 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 5 more22 hr
Jan 9, 2:48 PM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Jan 9, 9:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLOTLake33 hr
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTPorter21 days
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTJasper, Porter7 days
Jan 9, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTLake, Newton12 days
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTJasper21 days
Jan 9, 11:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTNewton21 days

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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.