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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2021, 7:32 PM CST for 12 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2021, 7:32 PM CST (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
208 WWUS73 KILX 050132 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 732 PM CST Thu Feb 4 2021 ILZ043>046-053>057-061>063-050600- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0001.210205T0132Z-210205T0600Z/ De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles- Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, and Marshall 732 PM CST Thu Feb 4 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central and east central Illinois, generally east of highway 51. * WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Geelhart
1 follow-up statement
185 WWUS73 KILX 050608 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1208 AM CST Fri Feb 5 2021 ILZ043>046-053>057-061>063-050715- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210205T0600Z/ De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles- Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, and Marshall 1208 AM CST Fri Feb 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds have fallen below advisory criteria, but gusts of 30 to 40 mph will linger over the next few hours. Therefore, the advisory has been allowed to expire. $$ NMB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:01 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 33 hr |
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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.