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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT for 29 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 18, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 29 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
085 WWUS73 KILX 172016 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 316 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-180900- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0003.210318T1200Z-210319T0000Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean- Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass- Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas- Coles-Shelby- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Canton, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Rushville, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Beardstown, Petersburg, Winchester, Jacksonville, Springfield, Taylorville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, and Shelbyville 316 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and west central Illinois. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
508 WWUS73 KILX 180800 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ILZ057-062-063-181600- /O.EXA.KILX.WI.Y.0003.210318T1200Z-210319T0000Z/ Edgar-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Paris, Greenup, and Marshall 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Edgar, Cumberland and Clark Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>056-061-181600- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.210318T1200Z-210319T0000Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean- Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass- Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas- Coles-Shelby- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Canton, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Rushville, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Beardstown, Petersburg, Winchester, Jacksonville, Springfield, Taylorville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, and Shelbyville 300 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and west central Illinois. * WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * 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. && $$
643 WWUS73 KILX 181433 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 933 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-190000- /O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210319T0000Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean- Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass- Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas- Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Canton, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Rushville, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Beardstown, Petersburg, Winchester, Jacksonville, Springfield, Taylorville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, and Marshall 933 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph expected, with locally higher gusts. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central and west central Illinois from I-70 northward. * WHEN...until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Northeast wind direction will particularly affect I-74 from Champaign to Galesburg. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
964 WWUS73 KILX 190012 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 712 PM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-190115- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210319T0000Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean- Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass- Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas- Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Canton, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Rushville, Havana, Lincoln, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, Danville, Beardstown, Petersburg, Winchester, Jacksonville, Springfield, Taylorville, Decatur, Sullivan, Tuscola, Charleston, Mattoon, Paris, Shelbyville, Greenup, and Marshall 712 PM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Wind speeds will continue to diminish this evening. However some gusts up to around 35 mph will be possible over the next couple of hours, but remain below advisory criteria. $$ Auten
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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.