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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2021, 3:18 AM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 25, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2021, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, McLean County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 467 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
599 WWUS73 KILX 250818 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 318 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ILZ038-043>046-251800- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0007.211025T1200Z-211025T1800Z/ McLean-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion- Including the cities of Bloomington, Normal, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, and Danville 318 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Occasional wind gusts up 45 mph * WHERE...Portions of eastern Illinois * WHEN...Through early Monday afternoon PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
1 follow-up statement
099 WWUS73 KILX 251805 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 105 PM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ILZ038-043>046-251915- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-211025T1800Z/ McLean-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion- Including the cities of Bloomington, Normal, Clinton, Monticello, Champaign, Urbana, and Danville 105 PM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Windy conditions will continue for the next couple of hours, with gusts occasionally reaching 30-35 mph. However, the winds will gradually decrease as the afternoon progresses. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Menard, Sangamon and 1 more | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 37 min |
| Oct 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 9 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 39 min |
| Oct 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 36 min |
| Oct 24, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 71 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 35 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 14 hr |
| Oct 24, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Oct 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 21 min |
| Oct 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 47 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 12 days |
| Oct 25, 11:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason | 21 days |
| Oct 25, 11:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 22 days |
Nearby
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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.