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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Chicago, IL

March 31, 202318 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2023, 3:06 AM CDT for 18 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 31, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2023, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
All 23 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2023-03-31Temperature 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 2023-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 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 Mar 31, 2:35 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:35 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTKane35 min
Mar 31, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTCook, DuPage27 min
Mar 31, 3:26 AM CDTGale WarningLOT40 hr
Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLOTLaSalle, Livingston34 min
Mar 31, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLOTGrundy, LaSalle, Livingston44 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTIroquois22 min
Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTDeKalb, LaSalle, Lee65 min
Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLOTWill38 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKankakee24 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT98 min
Mar 31, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTOgle39 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, Will57 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTGrundy, Kankakee, Will38 min
Mar 31, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle, Lee37 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, DuPage, Kane54 min
Mar 31, 6:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOTCook, DuPage, Kane4 hr
Mar 31, 6:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTCook, DuPage58 min
Mar 31, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLOTLee, Ogle, Winnebago75 min
Mar 31, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLee36 min
Mar 31, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTOgle19 min

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.