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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Chicago, IL

April 2, 2024Ford County, Iroquois County, Kankakee County, Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2024, 3:15 AM CDT for Ford County, Iroquois County, Kankakee County, Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 2, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2024, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -167 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 Apr 2, 12:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 12:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 3:14 AM CDT, 1 minute before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
314 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-030815-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-
Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
314 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024 /414 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
Illinois...northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited Thunderstorm Risk east of I-55...with an associated:
     Limited Hail Risk...up to 1 inch in diameter.
     Limited Damaging Wind Risk...up to 60 mph.
  Elevated Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk east of I-55.
  Limited Snow Risk northwest of a line from LaSalle to McHenry.

DISCUSSION...

A band of severe thunderstorms may move along and east of I-55
between noon and 4 PM with damaging wind gusts.

Non-thunderstorm wind gusts as high as 55 mph may occur along and
east of I-55 from 2 PM to 8 PM.

Steady rain will mix with and may change entirely to snow along
and northwest of a line from LaSalle to McHenry this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Wednesday...
   Limited Snow Risk near the Wisconsin state line. .

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotters may be needed between noon and 4 PM along and east of I-55.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

  Moving toward the northeast at 55 mph.

LMZ740>745-030815-
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-
314 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

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...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Wednesday through Friday...
  Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely.
Sunday and Monday...
  Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely.

Borchardt

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 8:10 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	5 hr
Apr 1, 9:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	39 hr
Apr 1, 9:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, Lake, McHenry	14 days
Apr 1, 9:11 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle	25 hr
Apr 2, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Iroquois	27 hr
Apr 2, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	21 days
Apr 2, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Lake	21 days
Apr 2, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Cook	27 hr
Apr 2, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	26 hr
Apr 2, 10:01 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	27 hr
Apr 2, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	24 hr
Apr 2, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	25 hr
Apr 2, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Ogle, Winnebago	25 hr
Apr 2, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Livingston	43 min
Apr 2, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee	58 min
Apr 2, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kankakee	60 min
Apr 2, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		72 min
Apr 2, 3:52 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago	19 hr
Apr 1, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake, Porter	2 hr
Apr 1, 9:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	13 days
Apr 1, 9:11 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Jasper, Porter	39 hr
Apr 2, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Jasper	12 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.