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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Chicago, IL

September 26, 20246 counties in Illinois; 4 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Sep 26, 2024, 2:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois; 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Sep 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2024, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Cook County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Will County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 12:00Z on 2024-09-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2024-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 3:26 AM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Sep 26, 3:04 PM CDTGale WarningLOT36 hr
Sep 26, 3:04 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT22 hr
Sep 26, 3:12 PM CDTBeach Hazards StatementLOTCook, Lake4 days

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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.