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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 28, 202517 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2025, 2:03 PM CST for 17 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2025, 2:03 PM CST (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2025, 7:16 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2025-02-28Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2025-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 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
2117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

831 
WWUS73 KILX 282003
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
203 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

ILZ028-030-031-038-043>046-053>057-010300-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-250228T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.250228T2003Z-250301T0300Z/
Stark-Marshall-Woodford-McLean-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-
Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-
Including the cities of Urbana, Sullivan, Charleston, Toulon,
Eureka, Champaign, Normal, Bloomington, Danville, Monticello,
Mattoon, Lacon, Tuscola, Paris, Clinton, and Decatur
203 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* WHAT...West-northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. 
  There is around a 20 to 30% chance for localized higher gusts this 
  evening.

* WHERE...Portions of central and east central Illinois.

* WHEN....

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

ILZ062-063-068-282115-
/O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-250228T2000Z/
Cumberland-Clark-Crawford-
Including the cities of Robinson, Greenup, and Marshall
203 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

ILZ027-029-037-042-010300-
/O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.250228T2003Z-250301T0300Z/
Knox-Peoria-Tazewell-Logan-
Including the cities of Lincoln, Peoria, Galesburg, and Pekin
203 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West-northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. 
  There is around a 20 to 30% chance for localized higher gusts this 
  evening.

* WHERE...Logan, Peoria, Tazewell, and Knox Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Bumgardner
2 follow-up statements
776 
WWUS73 KILX 282121
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
321 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-053>057-010300-
/O.CON.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250301T0300Z/
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Logan-De Witt-
Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-
Including the cities of Urbana, Danville, Pekin, Champaign,
Monticello, Sullivan, Decatur, Lacon, Peoria, Lincoln, Normal,
Mattoon, Charleston, Tuscola, Bloomington, Galesburg, Clinton,
Paris, Eureka, and Toulon
321 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and west central 
  Illinois, generally east of a Galesburg to Decatur to Mattoon line.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM CST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Geelhart
983 
WWUS73 KILX 010116
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
716 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-053>057-010230-
/O.CAN.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250301T0300Z/
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Logan-De Witt-
Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-
Including the cities of Urbana, Danville, Pekin, Champaign,
Monticello, Sullivan, Decatur, Lacon, Peoria, Lincoln, Normal,
Mattoon, Charleston, Tuscola, Bloomington, Galesburg, Clinton,
Paris, Eureka, and Toulon
716 PM CST Fri Feb 28 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

While a few wind gusts over 35 mph will linger north of I-74 into 
mid evening, winds will continue to subside.

$$

Geelhart

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 10:58 AM CSTRed Flag WarningILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 24 more7 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.