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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:58 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 24 more | 7 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.