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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Chicago, IL

April 2, 20256 counties in Illinois; Benton County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2025, 3:44 AM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois; Benton County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 2, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2025, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Benton County, IN, Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 502 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 735 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, 3:32 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:32 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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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 2, 11:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	82 min
Apr 2, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, Will	3 hr
Apr 2, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	58 min
Apr 2, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	48 min
Apr 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	28 min
Apr 2, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	32 min
Apr 2, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	3 hr
Apr 2, 6:47 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		17 hr
Apr 2, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	3 hr
Apr 2, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Benton, Jasper, Newton	62 min
Apr 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Jasper, Newton	43 min
Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Newton	33 min
Apr 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Jasper	27 min
Apr 2, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Benton, Jasper, Newton	35 min

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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.