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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Paducah, KY

December 18, 202514 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Dec 18, 2025, 10:26 AM CST for 14 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2025, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 19, 2025, 12:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY

Counties Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Perry County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2025-12-18Temperature 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 2025-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 538 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
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
551 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 3:25 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHBallard, McCracken22 min
Dec 18, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd47 min
Dec 18, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd44 min
Dec 18, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd24 min

Nearby

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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.