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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2026, 1:40 PM CST for 21 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2026, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2026, 7:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2026, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
All 21 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
456 WWUS73 KILX 171940 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 140 PM CST Tue Feb 17 2026 ILZ031-037-038-041>045-047-048-050>057-061>063-180700- /O.NEW.KILX.WI.Y.0002.260218T0100Z-260218T0700Z/ Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Cass- Menard-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles- Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Champaign, Shelbyville, Petersburg, Monticello, Taylorville, Urbana, Paris, Normal, Marshall, Jacksonville, Greenup, Sullivan, Tuscola, Decatur, Charleston, Eureka, Mattoon, Springfield, Pekin, Lincoln, Havana, Beardstown, Clinton, and Bloomington 140 PM CST Tue Feb 17 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. A few gusts may exceed 50 mph wherever isolated showers develop later this evening. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and west central Illinois. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 1 AM CST Wednesday. * 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. && $$ MJA
1 follow-up statement
490 WWUS73 KILX 180652 NPWILX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1252 AM CST Wed Feb 18 2026 ILZ031-037-038-041>045-047-048-050>057-061>063-180800- /O.EXP.KILX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-260218T0700Z/ Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Cass- Menard-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar- Shelby-Cumberland-Clark- Including the cities of Normal, Eureka, Champaign, Shelbyville, Pekin, Sullivan, Mattoon, Beardstown, Decatur, Urbana, Greenup, Clinton, Havana, Taylorville, Petersburg, Marshall, Lincoln, Springfield, Jacksonville, Monticello, Paris, Tuscola, Charleston, and Bloomington 1252 AM CST Wed Feb 18 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... Wind will continue to gust to 30-40 mph at times into the morning hours. $$ Copple
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:47 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Stark | 11 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.