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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

February 15, 200621 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind watch at Feb 15, 2006, 3:43 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 16, 2006, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2006, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2006, 4:19 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 299 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 2006-02-15Temperature 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 2006-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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 high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Feb 15, 3:37 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 3:37 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 6:24 AM EST, 9 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
624 AM EST WED FEB 15 2006

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-161130-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
524 AM CST WED FEB 15 2006 /624 AM EST WED FEB 15 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING. SOME RIVERS
ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THAT HAVE RECENTLY GONE BELOW FLOOD
STAGE MAY ONCE AGAIN FLOOD.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...NONE ARE
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY EVENING AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
IF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD
FRONT THEY MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. TEMPERATURES
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER...CHANGING
RAIN TO SNOW AND FREEZING ANY REMAINING WATER ON ROAD SURFACES.

SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT
FOLLOWED BY SOME ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE WILL BE ANY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-061-161130-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE-
624 AM EST WED FEB 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GALES ARE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
TURN SHARPLY COLDER THURSDAY NIGHT BRINGING THE RISK OF FREEZING
SPRAY ON LAKE VESSELS.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Indiana, 2006High Wind Watches in Ohio, 2006High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2006Every high wind watch in 2006

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.