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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana

February 16, 20064 counties in Michigan; 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2006, 10:46 PM EST for 4 counties in Michigan; 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2006, 10:46 PM EST (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2006, 9:35 AM EST
In force
11 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 radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 514 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
514 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
540 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KIWX 170346
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1046 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE
TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO BY FRIDAY
MORNING. THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS LOW AND AN ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. ALSO...WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN
STRONG...WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE SURFACE AT TIMES
OVERNIGHT.

INZ003>006-008-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>079-171100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.060217T0346Z-060217T1100Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...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
946 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 /1046 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/
FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-171100-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T1100Z/
STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...LIMA
1046 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR GREATER OCCUR AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER
LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 170919
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
419 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST ONTARIO WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA
THIS MORNING ALLOWING STRONG WINDS TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY.

INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-171500-
/O.CAN.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060217T1100Z/
/O.EXB.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T1500Z/
STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...LIMA
419 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.
THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING... BUT WILL REMAIN BRISK THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57
MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

INZ003>006-008-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>079-171500-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T1500Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...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
319 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 /419 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY... BUT WILL REMAIN
BRISK THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 171435
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
935 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-171545-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T1500Z/
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
835 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 /935 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST
BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

$$

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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.