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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Northern Indiana

April 4, 20074 counties in Michigan; 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2007, 4:16 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan; 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Apr 4, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2007, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 4, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 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 08:16 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, 8.3 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 2007-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KIWX 040816
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
416 AM EDT WED APR 4 2007


INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-041700-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FZ.W.0001.070405T0000Z-070405T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.070404T1200Z-070405T0000Z/
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
416 AM EDT WED APR 4 2007 /316 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT
/7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION TODAY USHERING IN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR ON STRONG
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING
SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL BELOW FREEZING
AND BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID 20S TOWARD SUNRISE BEFORE WARMING ABOVE
FREEZING BY MID MORNING THURSDAY.

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.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.


$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 041620
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1220 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-050030-
/O.CON.KIWX.FZ.W.0001.070405T0000Z-070405T1400Z/
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0000Z/
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
1220 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007 /1120 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION TODAY USHERING IN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR ON STRONG
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING
THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL BELOW FREEZING AND
BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID 20S TOWARD SUNRISE...THEN WARM ABOVE FREEZING
BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WELL BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND ADDITIONAL FREEZE WARNINGS WILL
BE NEEDED FOR LATER PERIODS.

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 LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 042002
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
402 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-050415-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FZ.W.0002.070405T2300Z-070406T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KIWX.FZ.W.0001.070404T2002Z-070405T1500Z/
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0000Z/
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
402 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007 /302 PM CDT WED APR 4 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THURSDAY TO
11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ FRIDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THURSDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS
ALSO ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.

A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BECOME ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT AND INTO THIS WEEKEND. A
PROLONGED HARD FREEZE WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING INTO LATE
THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WILL DIP INTO
THE MID 20S AROUND SUNRISE...AND NOT WARM ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL
LATE THURSDAY MORNING. SINCE THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE CONSIDERABLY
OVERNIGHT...FROST IS NOT EXPECTED TO FORM. HOWEVER...THESE
TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND FLOWERS.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. 

ANOTHER PROLONGED PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR
THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING.

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 LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.


$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 050004
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
804 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-050815-
/O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0000Z/
/O.CON.KIWX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070405T1500Z/
/O.CON.KIWX.FZ.W.0002.070405T2300Z-070406T1500Z/
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
804 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007 /704 PM CDT WED APR 4 2007/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/
THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ FRIDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. A FREEZE
WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THURSDAY
TO 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ FRIDAY.

A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BECOME ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT AND INTO THIS WEEKEND. A
PROLONGED HARD FREEZE WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING INTO LATE
THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WILL DIP INTO
THE LOWER TO MID 20S...AND NOT WARM ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATE
THURSDAY MORNING. SINCE THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE CONSIDERABLY
OVERNIGHT...FROST IS NOT EXPECTED TO FORM. HOWEVER... THESE
TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND FLOWERS.

ANOTHER PROLONGED PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL
OCCUR THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE OCCURRING.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 4:16 AM EDTFreeze WarningIWXBranch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph31 hr
Apr 4, 4:02 PM EDTFreeze WarningIWXBranch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph45 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Indiana, 2007Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2007Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.