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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana

October 21, 200721 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Oct 21, 2007, 4:25 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Oct 21, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2007, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 21, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 21, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
8 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 08:22 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, 8.4 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 2007-10-21Temperature 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 2007-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
2156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
236 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 210825
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
425 AM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED LATE
THIS MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING AN UNUSUALLY WARM
AIRMASS TO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY. AS THE LATE
AUTUMN SUN QUICKLY HEATS THE GROUND TEMPERATURE INTO THE 70S BY
LATE MORNING...THE WIND WILL BECOME GUSTY IN CHARACTER AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE
COMMON...WITH SOME GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH LIKELY BY LATE THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-211630-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.071021T1400Z-071021T2200Z/
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
425 AM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007 /325 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHT-WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
MOTORISTS ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED...SUCH
AS...ROUTES 6...30 AND THE INDIANA AND OHIO TOLL ROAD.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 211629
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1229 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA COMBINED WITH A HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL RESULT IN STRONG
SOUTH WINDS ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-212200-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071021T2200Z/
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
1229 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007 /1129 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHT-WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
MOTORISTS ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED...SUCH
AS...ROUTES 6...30 AND THE INDIANA AND OHIO TOLL ROAD.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 211926
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
326 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA COMBINED WITH A HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL RESULT IN STRONG
SOUTH WINDS ACROSS OUR AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

INZ007>009-017-018-024>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-212030-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071021T2200Z/
STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...
AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...
PORTLAND...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...LIMA
326 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE WINDY ACROSS THIS AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA... THUS...
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

INZ003>006-012>016-020-022-023-MIZ077>080-212200-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071021T2200Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-
FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...
ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
LOGANSPORT...PERU...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...
COLDWATER
326 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007 /226 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARD
SUNSET. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
LIGHT-WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
MOTORISTS ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED...SUCH
AS...ROUTES 6...30 AND THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 212207
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
607 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007

INZ003>006-012>016-020-022-023-MIZ077>080-212315-
/O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071021T2200Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-
FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...
ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
LOGANSPORT...PERU...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...
COLDWATER
607 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2007 /507 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS WERE SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA
WEAKENED AND HEATING OF THE DAY DIMINISHED. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE
TO DECREASE THIS EVENING.

$$

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.