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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 8, 2007, 3:57 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2007, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 29 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, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KIWX 080857 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 357 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007 ...WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH COUPLED WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 15 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 23 BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. WIND CHILLS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AFTER SUNRISE AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM. HOWEVER...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY. WITH WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO...SKIN CAN FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. YOUNG CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS MAY EXPERIENCE FROST BITE FASTER. DRESS APPROPRIATELY TODAY AND MAKE SURE CHILDREN WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUSES ARE DRESSED IN LAYERS AND ARE SHELTERED FROM THE WIND WHILE WAITING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-081500- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0002.070208T0900Z-070208T1500Z/ 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-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...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 357 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007 /257 AM CST THU FEB 8 2007/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH COUPLED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS READINGS FROM 15 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 23 BELOW ZERO ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY BE FELT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE COLDEST AND WINDS THE HIGHEST. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES AND COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS43 KIWX 081525 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1025 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007 .TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY CLIMB AND WINDS DIMINISH...ALLOWING WIND CHILLS TO BE IN THE 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH THIS EVENING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-081630- /O.EXP.KIWX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070208T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1025 AM EST THU FEB 8 2007 /925 AM CST THU FEB 8 2007/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 8, 12:51 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 12:51 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1250 AM EST THUR FEB 8 2007 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT FWA FOR ENTIRE TAF PERIOD WHILE SBN SHOULD START OUT MVFR AND TRANSITION TO VFR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 6Z METARS SHOWING DRY AIR MASS OVER THE REGION AND MODEL TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE THIS AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THUS ONLY HIGH CIRRUS EXPECTED AT FWA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS LACK OF MOISTURE IS OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE LAKE EFFECT MVFR CLOUDS ARE BEING GENERATED IN RESPONSE WNW FLOW. THE EDGE OF THIS CLOUD DECK HAS ALREADY MADE IT INTO SBN THIS MORNING AND EXPECT IT TO HANG AROUND TILL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BELIEVE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR AS DECK SCATTERS OUT OVER SBN. && .UPDATE... SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS EVENING WAS SHOWING AN EXPANDING AREA OF STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS HAD ALMOST DISSIPATED AFTER SUNSET...BUT THEY NOW SEEM TO HAVE A MOISTURE BOOST WITH A MORE NORTHWEST FETCH AND A LACK OF DIURNAL INFLUENCES. ALSO...OBSERVATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WERE REPORTING SNOW FLURRIES. THE EVENING UPDATE WILL MAINLY ENTAIL EXPANDING THE CLOUD COVER A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH INTO FAR NRN INDIANA AS THE MEAN LOW LVL FETCH IS FCST TO BE AROUND 290 DEGREES. WILL ALSO INTRODUCE A CHC OF FLURRIES ACRS FAR NRN INDIANA. ELSEWHERE...SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR. PREVIOUS FORECASTER NOTED HOW FAR OFF MOS GUIDANCE WAS ON OBSERVED TEMPERATURES THIS PAST AFTERNOON...AND THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE AS OF THE 02Z OBSERVATIONS. THUS...WILL CONTINUE TO FCST OVERNIGHT LOWS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN MOS GUIDANCE WHERE SKIES REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR. WILL MAKE SOME LAST MINUTE TWEAKS TO THE TEMPERATURES BASED ON THE 03Z OBSERVATIONS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM EST WED FEB 7 2007/ SHORT TERM... BIGGEST CHALLENGE ARE TEMPS WITHIN MODERATING ARCTIC AIRMASS. UPSTREAM OBS THIS MORNING BOTTOMED OVER FRESH SNOWPACK W/MINS FM -10 TO -20 NOTED FM NE IL BACK INTO SE MN. 12Z BASED TRAJECTORIES OUT OF NE IA/SW WI SUGGEST SRN CWA OUTSIDE LK CLD PLUME WILL DECOUPLE THIS EVENING AND BOTTOM AS WELL W/SPRT FM 12Z WAM NUMBERS WHICH SUGGEST WELL BLO ZERO NUMBERS IN REACH. CAVEAT REMAINS W/SFC GRADIENT IN PLACE AND MID/HIGH CLD DECK SKIRTING SW ZONES THIS AFTN. ARCTIC STREAM SW DIGGING SWD THROUGH WRN ONT ATTM WOULD SUPPRESS MID/HIGH CLD PLUME SWD OVERNIGHT IN AGREEMENT W/SHRT TERM MODEL OUTPUT. SFC GRADIENT ON THE OTHER HAND DID NOT COMPLETELY DECOUPLE UPSTREAM LAST NIGHT BUT FOR EXAMPLE KARR DID DROP TO -17 WITH AN 8KT WIND. GIVEN THE FRESH 3-5 INCHES OF SNOW AND KNOWN BIAS OF MOS GUIDANCE WILL CUT COLDEST NUMBERS 2 CATS AT THIS POINT AS A START. NRN AREAS MORE DIFFICULT PER LK CLDS BREAKING UP THIS AFTN. SURMISE STRENGTHENING LL FETCH TWD MIDNIGHT AND SLIGHT VEERING WILL AGAIN FORCE LK MSTR INLAND UNDERNEATH STRONGER INVERSION AND KEEP MINS UP ALG AND NORTH OF THE STATE LINE. SIMILAR ISSUES TOMORROW AS TEMPS STRUGGLE TO RESPOND TO WK WAA ALOFT W/HIGH ALBEDO SNOW CVR LIMITING DIURNALS MUCH LIKE TDA. AT THIS POINT OPTED TO CUT SRN HALF IN LINE W/CURRENT MOS WARM BIAS SEEN THIS AFTN. /ISSUED 332 PM EST WED FEB 7 2007/ LONG TERM... THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS...WILL BE SLOW TO ARRIVE AND NORMAL TEMPS NOT IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. POLAR VORTEX WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN ACROSS THE NORTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. WHILE THE COLDEST AIR WILL SHIFT AWAY...THE GENERAL NW FLOW AND SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL KEEP 850 MB TEMPS IN THE -10 TO -17 C RANGE WITH COLDEST TEMPS IN WAKE OF EACH WAVE. THIS WILL LEAD TO FAVORABLE DELTA T/S IN MID/UPR TEENS...BUT MSTR WILL BE RATHER LACKING WITH ONLY LIMITED SYNOPTIC MSTR WITH EACH SYSTEM. THIS IS REFLECTED WELL IN FACT THAT UPSTREAM OBS SHOW SFC DEWPTS INTO THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WITH LITTLE CLOUD COVER TO SPEAK OF. HAVE STARTED TRIMMING BACK POPS THROUGH SUNDAY TO REFLECT THIS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POTENTIAL NIGHTMARE...ESPECIALLY EARLY MORNING LOWS WITH FRESH SNOW COVER...WINDS DECOUPLE AND SKIES CLEAR OUT AWAY FROM THE LAKE. AGREE WITH SHORT TERM FORECASTER THAT LOWS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY NIGHT...ARE NOT COOL ENOUGH. HAVE LOWERED TEMPS A GOOD CATEGORY ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL UNDERCUT GUIDANCE A GOOD 5 TO 10 DEGREES WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALES TO DROP WELL BELOW ZERO IF PERFECT CONDITIONS MATERIALIZE. AS NOTED ABOVE SOME MODERATION IS EXPECTED INTO LATE THIS WEEKEND AND FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. PNA LEANS SOMEWHAT POSITIVE BRIEFLY BUT TRENDS SHOW IT GOING BACK NEGATIVE AGAIN MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WITH AO REMAINING NEGATIVE. THESE WOULD SIGNAL A RETURN TO THE MUCH COLDER AIR WITH NEW GFS AT 180 HRS SHOWING ANOTHER CORE OF -22 TO -26 C 850 MB TEMPS ATTEMPTING TO DROP SOUTH. MUCH TO MONITOR AT THIS POINT. LOT OF MODEL VARIATION IN HANDLING OF SERIES OF WAVES MOVING IN OFF THE PACIFIC AND THEIR AFFECTS ON THE POLAR VORTEX. ECMWF/GFS TAKE ANY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT NEXT WEEK AND PUSH IT WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...WITH GEM BRINGING A DECENT LOW UP INTO OHIO MON NGT/TUESDAY. THE POLAR VORTEX WILL LOSE ITS INFLUENCE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE MODELS TO EVENTUALLY COME TO A CONSENSUS ON A MORE NW TRACK...MAYBE NOT AS FAR NORTH AS THE GEM BUT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. HOW FAR SOUTH THIS VORTEX REMAINS WILL BE KEY TO SYNOPTIC PRECIP POTENTIAL NEXT WEEK. HAVE OPTED TO THROW IN A 30 POP ACROSS THE AREA MON NGT/TUES TO LEAN TOWARDS THE MORE LIKELY SCENARIO OF SOMETHING AFFECTING PARTS OF THE AREA. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THURSDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && UPDATE/AVIATION...HICKMAN/LAMMERS SHORT TERM...HOLSTEN LONG TERM....FISHER
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 5:20 AM EST, 22 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 520 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-081030- 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 520 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 /420 AM CST WED FEB 7 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PERIOD... ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE AS EXTREME AS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW ZERO INTO THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-081030- 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- 520 AM EST WED FEB 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET IN ICE FREE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD IN ICE FREE AREAS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
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.