Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 7:13 PM EST for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:13 PM EST (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 9:14 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KIND 180013 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 713 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES EAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... .VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER EASTERN INDIANA. WINDS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. INZ041-042-049-057-064-065-071-072-180500- /O.EXP.KIND.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0003.080218T0013Z-080218T0500Z/ DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-RUSH-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 713 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH OVER EASTERN INDIANA. THE WIND GUSTS MAY BE ENHANCED BY THE SHOWERS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. WATCH OUT FOR DEBRIS THAT MAY HAVE BLOWN INTO ROADS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>048-051>056-060>063-067>070-180115- /O.EXP.KIND.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 713 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WERE SLOWLY DECREASING OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA. GUST FROM 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION. WATCH OUT FOR ANY DEBRIS THAT MAY HAVE BLOWN INTO ROADS. $$ HAINES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KIND 180214 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 914 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... INZ041-042-049-057-064-065-071-072-180315- /O.CAN.KIND.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0500Z/ DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-RUSH-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 914 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDSPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. WINDS MAY STILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THEY WILL THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION. WATCH FOR DEBRIS THAT MAY HAVE BLOWN ONTO ROADS. $$ HAINES
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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.