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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 19, 200826 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2008, 8:22 AM EST for 26 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2008, 8:22 AM EST (13:22 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2008, 5:05 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 26 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-12-19Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
107 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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 KIND 191322
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
822 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WIND COMING TO PARTS OF INDIANA...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY.

INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-192130-
/O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0009.081219T1322Z-081220T0000Z/
VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-
OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
822 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF ABOUT 25 MPH
AND GUSTS OF ABOUT 45 MPH. THE WINDS MAY RISE VERY RAPIDLY THIS MORNING.

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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KIND 191815
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
115 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008

...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND IN PARTS OF INDIANA...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY.

INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-200000-
/O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081220T0000Z/
VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-
OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
115 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

WINDS GUSTED TO NEARLY 50 MPH AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WINDS WILL PROBABLY DROP OFF VERY RAPIDLY THIS EVENING.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIND 192205 AAA
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
505 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DECREASE.

INZ043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-192315-
/O.CAN.KIND.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081220T0000Z/
VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-
OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
505 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE
TO DECREASE

$$

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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.