Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2008, 4:11 AM EDT for 20 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 25, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2008, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 26 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, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KIWX 250811 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 411 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2008 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN INDIANA... NORTHWEST OHIO... AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. INZ003>006-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077-OHZ004-005- 015-016-024-025-251615- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.080325T1400Z-080325T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- BERRIEN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...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...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 411 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2008 /311 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT /4 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 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KIWX 251513 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1113 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2008 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN INDIANA... NORTHWEST OHIO... AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. INZ003>006-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077-OHZ004-005- 015-016-024-025-252100- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080325T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- BERRIEN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1113 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2008 /1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KIWX 252053 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 453 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2008 INZ003>006-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077-OHZ004-005- 015-016-024-025-252200- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080325T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- BERRIEN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...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...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 453 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2008 /353 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINSH TO 10 TO 20 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO SUNSET. $$
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.