Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2009, 10:59 PM EDT for 27 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 11, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2009, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 27 counties
Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 KIND 110259 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1059 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REST OF TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A TERRE HAUTE TO RUSHVILLE LINE.... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-111100- /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0004.090311T0400Z-090311T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 1059 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH TONIGHT. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT AND MOST OTHER AREAS FARTHER EAST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KIND 110818 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 418 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REST OF TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A TERRE HAUTE TO RUSHVILLE LINE.... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-111200- /O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 418 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL BEGIN OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT AND MOST OTHER AREAS FARTHER EAST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KIND 111206 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 806 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-111315- /O.EXP.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 806 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 25 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE DAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 47 min |
| Mar 11, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 26 min |
Nearby
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.