Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2009, 3:34 AM EDT for 15 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 24, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2009, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2009, 10:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 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 240734 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 334 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS LATER TODAY... INZ028-029-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-241545- /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0005.090324T1800Z-090325T0300Z/ WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE... TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 334 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KIND 241535 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1135 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS LATER TODAY... INZ028-029-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-242345- /O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0005.090324T1800Z-090325T0300Z/ WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE... TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 1135 AM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KIND 250220 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1020 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW THE ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. INZ028-029-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-250330- /O.CAN.KIND.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090325T0300Z/ WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE... TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 1020 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$ JP
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.