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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2009, 5:13 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; 21 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 8, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2009, 5:13 AM EDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 5:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 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, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 080913 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 513 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-081715- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.090308T2200Z-090309T1000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... 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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 513 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 /413 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. WIND GUSTS BEHIND THIS LOW WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE AREA FOR A PERIOD TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KIWX 081416 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1016 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-082230- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.090308T2200Z-090309T1000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... 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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1016 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 /916 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ ARNOTT
000 WWUS73 KIWX 081912 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 312 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-090315- /O.EXT.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.090308T2000Z-090309T1000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... 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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 312 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 /212 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ MONDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KIWX 082125 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 525 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-090400- /O.UPG.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090309T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0002.090308T2125Z-090309T0400Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... 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...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 525 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 /425 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEPART THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BEHIND THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THESE WINDS...WHEN COMBINED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOILS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. IN ADDITION WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS ...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ ARNOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Williams | 7 days |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance | 10 days |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 11 days |
| Mar 8, 7:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 59 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Putnam | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Paulding | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 1:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 5:25 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 6:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Henry | 6 days |
| Mar 7, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Miami, Wabash | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 5:33 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 8, 10:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Cass, Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Miami and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Blackford, Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Wells | 35 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 3 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 13 days |
| Mar 8, 11:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 14 days |
| Mar 8, 12:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, White | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash and 1 more | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Whitley | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Wells | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 6:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, White | 41 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wabash | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 6:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 15 days |
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.