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Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind chill warning at Jan 16, 2009, 7:26 PM EST for 8 counties in Ohio; 21 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2009, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- 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 00:31 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, 0.4 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
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KIWX 170026 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 726 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2009 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... .THE BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS OVERHEAD COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE REGION WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-170830- /O.UPG.KIWX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090117T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.W.0002.090117T0026Z-090117T1200Z/ 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 726 PM EST FRI JAN 16 2009 /626 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2009/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...WIND CHILLS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE MODERATING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. && A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ ARNOTT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS43 KIWX 170831 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 331 AM EST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING... .THE BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS OVERHEAD COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE REGION WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-171200- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090117T1200Z/ 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 331 AM EST SAT JAN 17 2009 /231 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2009/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED...WIND CHILLS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE MODERATING LATER THIS MORNING. && A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. ENSURE PROPER VENTILATION IF USING PORTABLE HEATERS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 10:05 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 43 hr | |
| Jan 17, 10:49 AM EST | Gale Warning | IWX | 5 hr |
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.