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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2010, 4:12 PM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana; Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It took effect at Oct 26, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2010, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Allen County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561 WWUS73 KIWX 252012 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 412 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY TUESDAY... .BROAD LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL STRENGTHEN AND CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS STRONG LOW WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY INTO FAR SOUTHERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ON TUESDAY WITH A SECOND FRONT MOVING IN ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION WITH THE FRONT...AND THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX SOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE REGION. INZ003-MIZ077-260415- /O.UPG.KIWX.HW.A.0001.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 412 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 /312 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 55 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING AND OUTSIDE ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ INZ004>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 260415- /O.UPG.KIWX.HW.A.0001.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS 412 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 /312 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 55 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING AND OUTSIDE ANY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-260415- /O.UPG.KIWX.HW.A.0001.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 412 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN TAPER OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
211 WWUS73 KIWX 260144 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 944 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY TUESDAY... .BROAD LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL STRENGTHEN AND CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS STRONG LOW WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY INTO FAR SOUTHERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ON TUESDAY WITH A SECOND FRONT MOVING IN ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH TOWARDS TUESDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION WITH THE FRONT...AND THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX SOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE REGION. INZ003-MIZ077-260945- /O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 944 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 /844 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ INZ004>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 260945- /O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS 944 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 /844 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-260945- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 944 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN TAPER OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
772 WWUS73 KIWX 260811 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 411 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...VERY STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ON TAP FOR TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THIS LOW WILL DEEPEN FURTHER AS IT TRACKS INTO FAR SOUTHERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH TODAY WITH A SECOND FRONT MOVING IN LATE WEDNESDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE BEFORE THE LINE OF STORMS ARRIVES. WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE LINE...WITH STRONG WINDS CONTINUING BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX SOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE REGION. INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-261615- /O.UPG.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.A.0002.101027T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 411 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ INZ004>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 261615- /O.NEW.KIWX.HW.A.0002.101027T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS 411 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /311 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ INZ003-MIZ077-261615- /O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 411 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /311 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE VERY LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT TUESDAY EVENING...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
931 WWUS73 KIWX 260905 CCA NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 500 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...VERY STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ON TAP FOR TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THIS LOW WILL DEEPEN FURTHER AS IT TRACKS INTO FAR SOUTHERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH TODAY WITH A SECOND FRONT MOVING IN LATE WEDNESDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE BEFORE THE LINE OF STORMS ARRIVES. WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE LINE...WITH STRONG WINDS CONTINUING BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX SOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE REGION. INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-261715- /O.UPG.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ /O.COR.KIWX.HW.A.0002.101027T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.COR.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 500 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ INZ004>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 261715- /O.COR.KIWX.HW.A.0002.101027T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.COR.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101027T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS 500 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /400 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ INZ003-MIZ077-261715- /O.COR.KIWX.HW.W.0002.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 500 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010 /400 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP FOR WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH MAY OCCUR DURING ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELING. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Oct 25, 3:39 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 3:39 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
339 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010
.DISCUSSION...
...DANGEROUS FALL STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...
.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE HIGH WIND WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO HIGH WIND WARNING FOR
NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF FORECAST AREA...WHILE A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK NOSING INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
WILL CONTINUE TO INDUCE INTENSE CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVERLAID WITH RUC
ANALYSIS SUGGESTS MERGING VORT MAXES ACROSS FOUR CORNERS AND IT IS THIS
UPPER PV ANOMALY WHICH ROUNDS BASE OF WESTERN TROUGH THAT SHOULD
INDUCE THE MOST RAPID CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST
TONIGHT AFTER 06Z. 19Z MSAS ANALYSIS ALREADY INDICATING BROAD AREA
OF STRONG SFC PRESSURE FALLS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS SHOULD SEE THESE STRONGER PRESSURE FALLS
SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND EVENTUALLY WESTERN
GREAT LAKES REGION. AN INTENSE LOW LEVEL JET OF 60 TO 70 KNOTS
WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT. PWATS ACROSS FORECAST AREA LIKELY TO
INCREASE TO UP AROUND 1.50 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO THIS
VERY STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION. COLUMN MOISTURE OF THIS MAGNITUDE
OBVIOUSLY QUITE ANOMALOUS FOR LATE OCTOBER...WITH UNR PWAT
CLIMATOLOGY INDICATING THESE VALUES MORE THAN TWO STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY.
EXPECTATION IS STILL FOR STRONGLY FORCED LINEAR CONVECTION WHICH
SHOULD INTENSIFY TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ACROSS ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT
AS AFOREMENTIONED PV ANOMALY BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH THE FRONT. AS
LOW LEVEL JET RAMPS UP AND STRONG LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION
ENSUES...MAY ALSO SEE SOME WAA INDUCED CONVECTION FIRE UP LATE THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST AND
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. AREA OF BIGGEST CONCERN
STILL APPEARS TO BE IN THE 12Z-20Z WINDOW AS MORE ORGANIZED LINEAR
CONVECTION WILL TRACK WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO FAIRLY
WARM COLUMN...INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT MINIMAL WITH NAM/GFS
BUFFER SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATING BETWEEN 400-700 J/KG OF SURFACE
BASED CAPE. HOWEVER...GIVEN STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS AND VERY STRONG
DEEP LAYER SHEAR...INSTABILITY OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE MORE THAN
SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
THE MAIN CONCERN. ENTIRE FORECAST AREA HAS BEEN PLACED IN SPC
SWODY2 MODERATE RISK MAINLY FOR WIND THREAT. HOWEVER GIVEN VERY
STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN LOWEST KM THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME
TORNADIC THREAT IN INDIVIDUAL STRONGER LINE SEGMENTS.
WINDS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO A MAJOR CONCERN TUESDAY AND INTO
WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG SFC PRESSURE FALLS TO THE NORTH WILL ALLOW FOR
WIND GUSTS POSSIBLY INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE BY MORNING WHICH
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG ISALLOBARIC PUSH WITH THE FRONTAL
PRESSURE RISES. GIVEN THESE STRONG PRESSURE RISES...POST FRONTAL
MIXING...AND POSSIBILITY OF MIXING DOWN VERY STRONG SFC WINDS WITH
THE SHOWERS...HAVE OPTED TO UPGRADE THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO HIGH WIND
WARNING ACROSS APPROXIMATELY NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST
AREA AND A WIND ADVISORY FAR SOUTH. IT STILL APPEARS WINDS WILL
RELAX SOMEWHAT TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LOSS OF DEEP MIXING...BUT SFC LOW
WILL BE VERY SLOW TO FILL TO THE NORTH WITH NAM/WRF BUFFER SOUNDINGS
INDICATING MIXED LAYER DEPTHS TO 750 TO 700 HPA ON WEDNESDAY WHEN
COLDER AIR BECOMES A BIT DEEPER. SOME TYPE OF WIND HEADLINE...EITHER
HIGH WIND WARNING OR HIGH END WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO LIKELY BE
NEEDED FOR WEDNESDAY.
IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES...VERY MILD CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT WITH
GOOD POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING RECORD MAX MINIMUMS OF 62 DEGREES AT
SBN AND FWA. LOWS TONIGHT LIKELY TO BE REACHED IN EVENING BEFORE
WIND FIELD/WAA STRENGTHEN. MILD HIGHS AGAIN TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY
FAR EAST WHERE SQUALL LINE WILL AFFECT LATE IN THE MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON.
&&
.LONG TERM...
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO THE FCST AS PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN
DOMINATES. THURSDAY WILL BE A COOL AND BREEZY DAY AS A THERMAL
TROUGH DIGS INTO THE AREA UNDER A VERTICALLY STACKED LOW THAT WILL
BE LOCATED NEAR JAMES BAY. STEEP LOW LVL LAPSE RATES WITHIN THE
THERMAL TROUGH...COMBINED WITH A MODEST LAKE RESPONSE PER PROGGED
DELTA T/S OF 17-20C IN NW FLOW...AND EXPECTED WRAP AROUND MOISTURE
SHOULD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST SCT SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH LATE WED
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. CHC POPS ON THURSDAY COVER THIS POTENTIAL WELL
THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. WINDS WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS INTENSE ON THURSDAY
AS ONTARIO SFC LOW CONTINUES TO FILL AND PROPAGATE FURTHER NORTH...
LESSENING THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT HERE LOCALLY. HOWEVER...DEEP
MIXING AND POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE NATURE TO SHOWERS STILL HINT AT
25-30 KT WIND GUSTS.
RIDGING/WARMING ALOFT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MUCH NICER FRIDAY AS
A LOW LVL ANTICYCLONE BUILDS EWD INTO THE OH VALLEY. TEMPS WILL
REMAIN BLO NORMAL GIVEN LACK OF MIXING UNDER SFC RIDGE...ALTHOUGH
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND LIGHT WINDS WILL MAKE IT FEEL MUCH WARMER.
MODELS DIFFER ON THE TIMING/AMPLITUDE OF A SHORTWAVE PROGGED TO
TRACK THROUGH THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY AND
ANOTHER ONE TO TRACK EWD INTO THE SRN GREAT LAKES OR OH VALLEY ON
SUNDAY. LEFT THE WEEKEND DRY FOR NOW DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE AND
LIMITED MOISTURE WITH EACH WAVE...WITH THE BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR
SHOWERS LOOKING LIKE SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THIS IMPULSE
EJECTING EWD TOWARDS THE REGION MAY GET SHEARED OUT IN AN AREA OF
CONFLUENCE AROUND THE LAKES. AS FOR TEMPS THIS WEEKEND...GFS/GEFS
MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH TROUGHINESS ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND THE
NORTHEAST US RESULTING IN A COOLER THERMAL PROFILE LOCALLY WHEN
COMPARED TO THE ECMWF/GEM. FAVOR THE MORE
CONSISTENT/WARMER/PROGRESSIVE ECMWF/GEM SOLUTIONS GIVEN TREND TO A
NEUTRAL OR SLIGHTLY POSITIVE NAO/NEG PNA PATTERN.
&&
.AVIATION...
INCREASING WIND TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ALONG WITH STRONG
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL BE THE PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERNS.
STRATUS WHICH AFFECTED THE TERMINALS THIS MORNING IS BEGINNING TO
LIFT AND BECOMING MORE DIURNAL IN NATURE...WITH CONVECTIVE LOW
CLOUDS COMING IN WITH HIGHER END MVFR OR VFR BASES AS OF 17Z. WOULD
SUSPECT THAT ADDITIONAL MVFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE HARD TO
COME BY DUE TO DIURNAL MIXING...AND WILL LIMIT ANY TEMPO MVFR CIGS
THROUGH 19Z THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...AS MIXED LAYER DEVELOPS
SHOULD MIX DOWN SOME SOUTH WIND GUSTS TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS.
ATTENTION TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY THEN SHIFTS TO MAJOR FALL STORM WHICH
WILL BE AFFECTING THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. RAPID DEEPENING OF SFC LOW ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL
OCCUR TONIGHT AND THIS LOW WILL TRACK INTO MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY
MORNING. STRONG PRESSURE FALLS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
WILL RESULT IN SHARPLY STRENGTHENING SOUTH WINDS OVERNIGHT...WITH
SOME GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM
TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS ILLINOIS AND IMPACT KSBN IN THE EARLY TO
MID MORNING HOURS...AND KFWA MORE IN THE MID MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON TIMEFRAME. A VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OF 60-70 KNOTS
WILL DEVELOP AND WHILE INSTABILITY IS NOT OVERWHELMING...IT WILL
NOT TAKE MUCH TO MIX DOWN SOME 50 KNOT PLUS WIND GUSTS TO THE
SURFACE WITH ANY CONVECTIVE LINE THAT DOES FORM. AFTER 12Z...HAVE
INDICATED 45 KNOT WIND GUSTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...BUT COULD SEE
CONVECTIVE GUSTS HIGHER THAN THIS. COLD FRONT TO CLEAR AREA LATE
MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
CONTINUED VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. WILL ALSO LIKELY NEED TO NARROW
DOWN A PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS WITH THE SQUALL LINE BUT HAVE HELD
OFF UNTIL CONFIDENCE IN TIMING INCREASES.
&&
.MARINE...
NO CHANGES TO THE MARINE HEADLINES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
THE GREATEST FIRE WEATHER THREAT DAY WILL LIKELY BE WEDNESDAY AS
DRIER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS IN THE MID TO
UPPER 60S COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S WILL
PRODUCE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMDIITIES OF AROUND 30 PERCENT. VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR WEDNESDAY AND MAIN VARIABLE IN
QUESTION WILL BE EXTENT OF FUEL DRYING AFTER THE RAINS OF TUESDAY.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ TUESDAY FOR INZ004>009-012-014-016>018.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
INZ003.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR INZ013-015-020-
022>027-032>034.
MI...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR MIZ078>081.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
MIZ077.
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR OHZ001-002-
004-005-015-016.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR OHZ024-025.
LM...STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-
046.
&&
SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...MARSILI
MARINE...MARSILI
FIRE WEATHER...MARSILIHazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 5:25 AM EDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 525 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-260930- 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 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 /425 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN OUR AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHEST AS A COLD FRONT ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 8AM AND 2PM TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE MAY ACCOMPANY THIS LINE... AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE INTENSE LOW MAY ALSO CAUSE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO CONTINUE AFTER THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-260930- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 525 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH WINDS AND WAVES EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 25, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
149 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
01050 PM TORNADO 2 WNW COLOMA 42.20N 86.34W
10/24/2010 BERRIEN MI NWS STORM SURVEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO
IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN. THE TORNADO BEGAN 2WNW OF
COLOMA. THE TORNADO HAD AN APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF
0.08 MILES AND WAS 25 TO 35 YARDS WIDE. TWO HOUSES WERE
DAMAGED AND A ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM A BARN. MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1001068
CEOLocal storm report, Oct 25, 1:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
153 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM TORNADO 2 WNW COLOMA 42.20N 86.34W
10/24/2010 BERRIEN MI NWS STORM SURVEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED AN EF0 TORNADO
IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN. THE TORNADO BEGAN 2WNW OF
COLOMA. THE TORNADO HAD AN APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF
0.08 MILES AND WAS 25 TO 35 YARDS WIDE. TWO HOUSES WERE
DAMAGED AND A ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM A BARN. MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1001068
CEOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 8:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 28 min |
| Oct 24, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 31 min | |
| Oct 25, 4:18 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:49 AM EDT | Storm Warning | IWX | 62 hr | |
| Oct 25, 4:12 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 28 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.