Alert archive / Indiana / Ice Storm Warnings in 2011
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this ice storm warning at Feb 1, 2011, 1:33 PM EST for 29 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 17 hr. 28 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2011, 1:33 PM EST (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 29 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Greene 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, Monroe 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, Sullivan County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:03 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Greenwood, IN | |
| Feb 1, 4:19 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.75 | Frankfort, IN | |
| Feb 1, 4:24 PM EST | HEAVY SLEET 1 | 4 Ese Southport, IN | 0.75 - 1.00 INCHES OF SLEET IN PAST 50 MINUTES. NO FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 1, 4:29 PM EST | HEAVY SLEET 0.5 | 1 E Brooklyn, IN | SINCE 3 PM. |
| Feb 1, 4:43 PM EST | SLEET 0.4 | 1 Se Indianapolis Int'L, IN | 0.4 INCHES OF SLEET MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 1, 4:50 PM EST | HEAVY SLEET 3 | Frankfort, IN | WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS DUE TO SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 6 S Greenfield, IN | 0.5 INCH ICE. HAS BEEN SLEET FOR PAST 2 HRS. |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM EST | ICE STORM | 2 W Middletown, IN | 0.6 INCHES OF SLEET. MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 W Atlanta, IN | 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET. HEAVY SLEET IN PAST 2 HRS. |
| Feb 1, 5:19 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Mccordsville, IN | 0.2 INCHES OF NEW ICE OVER LAST 1.5 HRS. ICY ROADS AND TREES. POWER ON AND OFF NEAR 600 AND 700. |
| Feb 1, 5:19 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Mccordsville, IN | 0.20 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN WITH MIXED SLEET. VERY ICY ROADS AND POWER GOING IN AND OUT AT CR 600 AND 700. |
| Feb 1, 5:24 PM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 3 N Terre Haute, IN | PRECIPITATION FALLING AS MOSTLY SLEET WITH LITTLE RAIN MIXED IN. |
| Feb 1, 5:25 PM EST | SLEET 0.7 | 1 Se Indianapolis Int'L, IN | 0.7 INCHES OF SLEET MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 1, 5:40 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | 7 Se Indianapolis, IN | 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET. 1/4 - 1/2 INCHES OF ICE. |
| Feb 1, 5:53 PM EST | SLEET 1.2 | Yorktown, IN | 1.20 INCHES STORM TOTAL THUS FAR OF SNOW AND SLEET. VERY LITTLE ICE STICKING TO ANYTHING. |
| Feb 1, 5:57 PM EST | ICE STORM | 4 S Indianapolis, IN | POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 1, 6:00 PM EST | SLEET 1 | 2 Ene Knightstown, IN | 1 INCH OF SLEET HAD LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.26 INCHES. |
| Feb 1, 6:11 PM EST | SLEET 1.3 | Mccordsville, IN | |
| Feb 1, 6:52 PM EST | ICE STORM | 5 Sw Greenwood, IN | POWER OUTAGE IN CENTER GROVE AREA. |
| Feb 1, 7:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 S Paragon, IN | RECENTLY RECEIVED ABOUT 0.1 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AFTER MOSTLY SLEET. AT LEAST ONE TREE WAS HEARD FALLING IN THE WOODS NEARBY. |
| Feb 1, 7:29 PM EST | ICE STORM | Terre Haute, IN | NUMEROUS TRANSFORMERS ARE GOING DOWN AND FREEZING RAIN IS OCCURRING. |
| Feb 1, 7:33 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Ne Columbus, IN | ALSO HEARING TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN. |
| Feb 1, 7:42 PM EST | SLEET 1.5 | Carmel, IN | |
| Feb 1, 7:50 PM EST | SLEET 4 | Frankfort, IN | |
| Feb 1, 8:58 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Greenwood, IN | 0.30 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. ALSO MEASURED 0.70 INCHES OF SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 9:30 PM EST | SLEET 1 | 2 Ene Knightstown, IN | 1.0 INCH OF SLEET FELL FROM 600 TO 930 PM...TOTAL SNOW DEPTH NOW 4 INCHES. |
| Feb 1, 9:47 PM EST | SLEET 4 | Frankfort, IN | 4.0 INCHES OF SLEET STORM TOTAL THUS FAR...CONTINUES TO FALL. VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 300 FT AT TIMES. |
| Feb 1, 11:45 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 1 E Jamestown, IN | 0.20 INCHES OF NEW ICE OVER THE PAST HOUR...SINCE 1045 PM. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH IS 3 INCHES. ALSO...WINDS ESTIMATED AT 30 MPH BRINGING SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WWUS43 KIND 011833 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 133 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND LARGE ICE AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. MANY AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 SAW A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SLEET. MEANWHILE...AREAS NEAR LAFAYETTE SAW OVER AN INCH OF SNOW ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATION. A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END AS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SWINGS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...HOWEVER VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...RESULTING IN WARM AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE LOW PASSES MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AND OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...NORTH AND NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KOKOMO AND LAFAYETTE...LOOK TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. HOWEVER SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...NEW CASTLE AND MUNCIE...WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE. FURTHERMORE...STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RECEIVE LARGE ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY FOR MANY PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ030-031-036>049-051>057-060>065-020245- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.IS.W.0001.110201T1833Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0002.110202T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS 133 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICING...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD...LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AGAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028-029-035-067>072-020245- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 133 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND ICING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY... TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD...LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH TO HALF INCH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AGAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ RYAN/NIELD
4 follow-up statements
878 WWUS43 KIND 011836 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 136 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND LARGE ICE AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. MANY AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 SAW A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SLEET. MEANWHILE...AREAS NEAR LAFAYETTE SAW OVER AN INCH OF SNOW ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATION. A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END AS FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SWINGS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...HOWEVER VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...RESULTING IN WARM AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE LOW PASSES MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AND OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...NORTH AND NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELPHI AND LAFAYETTE...LOOK TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AND AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...NEW CASTLE AND MUNCIE...WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE. FURTHERMORE...STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RECEIVE LARGE ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY FOR MANY PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ030-031-036>049-051>057-060>065-020245- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.110202T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS 136 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICING...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD...LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AGAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028-029-035-067>072-020245- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 136 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND ICING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY... TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD...LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH TO HALF INCH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AGAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ RYAN/NIELD
272 WWUS43 KIND 020124 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 824 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...POTENTIALLY NEAR CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS THE LOW LIFTS ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...NORTH AND NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELPHI AND LAFAYETTE...LOOK TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AND TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...NEW CASTLE AND MUNCIE...SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHERMORE...STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES....AND ULTIMATELY POWER OUTAGES. INZ030-031-036>049-051>057-060>065-020930- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.110202T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS 824 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICING...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED...CREATING TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. * TIMING: SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028-029-035-067>072-020930- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 824 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND ICING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY... TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD...LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A QUARTER INCH TO HALF INCH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ENOUGH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN FOR A PERIOD THIS EVENING. ONCE THE LOW PASSES OVERNIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY IN COMBINATION WITH ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ RYAN
102 WWUS43 KIND 020929 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 429 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA... THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO CENTRAL INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. WHILE ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO POSE THE DANGER OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. RAPID REFREEZING AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL ALSO MAKE ANY UNTREATED ROADWAYS...PARKING LOTS...AND SIDEWALKS COMPLETE SHEETS OF ICE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. NORTH AND NORTHWEST AREAS SUCH AS LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO COULD SEE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW...WHILE AREAS ALONG THE I 70 CORRIDOR COULD SEE A HALF INCH TO AN INCH. SOUTH OF THERE SHOULD ONLY SEE A TENTH OR TWO. INZ030-031-036>049-051>057-060>065-021730- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.110202T1200Z-110203T0000Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS 429 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICING...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AND THEREFORE POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028-029-035-067>072-021730- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 429 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ICING AND REFREEZING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE NORTH. ONLY ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH. NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS LIKELY MAINLY THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
364 WWUS43 KIND 021207 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NO LONGER IN EFFECT FROM VINCENNES TO BEDFORD TO NORTH VERNON. WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS ELSEWHERE FOR THE REST OF TODAY... INZ067>072-021315- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$ INZ030-031-036>049-051>057-060>065-022015- /O.EXP.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICING...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND THEREFORE POWER OUTAGES. * ACCUMULATIONS: NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF ICING LAST NIGHT AND HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028-029-035-022015- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAFAYETTE 707 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * MAIN IMPACT: MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND ICING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ICING AND REFREEZING WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE NORTH. ONLY ONE OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH. NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS LIKELY MAINLY THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Feb 1, 1:26 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 1:26 PM EST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 126 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 .UPDATE... THE NEAR TERM SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW && .SYNOPSIS... WAVE ONE OF THE DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY FINISHED THIS MORNING AND THE ICE FROM THIS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SOME POWER OUTAGES AROUND THE STATE. THIS WAS BUT A MERE WARMUP TO WHAT WE SHOULD SEE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE STRONGER PART OF THE STORM MOVES THROUGH. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST...OVER AN INCH OF ICE ALONG THE I 70 CORRIDOR...AND A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND ICE IN THE SOUTH ARE ALL ON TAP. AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA...ARCTIC AIR WILL FILL IN BEHIND IT PLUNGING LOWS TO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS. THIS EXTENDED PERIOD WILL THEN BE DRY AND COLD. && .NEAR TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/... SATELLITE AND MODELS AGREE ON MAIN BAND OF PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 19 AND 21 UTC. RADAR HAS THE LEADING EDGE NEAR THE WABASH RIVER AND THE AREA IS EXPANDING AS EXPECTED. SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SHOULD MOVE TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY 00Z. THIS WILL INCREASE THE GRADIENT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ON THE BLENDED PRODUCT. VALUES ARE 200% OF NORMAL WHICH MAY LEAD TO HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. CONVECTION NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH THIS DYNAMIC OF A STORM. USED RUC AND HRRR MODELS FOR SURFACE TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SUGGEST THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES MAY HAVE JUST RAIN BY 00Z. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... FORECAST FOCUS IS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH STORM AND IMPACTS. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT SO USED A BLEND. TONIGHT THE LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP JUST SOUTH OF THE STATE. THIS COULD WARM THINGS UP ENOUGH FOR RAIN IN THE FAR SOUTH. THE WARMING/MOISTENING ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW FOR HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE I 70 CORRIDOR. NORTHWEST OF THIS SHOULD STILL SEE SNOW BUT COULD SEE SLEET MIX IN AS WELL. ALSO WITH THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT AS THE SURFACE LOW ARRIVES EXPECT TO SEE WINDS PICK UP SIGNIFICANTLY AND THUS EXPECTING ANYWHERE THAT SEES SNOW WILL SEE BLOWING SNOW. THE SLEET COULD TEMPER THIS SOMEWHAT AND THUS KEPT IT JUST AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHILE THE CHANCE FOR SLEET IS THERE. AFTER 9Z SHOULD SEE MOST OF THE AREA TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BUT COULD SEE SOME SLEET IN THE EAST AS THE COLD AIR ALOFT MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE AREA JUST YET. HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE SHOULD BE SEEN ACCUMULATING BETWEEN 0Z AND 6Z AS THE ISENTROPIC...LOW LEVEL JET...AND UPPER DYNAMIC FORCING ARE ALL MAXIMIZED DURING THIS TIME. SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WEDNESDAY MORNING LOOK LIKE ONLY ABOUT AN INCH NORTH WITH HALF AN INCH OR SO CENTRAL. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HOWEVER STILL LOOK LIKE OVER A FOOT IN THE NORTHWEST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS STILL AROUND AN INCH CENTRAL. WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE IN SPEED BY THIS EVENING AND BY TONIGHT COULD SEE 25-30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL WREAK HAVOC ON POWER LINES AND TREES THAT ARE COVERED IN ICE AND RESULT IN LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES. THE ICE ITSELF WILL CAUSE TRAVEL TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. WHILE THE CASE COULD BE MADE FOR A BLIZZARD WARNING IN THE NORTHWEST AND AN ICE STORM WARNING ALONG THE I 70 CORRIDOR...THINK IT IS BEST AT THIS TIME WITH THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TYPES AND FOR CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WEATHER WILL BE DANGEROUS IN ALL THESE AREAS AND THAT CASE HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING FOR ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTH THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY/... SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK UPPER TOUGH MOVES THROUGH...OTHERWISE...ARCTIC AIR WILL BUILD IN ALLOWING DRY BUT VERY FRIGID WEATHER ESPECIALLY IN THE SNOW PACK BUT EVEN IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE DREADED ICE WHICH COULD EXACERBATE THE EXPECTED POWER LOSS. WENT BELOW ZERO NUMBERS ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION.../DISCUSSION FOR THE 011800Z TAFS/... THE SECOND AND MORE POTENT WAVE OF PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY ENTERING TAF SITES. PRECIP SHIELD IS APPROACHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AND IS ALREADY ENTERING KBMG. PRECIP TYPE IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AT KBMG/KHUF/KIND...AND AN ICE PELLET/SNOW MIX AT KLAF. PRECIP WILL BE HEAVIEST IN THE 012200Z-020600Z TIME FRAME. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT IFR/LIFR CATEGORY FOR ENTIRE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST/EAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 KTS AND GUSTS TO 35 KTS. THEY WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW MORNING BEHIND UPPER LOW. NONETHELESS...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 12 TO 15 KTS AND GUSTS TO 28 KTS. INTENSITY WILL DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER 020600Z...BUT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AS MUCH COLDER TEMPS FILTER INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. MVFR CONDITIONS COULD RETURN AS EARLY AS 021200Z TO 021400Z. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR INZ021-028>031- 035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...CP/NIELD NEAR TERM...PS SHORT TERM...CP LONG TERM....MK AVIATION...TDUD
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 5:22 AM EST, 8 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 522 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 INZ037-039>049-051>057-060>065-021030- BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON- SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- 522 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG THE I 70 CORRIDOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED ONE INCH. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS COMBINATION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. SINCE THIS WILL OCCUR OVER A LARGE AREA LONG DURATION POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE I 70 CORRIDOR. TRAVEL WILL OBVIOUSLY BE HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION COULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS MAY RESULT WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WINTER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW AMOUNTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ067>072-021030- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 522 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY COULD COMBINE WITH ANY ICE ACCUMULATION TO DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CREATE POWER OUTAGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. FURTHERMORE...STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS MAY RESULT WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WINTER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW AMOUNTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-021030- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON- 522 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHWEST OF A CRAWFORDSVILLE TO ELWOOD LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES CENTRAL INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE SEEN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE AS WELL...SO BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT ON WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT. VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS MAY RESULT WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WINTER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW AMOUNTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 1, 8:53 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
853 AM EST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 S CASTLETON 39.88N 86.05W
02/01/2011 M0.20 INCH MARION IN CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR PRECIP TOTAL IS 0.73. SLEET AMOUNT OF 0.7 INCHES.
&&
ABAKERLocal storm report, Feb 1, 8:58 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
858 AM EST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0639 AM FREEZING RAIN TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
02/01/2011 M0.30 INCH VIGO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL OF 0.3 INCHES. 0.2 INCHES IN PAST 12 HRS.
&&
ABAKERLocal storm report, Feb 1, 9:24 AM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
924 AM EST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0601 AM FREEZING RAIN GREENFIELD 39.79N 85.77W
02/01/2011 E0.25 INCH HANCOCK IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MOST OF HANCOCK COUNTY WITH 1/8-1/4 INCH OF ICE. ALL
ROADS COVERED WITH ICE AND HAZARDOUS.
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ABAKERSpecial weather statement, Feb 1, 9:48 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 948 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 INZ037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011700- BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON- SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 948 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...PREPAREDNESS IDEAS FOR ONGOING ICE STORM... * HAVE SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS INCLUDING CASH...GAS FOOD...WATER AND MEDICINES. * DO NOT RUN GENERATORS OR USE CHARCOAL GRILLS INDOORS...THESE CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. * STRONG WINDS INCREASE THE CHANCE OF BRINGING POWER LINES OR TREES DOWN SO IT MAY BECOME DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE. * DO NOT TOUCH ANY DOWNED OR LOW HANGING POWER LINES...EVEN THOUGH YOUR POWER MAY BE OUT...THESE LINES MAY STILL BE LIVE. * POWER OUTAGES COULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AND LAST FOR DAYS ...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. CASH MACHINES...GAS STATION PUMPS OR ANY BUSINESS WITHOUT EMERGENCY POWER WILL BECOME UNAVAILABLE. * LISTEN TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA...INCLUDING ANY EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS. INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-011700- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE 948 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR UPCOMING SNOW STORM... * HAVE SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS INCLUDING CASH...GAS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IN CASE POWER OUTAGES OCCUR. * DO NOT RUN GENERATORS OR USE CHARCOAL GRILLS INDOORS...THESE WILL CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GASES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ...SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DURING STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * LISTEN TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA. TUCEK
Local storm report, Feb 1, 9:49 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
949 AM EST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0948 AM FREEZING RAIN 3 S PARAGON 39.35N 86.56W
02/01/2011 M0.40 INCH MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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ABAKERLocal storm report, Feb 1, 12:41 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1241 PM EST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM ICE STORM PARAGON 39.39N 86.56W
02/01/2011 MORGAN IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES ALREADY COMING DOWN ACROSS MORGAN COUNTY DUE TO THE
WEIGHT OF THE ICE. EMERGENCY CREWS HAVING DIFFICULT TIME
KEEPING UP.
1235 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 E BROOKLYN 39.54N 86.35W
02/01/2011 M0.25 INCH MORGAN IN NWS EMPLOYEE
SOME SURFACES HAVE AS MUCH AS 3/8 INCH ICE ACCRUAL.
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RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 1:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Decatur and 23 more | 29 hr |
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Ice Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2011Every ice storm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.