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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 2, 20116 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2011, 7:12 AM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2011, 7:12 AM EST (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2011, 10:24 AM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Daviess County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

170 
WWUS73 KIND 021212
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
712 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011


INZ067>072-022015-
/O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0001.110202T1212Z-110202T2100Z/
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
712 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE TO ABOUT 30
  MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE
  IMPACTED BY THE WIND. WINDS MAY ALSO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
  POWER LINES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

*

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.

&&

$$

JH

1 follow-up statement

552 
WWUS73 KIND 021524
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1024 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELED FOR SOME SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT CAUSED VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
OVERNIGHT IS NOW MOVING AWAY.

INZ067>072-021630-
/O.CAN.KIND.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T2100Z/
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
1024 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA.

$$

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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.