Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 1:22 PM EST for 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin 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, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
798 WWUS73 KIND 171822 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 122 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINDY THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-180000- /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0002.110217T1822Z-110218T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-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-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 122 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH * IMPACTS: LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR TALLER VEHICLES. 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. && $$ 50
1 follow-up statement
766 WWUS73 KIND 172354 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 654 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EST... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-180100- /O.EXP.KIND.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 654 PM EST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 33 days |
| Feb 17, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 37 days |
| Feb 17, 1:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 30 days |
| Feb 17, 1:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 31 days |
| Feb 17, 1:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 33 days |
Nearby
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.