Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 12:40 AM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 12:40 AM EDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 4:16 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 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 04:42 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 00:00Z, 4.7 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
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
582 WWUS73 KIND 280440 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1240 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-280900- /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0004.110428T0440Z-110428T0900Z/ 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 1240 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH 3 AM IN WESTERN INDIANA...5 AM IN EASTERN INDIANA. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: TREES MAY BE DOWNED AS THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$ NIELD
1 follow-up statement
163 WWUS73 KIND 280816 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 416 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .STRONG WINDS OBSERVED WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT HAVE SUBSIDED AS THE FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO OHIO. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...AND MAY BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-280930- /O.CAN.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110428T0900Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 416 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA...HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED LATER TODAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH POSSIBLE. $$ NIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 15 min |
| Apr 28, 1:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 41 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 30 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Howard and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Martin | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 20 min |
| Apr 28, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 6:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 23 hr |
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.