Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2011, 7:25 PM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Oct 20, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2011, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2011, 3:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 23:28 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, 11.4 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
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307 WWUS73 KIND 192325 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 725 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AUTUMN STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS FROM KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-200730- /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0005.111020T0400Z-111020T2200Z/ 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 725 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST TO WEST WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ SMF
3 follow-up statements
703 WWUS73 KIND 200721 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 321 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AUTUMN STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AS IT TRACKS FROM KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-201530- /O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T2200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 321 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE MOST INTENSE WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST TO WEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ TDUD
208 WWUS73 KIND 201500 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-202200- /O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T2200Z/ 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 1100 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM NOW THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN DIMINISHING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST TO WEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE TODAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BREAK OFF. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && $$ JH
539 WWUS73 KIND 201912 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 312 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2011 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-202015- /O.CAN.KIND.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111020T2200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 312 PM EDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS EVENING. A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. $$ JH
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.