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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 9, 201124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 9, 2011, 3:22 PM EST for 24 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 9, 2011, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2011, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2011, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 10, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 24 counties

Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain 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, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-02-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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.

107 
WWUS43 KIND 092022
WSWIND

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
322 PM EST WED FEB 9 2011

...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS OVERHEAD WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO
WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.

INZ021-028>031-035-038-040>042-100430-
/O.NEW.KIND.WC.Y.0002.110210T0300Z-110210T1500Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
ANDERSON...MUNCIE
322 PM EST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. 


* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN AFFECT EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AT
  THESE APPARENT TEMPERATURES. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
403 
WWUS43 KIND 100330
WSWIND

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1030 PM EST WED FEB 9 2011

...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS OVERHEAD WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO
WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 22 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.

INZ021-028>031-035-038-040>042-101130-
/O.CON.KIND.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110210T1500Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
ANDERSON...MUNCIE
1030 PM EST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...


* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 22 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN AFFECT EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES
AT   THESE APPARENT TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JH
204 
WWUS43 KIND 100809
WSWIND

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
309 AM EST THU FEB 10 2011

...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS OVERHEAD WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS THIS MORNING...

.A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO
WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 22 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING.

INZ036-037-039-043>049-054>057-101500-
/O.EXA.KIND.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110210T1500Z/
MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-
MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...
SHELBYVILLE
309 AM EST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 22 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN AFFECT EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES 
  AT THESE APPARENT TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

INZ021-028>031-035-038-040>042-101500-
/O.CON.KIND.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110210T1500Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
ANDERSON...MUNCIE
309 AM EST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 22 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN AFFECT EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES 
  AT THESE APPARENT TEMPERATURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
341 
WWUS43 KIND 101456
WSWIND

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
956 AM EST THU FEB 10 2011


INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-101600-
/O.EXP.KIND.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110210T1500Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE
956 AM EST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS AND TEMPERATURES RISE UNDER SUNNY
SKIES. AS A RESULT...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.

WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE TO 15 BELOW
ZERO THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE LATE MORNING HOURS.


$$

JAS

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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.