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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2011, 3:14 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; Steuben County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2011, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Steuben County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
976 WWUS73 KIWX 170714 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 314 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .GUSY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN ONTARIO. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. INZ007-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-016-171515- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.110417T1300Z-110417T2200Z/ STEUBEN-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 314 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE GUSTS WILL BE MOST COMMON BETWEEN MID MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ MCS
4 follow-up statements
133 WWUS73 KIWX 170747 CCA NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 347 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN ONTARIO. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. INZ007-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-016-171615- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.110417T1300Z-110417T2200Z/ STEUBEN-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 347 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE GUSTS WILL BE MOST COMMON BETWEEN MID MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MCS
618 WWUS73 KIWX 171508 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1108 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE BACKSIDE OF AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS EASTERN ONTARIO. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH WINDS FORECAST TO DIMINISH MORE SUBSTANTIALLY THIS EVENING. INZ007-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-016-172200- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110417T2200Z/ STEUBEN-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 1108 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE GUSTS WILL BE MOST COMMON BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
337 WWUS73 KIWX 172022 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 422 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA ACROSS WESTERN QUEBEC. INZ007-MIZ079-080-172130- /O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110417T2200Z/ STEUBEN-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON 422 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST WINDS MAY STILL GUST INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOWEVER. $$ MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-016-172200- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110417T2200Z/ HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 422 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS AND TIMING...WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 530 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
284 WWUS73 KIWX 172202 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 602 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-016-172315- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110417T2200Z/ HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 602 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 18 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 9 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2011Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2011Wind Advisories in Indiana, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.