Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2011, 4:20 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; 21 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Oct 15, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2011, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 15, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108 WWUS73 KIWX 150820 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 420 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL CAUSE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES FARTHER NORTH INTO CANADA. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-151630- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.111015T1400Z-111015T2200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 420 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 /320 AM CDT SAT OCT 15 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IF TREE LIMBS FALL ON LINES. * DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES * LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND MAY BECOME A HAZARD FOR THOSE TRAVELLING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
863 WWUS73 KIWX 151434 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1034 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A VERY DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR JAMES BAY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN TODAY AS IT LIFTS THROUGH WESTERN QUEBEC. AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FURTHER WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND ALONG THE HIGHER OPEN ELEVATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSINAWA MORAINE. GUSTY WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. INZ003-012>015-020-022>024-032>034-151545- /O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111015T2200Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU... GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...MARION... GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... DUNKIRK 1034 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 /934 AM CDT SAT OCT 15 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. && $$ INZ004>009-016>018-025>027-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-152200- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111015T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1034 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TIMED WITH MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IF TREE LIMBS FALL ON LINES. * DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. * LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND MAY BECOME A HAZARD FOR THOSE TRAVELING. 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. && $$
402 WWUS73 KIWX 151927 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 327 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A VERY DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR JAMES BAY WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT LIFTS THROUGH WESTERN QUEBEC. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. ...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FURTHER WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND ALONG THE HIGHER OPEN ELEVATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSINAWA MORAINE. INZ004>009-016>018-025>027-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-152200- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111015T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 327 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. * THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IF TREE LIMBS FALL ON LINES. * DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. * LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND MAY BECOME A HAZARD FOR THOSE TRAVELING. 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. && $$
596 WWUS73 KIWX 152206 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 606 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 INZ004>009-016>018-025>027-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-152315- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111015T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 606 PM EDT SAT OCT 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WEST WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH 7 PM EDT BEFORE DIMINISHING HOWEVER. && $$
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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.