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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana

November 9, 201121 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Nov 9, 2011, 3:42 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 9, 2011, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2011, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2011, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 9, 2011, 7:33 PM EST
In force
7 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 08:41 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, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-11-09Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
381 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.

685 
WWUS73 KIWX 090842
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
342 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THIS MORNING TO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING.
WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

INZ003-MIZ077-091645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.111109T1800Z-111110T0300Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
342 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 /242 AM CST WED NOV 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
   THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS EVENING
   BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
   POSSIBLY SOME POWER OUTAGES.

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
301 
WWUS73 KIWX 091558
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1058 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR CHICAGO LATE THIS
MORNING...WILL TRACK INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AS THE LOW MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-100000-
/O.EXA.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.111109T1800Z-111110T0300Z/
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-
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...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...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
1058 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 /958 AM CST WED NOV 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED 
   THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS 
   EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND 
   POSSIBLY SOME POWER OUTAGES. 

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.

&&

$$

INZ003-MIZ077-100000-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.111109T1800Z-111110T0300Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
1058 AM EST WED NOV 9 2011 /958 AM CST WED NOV 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED 
   THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS 
   EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND 
   POSSIBLY SOME POWER OUTAGES. 

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.

&&

$$
717 
WWUS73 KIWX 092005
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
305 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHWESTERN LOWER
MICHIGAN...WILL TRACK TOWARDS JAMES BAY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE. WINDS
WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY MID EVENING AS THE LOW DEPARTS. 

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-100300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111110T0300Z/
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
305 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 /205 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
   EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
   ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN LOWER
   MICHIGAN. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS EVENING BEFORE
   DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND 
   POSSIBLY SOME POWER OUTAGES. 

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.

&&

$$
377 
WWUS73 KIWX 100033
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
733 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-100145-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111110T0300Z/
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
733 PM EST WED NOV 9 2011 /633 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

WEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING AND
WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS OF PEAK WIND GUSTS AND ANY WIND RELATED DAMAGE TO
   NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE
   INFORMATION.

&&

$$

Nearby

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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.