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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this frost advisory at Apr 5, 2012, 3:16 AM EDT for 20 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2012, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 2:46 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
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, Madison County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WWUS73 KIND 050716 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LOW PULLING AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL BRING COLD TEMPERATURES SPILLING DOWN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ021-028>031-035>046-048-049-057-051530- /O.UPG.KIND.FZ.A.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FR.Y.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE 316 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES: 31 TO 33 DEGREES. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: NEWLY BUDDING PLANTS ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE WITH FREEZING AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ SMF
3 follow-up statements
386 WWUS73 KIND 050734 CCA NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 333 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LOW PULLING AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL BRING COLD TEMPERATURES SPILLING DOWN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ021-028>031-035>046-048-049-057-051600- /O.UPG.KIND.FZ.A.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ /O.COR.KIND.FR.Y.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE 333 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES: 31 TO 33 DEGREES. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ SMF
330 WWUS73 KIND 051443 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1043 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LOW PULLING AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL BRING COLD TEMPERATURES SPILLING DOWN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ021-028>031-035>046-048-049-057-052245- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE 1043 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES: 31 TO 33 DEGREES. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: SENSITIVE OUTDOOR AND NEWLY BUDDED PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ RYAN
575 WWUS73 KIND 051846 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 246 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER LOW PULLING AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL BRING COLD TEMPERATURES SPILLING DOWN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL KEEP FROST DEVELOPMENT LARGELY CONFINED TO LOCALIZED OR SHELTERED AREAS. THE POTENTIAL FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S WITH LIGHT WINDS. INZ021-029>031-037>042-048-049-057-060300- /O.UPG.KIND.FR.Y.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.W.0002.120406T0700Z-120406T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.A.0003.120407T0600Z-120407T1300Z/ CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 246 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 33 DEGREES. * WINDS: AROUND 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SENSITIVE OUTDOOR AND NEWLY BUDDED PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ028-035-036-043>046-060300- /O.UPG.KIND.FR.Y.0002.120406T0800Z-120406T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.W.0002.120406T0700Z-120406T1300Z/ WARREN-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE 246 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES: 31 TO 33 DEGREES. * WINDS: AROUND 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: SENSITIVE OUTDOOR AND NEWLY BUDDED PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ055-056-064-065-072-060300- /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.A.0003.120407T0600Z-120407T1300Z/ JOHNSON-SHELBY-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBYVILLE...COLUMBUS 246 PM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING: AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING * TEMPERATURES: 30 TO 33 DEGREES * IMPACTS: NEWLY BUDDING PLANTS WILL REMAIN VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE WITH FREEZING AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RYAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 14 more | 18 hr |
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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.