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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this frost advisory at Sep 22, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Sep 24, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WWUS73 KIND 221807 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 207 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA SUNDAY OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH 9 AM EDT MONDAY. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-230215- /O.NEW.KIND.FR.Y.0004.120924T0600Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 207 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ KOCH
7 follow-up statements
039 WWUS73 KIND 230153 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 953 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA SUNDAY OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH 9 AM EDT MONDAY. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-231000- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0004.120924T0600Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 953 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
979 WWUS73 KIND 230712 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 312 AM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EDT MONDAY. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-231515- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0004.120924T0600Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 312 AM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ PUMA
469 WWUS73 KIND 231533 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1133 AM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EDT MONDAY. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-232345- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0004.120924T0600Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 1133 AM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
923 WWUS73 KIND 231945 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EDT MONDAY. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-240345- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0004.120924T0600Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 345 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
005 WWUS73 KIND 240158 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 958 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM EDT MONDAY. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-241000- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0004.120924T0600Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 958 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
134 WWUS73 KIND 240745 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT MONDAY... .COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE COMBINED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A LIGHT TO CALM WIND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 9 AM. LOW LYING AREAS AWAY FROM THE CITY WILL BE AT THE BIGGEST RISK FOR FROST. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-241300- /O.CON.KIND.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 345 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...MORNING LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S MOST LOCALES. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND FROSTED WINDOWS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
594 WWUS73 KIND 241256 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 856 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2012 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-241400- /O.EXP.KIND.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120924T1300Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 856 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING AND THUS THE FROST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe | 32 min |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Indiana, 2012Every frost advisory in 2012
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.