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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2012, 3:58 AM EST for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; 8 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Nov 11, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2012, 3:58 AM EST (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2012, 7:49 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, White County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
927 WWUS73 KIWX 110858 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 358 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY... .IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING OUT OF THE PLAINS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-023-MIZ077>079-111700- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0012.121111T1600Z-121112T0200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 358 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 /258 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING: LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. * TRAVEL CONCERNS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
752 WWUS73 KIWX 111605 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1105 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT SET TO SWEEP THROUGH LATER TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-023-MIZ077>079-120015- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121112T0200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1105 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 /1005 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. * TRAVEL CONCERNS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
983 WWUS73 KIWX 112033 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 333 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED WEST OF ROUTE 15 WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS MIXING OF STRONGEST WINDS WANES WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-023-MIZ077>079-120200- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121112T0200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 333 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 /233 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING: THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF TREES. * TRAVEL CONCERNS: DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
032 WWUS73 KIWX 120049 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 749 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-023-MIZ077>079-120200- /O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121112T0200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 749 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012 /649 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:47 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 42 hr |
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.