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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Northern Indiana

February 24, 20127 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2012, 10:26 AM EST for 7 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2012, 10:26 AM EST (15:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2012, 4:04 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-02-24Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 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.

468 
WWUS73 KIWX 241526
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1026 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LAKE HURON WILL
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST. STRONG WESTERLY
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO BEHIND THIS LOW
PRESSURE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
TOWARD EVENING.

INZ018-023>027-032>034-OHZ002-004-005-015-016-024-025-242300-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.120224T1526Z-120224T2300Z/
ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...
GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...
ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...
GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...
DUNKIRK...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
1026 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40
   TO 45 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
   PROFILES VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
129 
WWUS73 KIWX 242104
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
404 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

.GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT WIND
SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

INZ018-023>027-032>034-OHZ002-004-005-015-016-024-025-242215-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T2300Z/
ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...
GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...
ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...
GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...
DUNKIRK...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
404 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 8:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAdams, Huntington, Wells31 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Indiana, 2012Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2012Every wind 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.