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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Northern 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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Huntington, Wells | 31 min |
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.