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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 4:22 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 4:22 AM EST (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 548 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 719 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992 WWUS73 KIWX 070922 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 422 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA OFFICE. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW WIND GUSTS TO REACH 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS THIS MORNING. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES...SOME UTILITY LINES...AND COULD UPROOT SMALLER TREES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IN THESE WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-071730- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0006.120307T1500Z-120308T0100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...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 422 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 /322 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW WIND GUSTS TO REACH 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BLOW AROUND SO MAKE SURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS ARE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY LINES MAY BREAK AND SMALL TREES COULD BE UPROOTED. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...CAMPERS AND SEMI TRAILERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE TODAY. 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
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
602 WWUS73 KIWX 072021 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 321 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA THROUGH 8 PM EST. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-080100- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120308T0100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...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 321 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 /221 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL EASILY BLOW AROUND SO MAKE SURE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS ARE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY LINES MAY BREAK AND SMALL TREES COULD BE UPROOTED. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...CAMPERS AND SEMI TRAILERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE TODAY. 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. && $$
159 WWUS73 KIWX 080052 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 752 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-080200- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120308T0100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...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 752 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 /652 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Indiana, 2012Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2012Wind Advisories in Michigan, 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.