Alert archive / Indiana / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this high wind warning at Dec 21, 2012, 2:52 AM CST for Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 2:52 AM CST (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 11:56 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
County Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
830 WWUS73 KLOT 210852 NPWLOT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 252 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 INZ002-211700- /O.NEW.KLOT.HW.W.0004.121221T0852Z-121221T1800Z/ PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO 252 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY NEAR THE LAKE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE PORTER COUNTY LAKESHORE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ILZ019-023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-211200- /O.CON.KLOT.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T1200Z/ LA SALLE-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 252 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 /352 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNRISE. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BE CERTAIN THAT ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS ARE SECURED. WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * OTHER IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH MAY STICK TO ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH...ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE UNLESS PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND USE CAUTION. && $$ IZZI
2 follow-up statements
922 WWUS73 KLOT 211152 NPWLOT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 552 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ILZ019-023-032-033-039-INZ010-011-019-211300- /O.EXP.KLOT.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T1200Z/ LA SALLE-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA... PAXTON...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 552 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 /652 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST /7 AM EST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UP TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. $$ INZ002-211800- /O.CON.KLOT.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1800Z/ PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO 552 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KJB
765 WWUS73 KLOT 211756 NPWLOT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1156 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 INZ002-211900- /O.CAN.KLOT.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1800Z/ PORTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO 1156 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE STEADILY DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND WILL ALLOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN LAKE SHORE. $$ JEE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 12:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 6 hr |
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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.