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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 16, 201339 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2013, 3:53 PM EST for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Nov 17, 2013, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2013, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 17, 2013, 9:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 39 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-16Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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.

754 
WWUS73 KIND 162053
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
353 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY...

.A POTENT AND INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER...WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH AN HOUR OR MORE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-170500-
/O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0003.131117T1700Z-131118T0200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
353 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...NOON EST TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY

* WINDS...30 MPH OR MORE AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN OPEN AREAS.
  UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WEAKENED TREES MAY BE
BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY
THE WIND. LARGE BRANCHES MAY FALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MK
5 follow-up statements
761 
WWUS73 KIND 170246
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
946 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY...

.A POTENT AND INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. AN ASSOCIATED
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER...WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH 30 MPH AN HOUR OR MORE AT TIMES DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-171100-
/O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0003.131117T1700Z-131118T0200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
946 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...NOON EST TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY

* WINDS...30 MPH OR MORE AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN OPEN AREAS. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WEAKENED TREES MAY BE
BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY
THE WIND. LARGE BRANCHES MAY FALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

RYAN
273 
WWUS73 KIND 170900
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY...

.A POTENT AND INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER...WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH AN HOUR OR MORE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-171700-
/O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0003.131117T1700Z-131118T0200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
400 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NOON EST TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY.

* WINDS...30 MPH OR MORE AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN OPEN AREAS. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WEAKENED TREES MAY BE
BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY
THE WIND. LARGE BRANCHES MAY FALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
879 
WWUS73 KIND 171556
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1056 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY...

.A POTENT AND INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 30 MPH AN HOUR OR MORE AT
TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-180000-
/O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0003.131117T1700Z-131118T0200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
1056 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NOON EST TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY.

* WINDS...30 MPH OR MORE AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN OPEN AREAS. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WEAKENED TREES MAY BE
BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY
THE WIND. LARGE BRANCHES MAY FALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
266 
WWUS73 KIND 172007
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
307 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM EST...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 30 MPH AN HOUR OR MORE AT
TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH POSSIBLE.

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-180200-
/O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131118T0200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
307 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...30 MPH OR MORE AT TIMES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 55
  MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN OPEN AREAS. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WEAKENED TREES MAY BE
BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY
THE WIND. LARGE BRANCHES MAY FALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
961 
WWUS73 KIND 180158
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
858 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-180300-
/O.EXP.KIND.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131118T0200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
858 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM AS WIND GUSTS
HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH THIS
EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DROP TO AROUND 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.

$$

RYAN

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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.