Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2013, 3:57 AM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2013, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 32 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, 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WWUS73 KIWX 180757 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 357 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. INZ003-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-181600- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.130418T1500Z-130419T0000Z/ LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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 357 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013 /257 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
111 WWUS73 KIWX 181606 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1206 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. INZ003-181715- /O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 1106 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ005>009-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-190000- /O.EXA.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... 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...BLUFFTON 1206 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ INZ012>018-020-022>027-032>034-190000- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK 1206 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 /1106 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
022 WWUS73 KIWX 182004 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 404 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. INZ005>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-182115- /O.CAN.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ 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-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...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 404 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 /304 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ OHZ016-024-025-190000- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 404 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
646 WWUS73 KIWX 190004 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 804 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 OHZ016-024-025-190115- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 804 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble, Whitley | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 10:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 9 days |
| Apr 18, 3:47 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 46 hr | |
| Apr 18, 4:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 10:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 58 min | |
| Apr 18, 10:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Starke | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Pulaski, White | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 13 days |
| Apr 18, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 5 days |
| Apr 18, 12:04 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | Marshall, Saint Joseph, Starke | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wells | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 3:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Cass, Miami, White | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Jay | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Berrien | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Buren | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 4:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Berrien | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien, Cass | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Buren | 15 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.