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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 26, 201439 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this high wind warning at Jan 26, 2014, 11:13 PM EST for 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 15 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2014, 11:13 PM EST (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2014, 3:00 AM EST
In force
4 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 04:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 26, 11:18 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Indianapolis Int'L Airp, IN
Jan 26, 11:28 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 573 Nw Muncie, IN
Jan 26, 11:28 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 57Muncie, IN
Jan 26, 11:34 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 514 Sse Mccordsville, INMOUNT COMFORT INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL AIRPORT
Jan 26, 11:35 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 51Kokomo, IN
Jan 26, 11:38 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 57Pendleton, IN
Jan 26, 11:59 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Frankfort, IN
Jan 27, 12:34 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 514 Nw Shelbyville, IN
Jan 27, 12:37 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Mitchell, IN
Jan 27, 12:55 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Straughn, IN
Jan 27, 1:15 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 55Meridian Hills, IN
Jan 27, 1:15 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 582 Sw Lafayette, IN
Jan 27, 1:35 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 52Kokomo, IN
Jan 27, 1:44 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 56Westfield, IN
Jan 27, 2:15 AM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 544 Sse Mccordsville, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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.

327 
WWUS73 KIND 270413
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1113 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WINDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH WILL
ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH WIND GUSTS

INZ060>065-067>072-270800-
/O.UPG.KIND.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KIND.HW.W.0001.140127T0413Z-140127T0800Z/
SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...
BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
1113 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 60 MPH AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AS THE FRONT PASSES FROM WEST 
  TO EAST BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR 
  MUCH OF THE REST OF THE NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS: PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...
  LIKELY STARTING AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO 
  SNOW. BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL PRODUCE DRASTICALLY REDUCED 
  VISIBILITIES. 


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.

&&

$$

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-270800-
/O.NEW.KIND.HW.W.0001.140127T0413Z-140127T0800Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE
1113 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 60 MPH AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AS THE FRONT PASSES FROM WEST 
  TO EAST BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR 
  MUCH OF THE REST OF THE NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS: PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...
  LIKELY STARTING AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO 
  SNOW. BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL PRODUCE DRASTICALLY REDUCED 
  VISIBILITIES. 

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.

&&

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
221 
WWUS73 KIND 270800
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-270900-
/O.EXP.KIND.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140127T0800Z/
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
300 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING.

GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 10:31 PM ESTWind AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.