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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 14, 201421 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2014, 2:47 PM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2014, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 21 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-03-14Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 507 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
507 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
480 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.

811 
WWUS73 KIND 141847
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
247 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A MUNCIE TO INDIANAPOLIS AND VINCENNES LINE...

INZ041-042-047>049-053>057-061>065-067>072-142300-
/O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0004.140314T1847Z-140314T2300Z/
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-
RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-
LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...
BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
247 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF UP TO 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  WILL OCCUR UNTIL EARLY EVENING.

* TIMING: FROM NOW TO ABOUT 7 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICHLES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES MAY BE
  AFFECTED BY WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS
  EVENING. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

JH
2 follow-up statements
100 
WWUS73 KIND 142016
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
416 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A MUNCIE TO INDIANAPOLIS AND VINCENNES LINE...

INZ041-042-047>049-053>057-061>065-067>072-142300-
/O.CON.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140314T2300Z/
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-
RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-
LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...
BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
416 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF UP TO AROUND 35 MPH AND WIND GUSTS TO 55
  MPH WILL OCCUR UNTIL EARLY EVENING.

* TIMING: THROUGH 700 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS: DUE TO WET GROUND THESE WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME
  TREES. DRIVING WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
784 
WWUS73 KIND 142259
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
659 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2014

INZ041-042-047>049-053>057-061>065-067>072-150000-
/O.EXP.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140314T2300Z/
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-
RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-
LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...
BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
659 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40
MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING.

$$

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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.