Alert archive / Indiana / Ice Storm Warnings in 2015
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this ice storm warning at Jan 11, 2015, 3:46 AM EST for 17 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 11, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 18 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 11, 2015, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Boone County, IN, Clay County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 4:57 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Alexandria, IN | MAILBOXES AND SIDEWALKS ARE STARTING TO GET ICE ACCUMULATING ON THEM. |
| Jan 11, 4:58 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Zionsville, IN | ICE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON PATIO |
| Jan 11, 5:26 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Anderson, IN | SIDWALKS AND UNTREATED SURFACES ARE SLICK. |
| Jan 11, 6:16 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Ene Carmel, IN | TEMPERATURE IS 31.3 DEGREES. SURFACES ARE STARTING TO GLAZE. |
| Jan 11, 6:32 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 Sw Terre Haute, IN | ICE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON METAL SURFACES |
| Jan 11, 6:37 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 8 N Terre Haute, IN | SR 63 NEAR NEW GOSHEN IS SLICK IN THE LEFT LANE. RIGHT LANE IS WET. SECONDARY ROADS ARE BECOMING VERY SLICK. |
| Jan 11, 7:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Indianapolis, IN | ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION. TRACE OF ICE ON SNOW BOARDS. SIDEWALKS BECOMING SLICK. ICE IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON METAL SURFACES. |
| Jan 11, 7:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Cloverdale, IN | SOME CARS ARE SPINNING OUT. ESTIMATE BETWEEN 0.05 AND 0.10 INCH OF ACCRETION. |
| Jan 11, 8:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Brooklyn, IN | ICE IS ACCUMULATING ON METAL SURFACES. POWER IS FLICKERING. |
| Jan 11, 8:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 S Castleton, IN | ACCUMULATED ICE. TEMPERATURE AT 31.5 DEGREES. ICE ACCUMULATING ON ROADS... TREE LIMBS AND CARS. DRIVING IS BECOMING TRICKY. |
| Jan 11, 8:21 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 Ene Carmel, IN | UPDATED ESTIMATED ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 11, 8:21 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Ene Carmel, IN | UPDATED ESTIMATED ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 11, 8:50 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | New Castle, IN | ROADS ARE A MESS |
| Jan 11, 9:13 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 Nw Straughn, IN | ACCUMULATIONS ON SIDEWALKS AND TREES. |
| Jan 11, 9:20 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Mount Summit, IN | DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS |
| Jan 11, 11:27 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | New Castle, IN | SIDEWALKS ARE SLIPPERY |
| Jan 12, 12:20 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 Nw Straughn, IN | UPDATED TOTAL ACCUMULATION ON SIDEWALKS AND TREES. |
| Jan 12, 12:49 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Anderson, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 2077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210 WWUS43 KIND 110846 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FORM PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 1 PM MONDAY... INZ042-045>049-051>057-111700- /O.NEW.KIND.IS.W.0001.150111T2100Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/ RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND ICE IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 400 PM. FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 700 AM MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES ON MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ037-039>041-111700- /O.NEW.KIND.IS.W.0001.150111T2100Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/ BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND LIGHT SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN AT THE START...FURTHER NORTH...CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 70. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR ONE QUARTER ON AN INCH * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES ON MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-111700- /O.EXA.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T2100Z-150112T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ043-044-111700- /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T2100Z-150112T1800Z/ VERMILLION-PARKE- 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ060>062-067>070-111700- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T1800Z-150112T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY. . * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ063>065-071-072-111700- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T2100Z-150112T1800Z/ BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PUMA
5 follow-up statements
554 WWUS43 KIND 111522 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1022 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FORM PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 1 PM MONDAY... INZ037-039>042-045>049-051>057-112300- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.150111T2100Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/ BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 1022 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE MIDDAY HOURS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 500 PM. FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 700 AM MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES ON MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ060>062-067>070-112300- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T1800Z-150112T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 1022 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 3 PM SUNDAY. . * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-043-044-063>065-071-072-112300- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T2100Z-150112T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON- JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 1022 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE MIDDAY HOURS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 500 PM. FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 700 AM MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
721 WWUS43 KIND 112038 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 338 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...VARIOUS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 1 PM MONDAY... INZ037-039>042-045>049-051>057-120400- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.150111T2100Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/ BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 338 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 500 PM. FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 700 AM MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-043-044-063>065-071-072-120400- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150111T2100Z-150112T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON- JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 338 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 700 AM MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ060>062-067>070-120400- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150112T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 338 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 5 PM SUNDAY. . * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
032 WWUS43 KIND 120300 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1000 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...VARIOUS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 1 PM MONDAY... INZ037-039>042-045>049-051>057-121100- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/ BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 1000 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-043-044-060>065-067>072-121100- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150112T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 1000 PM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
134 WWUS43 KIND 120825 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 AM EST MON JAN 12 2015 ...VARIOUS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 1 PM MONDAY... INZ037-039>042-045>049-051>057-121630- /O.CON.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/ BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 325 AM EST MON JAN 12 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-043-044-060>065-067>072-121630- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150112T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 325 AM EST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MAY CREATE VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
338 WWUS43 KIND 121205 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 AM EST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 1 PM... INZ037-039>042-045>049-051>057-121800- /O.EXP.KIND.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150112T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150112T1800Z/ BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 705 AM EST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH LINGERING FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE LINGERING ICE ON POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-043-044-060>065-067>072-121800- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150112T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 705 AM EST MON JAN 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MAY CREATE SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ANY SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES IN AREAS WHERE ICE ACCUMULATED ON POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Jan 11, 2:39 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 2:39 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 239 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 .UPDATE... THE LONG TERM AND AVIATION SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 236 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 WINTRY WEATHER IS HEADED BACK TOWARD CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE PUSHES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WILL RESULT IN THE PRECIPITATION FALLING INITIALLY AS SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN PASS LATE TONIGHT AND CHANGE ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW ON MONDAY MORNING. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...CONTINUING THE DRY BUT COLD WINTER WEATHER. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 236 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS COLD HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE OVER THE VIRGINIAS. SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW WAS IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. 11U IR IMAGERY SHOWS A FIELD OF ALTOCU ASSOCIATED WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION PUSHING NORTHEAST INTO SW INDIANA FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SURFACE DEW POINTS REMAINED DRY...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. RADAR WAS QUIET FOR NOW. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE FREEZING RAIN. MODELS DEPICT A QUIET START TO THE DAY AS CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO INVADE FROM THE SW. GFS AND NAM SHOW GOOD MOISTURE ARRIVING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MID AND LOWER LEVELS. WATER VAPOR SHOWS A SHORT WAVE OVER EASTERN TEXAS. MODELS DEPICT SW FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...PROPAGATING THIS FORCING FEATURE TOWARD CENTRAL INDIANA. LOOKING AT THE 290K ISENTROPIC FIELD...GOOD LIFT IS PRESENT WITH SPECIFIC HUMIDITIES IN EXCESS OF 5 G/KG. LOWER LEVEL Q VECTORS ALSO DISPLAYING GOOD CONVERGENCE. THE ONLY FEATURE THIS SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE MISSING IS A BETTER LOWER LEVEL ORGANIZATION. MEANWHILE FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE THE CONSISTENT SIGNATURE OF FREEZING RAIN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOWING PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.7 AND 0.8 INCHES. BEST FORCING LOOKS TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES TOWARD 00Z. THUS WILL TREND POPS HIGHER TODAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND MANY FORCING FEATURES...WILL NEED TO UPGRADE TO ICE STORM WARNING THROUGH THE HEART OF CENTRAL INDIANA...WHERE FREEZING RAIN SOUNDINGS APPEAR MOST PREDOMINATE. WILL CONTINUE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS THE SOUTH...WHERE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH RAIN AS WARM AIR ADVECTION MAY ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE ABOVE 32. FARTHER NORTH...THE WARM LAYER IS NOT NEARLY AS DEEP...THUS THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT THERE IS LESS. HOWEVER...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL STILL REMAIN AND MAY RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. AS FOR TEMPS TODAY WILL TREND TOWARD WETBULB...THREE HOURLYS WITH EXPECTED PRECIPITATION AMID THE WARM AIR ADVECTION. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... ISSUED AT 236 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE THE EVOLUTION OF THE FREEZING RAIN EVENT AND EVENTUAL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS ON MONDAY. TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS SHOW BEST LIFT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA NEAR 00Z...WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUING THE FREEZING RAIN TYPE SOUNDINGS THROUGH INDY METRO. AGAIN...SLIGHTLY WARMER SOUTH AND COLDER NORTH. 290K ISENTROPIC SURFACE ALSO SHOW BEST LIFT WANING AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE HOURS OF 00Z-06Z. HOWEVER Q VECTORS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD LOWER LEVEL CONVERGENCE. BY 03Z-06Z QPF AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE CLOSE TO 0.25 OR HIGHER...WHICH SHOULD VERIFY THE ICE STORM WARNING IN THE WARNING AREA. WILL AGAIN TREND TOWARD 100 POPS...BUT TREND POPS LOWER THROUGH THE NIGHT AS FORCING IS LOST. FURTHERMORE AS FORCING IS LOST OVERNIGHT...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MUCH LIGHTER. FURTHERMORE...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA BY 12Z. THIS SHOULD WILL RESULT IN COLD AIR ADVECTION...COOLING OF THE COLUMN AND ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW GOOD SATURATION IN THE LOWER LEVELS ON MONDAY MORNING...AND THE COLUMN REMAINS BELOW FREEZING. HOWEVER FORCING IS MUCH MORE LIMITED AT THAT TIME...THUS ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ON MONDAY MORNING SHOULD BE RATHER LIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS WILL STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS. FOR PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED REASONS REGARDING THE WANING FORCING IN THE ADVANCE OF COLD AIR ON MONDAY....WILL STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS POPS FOR NOW...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND TREND LOWER INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT DEPARTS TO THE EAST AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE IN ACROSS INDIANA FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. GIVEN THE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL TREND HIGHS ON MONDAY TOWARD THE 3 HOURLY VALUES...COLDER THAN MAVMOS. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT LOOKS TO BE A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD FORECAST AS ANOTHER ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ON MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT GO BONE DRY AS THE UPPER FLOW REMAINS FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH LITTLE TO NO FORCING. THUS WILL TREND TOWARD A MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD PERIOD DURING THIS TIME WITH TEMPS AT OR BELOW MAVMOS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISSUED AT 220 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ALTHOUGH MODELS DO SHOW A WEAK UPPER TROUGH PASSING THROUGH THE AREA LATER IN THE WEEK...THEY DO NOT PRODUCE ANY PRECIPITATION WITH MOISTURE A LIMITING FACTOR. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE MUCH OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AND THUS A DRY EXTENDED WILL REMAIN THE FORECAST. HEIGHTS BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY AND THUS EXPECT A STEADY WARMING TREND THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD...A WELCOME SHIFT FROM THE RECENT ABRUPT DESCENT INTO ARCTIC CHILL. INITIALIZATION HANDLED THIS WELL AND FEW CHANGES WERE REQUIRED. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 11/09Z TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 220 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ANTICIPATE NO CHANGES AS GOING TAF IN GOOD SHAPE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. ISSUED AT 1108 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2015 VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINTRY PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS. MID LEVEL CLOUDS COURTESY OF WARM ADVECTION EXPANDING INTO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN AND LOWER OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER AIR SLOWLY ERODES. ONSET OF ISENTROPIC LIFT BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY WILL SIGNAL A GRADUAL MOISTENING OF THE LOWER LEVELS WITH LIGHT WINTRY PRECIP DEVELOPING. ANTICIPATE BRIEF SN/PL MIX AT PRECIP ONSET...TRANSITIONING QUICKLY TO PREDOMINANTLY -FZRA AT KBMG...KHUF AND KIND. WHERE THE BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS COLDER AT KLAF...ANTICIPATE A SN/PL MIX WILL CONTINUE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEWEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTING SURFACE TEMPS AT KBMG MAY WARM ABOVE FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF PREDOMINANT RAIN. CEILINGS WILL EVENTUALLY FALL INTO MVFR THEN IFR CATEGORY BY SUNDAY EVENING. S/SW AT 5-10KTS SUNDAY WILL BACK TO A S/SE DIRECTION SUNDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED AS SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM TRACK WILL LIKELY CAUSE PRECIP TYPE VARIATIONS AT ALL TERMINALS WITH THIS COMPLEX WINTER STORM. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY FOR INZ042-047>049-055>057-063>065-071-072. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST MONDAY FOR INZ043>046-051>054-060>062-067>070. && SYNOPSIS...PUMA NEAR TERM...PUMA SHORT TERM...PUMA LONG TERM....NIELD AVIATION...RYAN/NIELD VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 4:38 PM EST, 11 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 438 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>041-112145- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- 438 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HAZARDS: NONE. DISCUSSION: WIND CHILLS WILL DIP TO NEAR ZERO TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH PERHAPS SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SLICK AREAS WILL DEVELOP ON ROADS BY SUNDAY EVENING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 10 BELOW WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT AND AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL THEN MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...WITH SUBZERO WIND CHILLS AT TIMES THROUGH MID-WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ042>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-112145- 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- 438 PM EST SAT JAN 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HAZARDS: NONE. DISCUSSION: WIND CHILLS WILL DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH PERHAPS SOME LIGHT SNOW...WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS BY SUNDAY EVENING...AND THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY. COLDER AIR WILL THEN MOVE IN THROUGH MID-WEEK. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT AND AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL THEN MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
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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.