Alert archive / Indiana / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this freeze warning at Apr 4, 2016, 3:50 AM EDT for 32 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2016, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 32 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry 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, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 2816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
438 WWUS73 KIND 040750 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 AM EDT MON APR 4 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ... INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-041600- /O.UPG.KIND.FZ.A.0002.160405T0900Z-160405T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.W.0002.160405T0600Z-160405T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-BOONE-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...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 350 AM EDT MON APR 4 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 ARE EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
508 WWUS73 KIND 041932 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 332 PM EDT MON APR 4 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ... INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-050345- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0002.160405T0600Z-160405T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION- PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 332 PM EDT MON APR 4 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 ARE EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
682 WWUS73 KIND 050140 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 940 PM EDT MON APR 4 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ... INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-050945- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0002.160405T0600Z-160405T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-BOONE-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...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 940 PM EDT MON APR 4 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 ARE EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
480 WWUS73 KIND 050740 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT THIS MORNING ... INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-051300- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160405T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION- PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 340 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
235 WWUS73 KIND 051258 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 858 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-051400- /O.EXP.KIND.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160405T1300Z/ MONTGOMERY-BOONE-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...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 858 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE QUICKLY THIS MORNING. $$
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.