Alert archive / Indiana / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this high wind warning at Apr 2, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 25 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
- Apr 2, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 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 20:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:38 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 W Indianapolis, IN | AT INDIANAPOLIS ZOO |
| Apr 2, 4:40 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 W Indianapolis, IN | |
| Apr 2, 4:42 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Fishers, IN | LARGE TREE DOWN ON HAGUE ROAD BETWEEN 106TH AND 116TH STREETS BLOCKING BOTH LANES |
| Apr 2, 4:43 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, IN | PEAR TREE BLOWN DOWN...TIME APPROX |
| Apr 2, 4:45 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 2 E Jamestown, IN | |
| Apr 2, 4:48 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Bruceville, IN | TREE FELL ONTO UTILITY LINES AT 6730 NORTH CAMP ARTHUR ROAD |
| Apr 2, 4:53 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Frankfort, IN | LARGE PLAZA SIGN BLOWN DOWN...TIME ESTIMATED |
| Apr 2, 4:55 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Seymour, IN | |
| Apr 2, 5:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Bicknell, IN | TREE FELL DOWN ON ROADWAY. EVENT TIME IS TIME OF REPORT. |
| Apr 2, 5:09 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nw Muncie, IN | |
| Apr 2, 5:10 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Clermont, IN | TORN ROOFING SHINGLES |
| Apr 2, 5:18 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nw Muncie, IN | |
| Apr 2, 5:27 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Muncie, IN | TREE SNAPPED OFF ABOUT HALFWAY UP. EVENT TIME IS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING TIME. |
| Apr 2, 5:28 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Michigantown, IN | STREET LIGHT BLOWN DOWN. EVENT TIME IS POSTING TIME ON FACEBOOK. |
| Apr 2, 5:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Greenwood, IN | ROOFING SHIINGLES BLOWN OFF TOP CORNER OF TWO STORY HOME. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. |
| Apr 2, 5:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Zionsville, IN | LARGE TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 2 INCHES DIAMETER AT 975 EAST AND BARTH DRIVE |
| Apr 2, 5:45 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 4 Sw Bloomington, IN | |
| Apr 2, 5:45 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Columbus, IN | |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Anderson, IN | NUMEROUS UTILITY LINES...POWER POLES...AND TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO LINES OR TREES ON ROADS. TWO BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY FALLLEN TREES. APPROX 8000 HOMES WITHOUT POWER. |
| Apr 2, 6:02 PM EDT | SNOW 0.2 | Alexandria, IN | ESTIMATED ABOUT 0.25 INCH SNOWFALL |
| Apr 2, 6:45 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Camby, IN | PINE TREE BLOWN DOWN |
| Apr 2, 6:45 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Camby, IN | BRADFORD PEAR SNAPPED IN HALF |
| Apr 2, 6:56 PM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | Greentown, IN | ESTIMATES OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON |
| Apr 2, 7:04 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Anderson, IN | ALMOST HALF OF A FLOWERING TREE SPLIT OFF FROM THE WIND AT PARADISE ROAD AND HARTMAN ROAD INTERSECTION. TIME IS POSTING TIME OF SOCIAL MEDIA POST. |
| Apr 2, 7:15 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Cicero, IN | LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN |
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 12:00Z, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
234 WWUS73 KIND 022033 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 433 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...VERY WINDY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-030000- /O.UPG.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.HW.W.0001.160402T2033Z-160403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0001.160403T0700Z-160403T1300Z/ 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 433 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...4PM TO 8PM TODAY FOR WINDS. 3AM T0 9AM SUNDAY FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND LIMBS FALLING ON POWER LINES COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED TODAY. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-038-030000- /O.UPG.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.HW.W.0001.160402T2033Z-160403T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO 433 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...10AM TO 8PM TODAY. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND LIMBS FALLING ON POWER LINES COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
441 WWUS73 KIND 030006 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 806 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... INZ036-037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-030115- /O.EXP.KIND.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0001.160403T0700Z-160403T1300Z/ 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 806 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-038-030115- /O.EXP.KIND.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO 806 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING WILL SEE DIMINISHING WINDS. HOWEVER...IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. $$ KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur and 26 more | 29 hr |
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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.