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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 5:05 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2016, 5:05 AM EST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
932 WWUS73 KIWX 281005 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 505 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 INZ017-018-023>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-281815- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.160228T1400Z-160229T0300Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 505 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILES MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS. * SCATTERED TREE OR POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
393 WWUS73 KIWX 281549 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1049 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 INZ003>009-012>016-020-022-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-290000- /O.EXB.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON 1049 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 /949 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILES MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS. * SCATTERED TREE OR POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ INZ017-018-023>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-290000- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1049 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILES MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS. * SCATTERED TREE OR POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
474 WWUS73 KIWX 290033 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 733 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 INZ017-018-023>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-290300- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 733 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILES MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS. * SCATTERED TREE OR POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
455 WWUS73 KIWX 290236 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 936 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 INZ017-018-023>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-290345- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160229T0300Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 936 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. && $$
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.