Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 4:16 AM EDT for 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2016, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
507 WWUS73 KIWX 030816 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 416 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-031700- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...MONON...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND 416 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 /316 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
449 WWUS73 KIWX 031617 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1217 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-040000- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...MONON...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND 1217 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 /1117 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT. * SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
893 WWUS73 KIWX 040001 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 801 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-040115- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...MONON...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND 801 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 /701 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 5 hr | |
| Apr 3, 4:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 43 hr |
Nearby
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.