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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2016, 1:35 PM EST for 12 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Nov 19, 2016, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2016, 1:35 PM EST (18:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642 WWUS73 KIWX 181835 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 135 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ077>079-190245- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.161119T1400Z-161119T2300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...MONON... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HEIGHTS...BUCHANAN... PAW PAW LAKE...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 135 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /1235 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
143 WWUS73 KIWX 190840 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 340 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ077>079-191645- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.161119T1400Z-161119T2300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...MONON... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HEIGHTS...BUCHANAN... PAW PAW LAKE...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 340 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /240 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED TODAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
434 WWUS73 KIWX 191706 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1206 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ077>079-192300- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161119T2300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...MONON... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HEIGHTS...BUCHANAN... PAW PAW LAKE...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1206 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /1106 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski, Starke, White | 43 min |
| Nov 18, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Pulaski, White | 27 min |
| Nov 18, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Wabash | 47 min |
| Nov 18, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 36 min |
| Nov 18, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble, Whitley | 27 min |
| Nov 18, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 6:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Grant, Huntington | 43 min |
| Nov 18, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wells | 48 min |
| Nov 18, 6:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 27 min |
| Nov 18, 6:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 32 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Indiana, 2016Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.