Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, White County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
453 WWUS73 KIWX 171730 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 130 PM EDT Wed May 17 2017 INZ003-012-013-020-022-172300- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0006.170517T1730Z-170517T2300Z/ La Porte-Starke-Pulaski-White-Cass IN- Including the cities of Michigan City, La Porte, Knox, North Judson, Bass Lake, Winamac, Francesville, Medaryville, Monticello, Monon, Brookston, Logansport, and Royal Center 130 PM EDT Wed May 17 2017 /1230 PM CDT Wed May 17 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ this evening. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * Southwest winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. IMPACTS... * Loose objects will be blown around. High profile vehicles will become difficult to drive on east west roads. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 55 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.