Alert archive / Ohio / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2018, 2:43 AM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 12, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2018, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
738 WWUS73 KIWX 120643 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 243 AM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018 OHZ016-024-025-121445- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.180412T1400Z-180412T2100Z/ Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- Including the cities of Ottawa, Leipsic, Columbus Grove, Continental, Pandora, Van Wert, Ohio City, Lima, Spencerville, and Bluffton 243 AM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 5 PM EDT this afternoon. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph late this morning into this afternoon. IMPACTS... * Loose items such as garbage cans will be blown around in these gusty winds. Secure your belongings. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
355 WWUS73 KIWX 121518 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 1118 AM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018 OHZ016-024-025-122100- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-180412T2100Z/ Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- Including the cities of Ottawa, Leipsic, Columbus Grove, Continental, Pandora, Van Wert, Ohio City, Lima, Spencerville, and Bluffton 1118 AM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph through mid afternoon. Strongest winds are expected from late this morning through around 3 PM EDT. IMPACTS... * Loose items such as garbage cans will be blown around in these gusty winds. Secure your belongings. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or gusts of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
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.