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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2018, 2:44 PM EST for 14 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2018, 2:44 PM EST (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2018, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington 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 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 566 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
036 WWUS73 KIWX 271944 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 244 PM EST Thu Dec 27 2018 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>025-032-MIZ077>079-280200- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.181227T1944Z-181228T0200Z/ La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Noble-Starke-Pulaski- Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash- Huntington-Grant-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, Huntington, Roanoke, Marion, Gas City, Upland, Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, and Mendon 244 PM EST Thu Dec 27 2018 /144 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ this evening. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * South to southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph gusting to 45 mph through the early evening hours. * IMPACTS... * Difficult travel for high profile vehicles. Loose objects will be blown around. Minor damage to tree limbs possible. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
822 WWUS73 KIWX 280134 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 834 PM EST Thu Dec 27 2018 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>025-032-MIZ077>079-280245- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-181228T0200Z/ La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Noble-Starke-Pulaski- Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-White-Cass IN-Miami-Wabash- Huntington-Grant-Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI- Including the cities of Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend, Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, Lagrange, Topeka, Shipshewana, Kendallville, Ligonier, Albion, Knox, North Judson, Bass Lake, Winamac, Francesville, Medaryville, Plymouth, Bremen, Culver, Rochester, Akron, Warsaw, Winona Lake, Syracuse, Mentone, Columbia City, Tri-Lakes, South Whitley, Monticello, Monon, Brookston, Logansport, Royal Center, Peru, Grissom AFB, Mexico, Wabash, North Manchester, Huntington, Roanoke, Marion, Gas City, Upland, Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, and Mendon 834 PM EST Thu Dec 27 2018 /734 PM CST Thu Dec 27 2018/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... The Wind Advisory will expire at 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ this evening. Southerly wind gusts will continue to diminish late this evening. Therefore, the wind advisory will be allowed to expire at 9 PM EST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * For more information visit weather.gov/iwx. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:11 PM EST | Gale Warning | IWX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:11 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 48 hr |
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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.