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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this freeze warning at Apr 2, 2021, 3:32 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 3, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2021, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Daviess County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
161 WWUS73 KIND 021932 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 332 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 INZ067>072-030345- /O.UPG.KIND.FZ.A.0002.210403T0600Z-210403T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.W.0003.210403T0600Z-210403T1300Z/ Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 332 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Knox, Daviess, Martin, Lawrence, Jackson and Jennings Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/ind
1 follow-up statement
886 WWUS73 KIND 030132 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 932 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 INZ067>072-030945- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0003.210403T0600Z-210403T1300Z/ Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 932 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Martin and Daviess Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/ind
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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.