Alert archive / Indiana / Freeze Watches in 2021
Freeze Watch 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this freeze watch at Apr 1, 2021, 3:26 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 3, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2021, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2021, 3:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 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 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 1376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
100 WWUS73 KIND 011926 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 326 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021 INZ067>072-020330- /O.NEW.KIND.FZ.A.0002.210403T0600Z-210403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0002.210402T0200Z-210402T1500Z/ Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 326 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 19 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Knox, Daviess, Martin, Lawrence, Jackson and Jennings Counties. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, from 10 PM this evening to 11 AM EDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/ind
4 follow-up statements
681 WWUS73 KIND 020136 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 936 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021 INZ067>072-020945- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0002.210402T0200Z-210402T1500Z/ /O.CON.KIND.FZ.A.0002.210403T0600Z-210403T1200Z/ Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 936 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 19 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Martin and Daviess Counties. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 11 AM EDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/ind
839 WWUS73 KIND 020808 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 408 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 INZ067>072-021615- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210402T1500Z/ /O.CON.KIND.FZ.A.0002.210403T0600Z-210403T1200Z/ Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 408 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 19. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Martin and Daviess Counties. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 11 AM EDT this morning. For the Freeze Watch, from late tonight through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/ind
429 WWUS73 KIND 021609 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1209 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 INZ067>072-030015- /O.CON.KIND.FZ.A.0002.210403T0600Z-210403T1200Z/ Knox-Daviess-Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 1209 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Lawrence, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Martin and Daviess Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/ind
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
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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.