Alert archive / Indiana / 2012
Weather alerts in Indiana, October 2012
89 weather alerts in October 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 89
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest day
- October 14, 201216 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 4:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 4 days | |
| Oct 5, 4:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 17 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:51 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:06 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:11 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:31 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 24 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:52 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:02 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:02 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:57 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 18 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:15 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 25 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 5 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 72 hr | |
| Oct 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 19 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:41 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 12 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:17 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 31 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:01 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | Brown, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:01 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:11 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:11 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 17 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:50 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 11, 4:50 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 36 hr | |
| Oct 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 42 hr | |
| Oct 13, 5:04 AM EDT | Gale Watch | IWX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 28 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:34 PM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 33 hr | |
| Oct 14, 3:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:38 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Elkhart, Fountain, Fulton and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Oct 14, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 27 min |
| Oct 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 30 min |
| Oct 14, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 29 min |
| Oct 14, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 37 min |
| Oct 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Wayne | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 91 min | |
| Oct 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 41 min |
| Oct 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermillion | 23 min |
| Oct 14, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 41 min |
| Oct 14, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard, Marion, Putnam and 1 more | 40 min |
| Oct 14, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 63 min |
| Oct 15, 2:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 21 hr | |
| Oct 15, 10:52 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 4 days | |
| Oct 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski, White | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Wabash | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Oct 17, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 75 min |
| Oct 17, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 58 min |
| Oct 18, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 3 more | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 94 min |
| Oct 19, 3:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 25 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:31 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 29 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton | 27 min |
| Oct 23, 5:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tipton | 52 min |
| Oct 24, 3:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 5 days | |
| Oct 25, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton, Lake, Newton | 53 min |
| Oct 25, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Porter | 56 min |
| Oct 25, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Fulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski and 3 more | 115 min |
| Oct 27, 2:37 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:23 AM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 41 hr | |
| Oct 28, 5:17 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Watch | LOT | Lake, Porter | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:41 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Watch | IWX | 10 hr | |
| Oct 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 48 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 48 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:08 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | IWX | 67 hr | |
| Oct 28, 4:31 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | LOT | Lake, Porter | 21 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 66 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 34 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:13 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 31 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:59 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IWX | 30 hr | |
| Oct 29, 2:05 PM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 44 hr | |
| Oct 29, 2:05 PM EDT | Storm Warning | IWX | 30 hr | |
| Oct 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 17 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:07 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 9 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:19 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Lake, Porter | 13 hr |
| Oct 30, 7:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | 8 hr | |
| Oct 31, 3:39 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 29 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:56 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 67 hr | |
| Oct 31, 2:48 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 15 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 23 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 12 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Lakeshore Flood Warning | 2 |
| Lakeshore Flood Watch | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 4 |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
| Storm Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lake County13
- Porter County12
- Dearborn County10
- Ripley County10
- Ohio County10
- Switzerland County10
- Benton County8
- Wayne County7
- Fulton County7
- Pulaski County7
- White County7
- Gibson County7
- Pike County7
- Posey County7
- Spencer County7
- Vanderburgh County7
- Warrick County7
- Crawford County7
- Dubois County7
- Harrison County7
- Orange County7
- Perry County7
- Bartholomew County6
- Brown County6
- Daviess County6
- Decatur County6
- Greene County6
- Jackson County6
- Jennings County6
- Knox County6
- Lawrence County6
- Martin County6
- Monroe County6
- Montgomery County6
- Parke County6
- Sullivan County6
- Tipton County6
- Vermillion County6
- Fayette County6
- Union County6
52 more counties
- Cass County6
- Marshall County6
- Starke County6
- Clark County6
- Floyd County6
- Scott County6
- Washington County6
- Jasper County6
- Newton County6
- Boone County5
- Carroll County5
- Fountain County5
- Hamilton County5
- Hendricks County5
- Howard County5
- Marion County5
- Putnam County5
- Tippecanoe County5
- Warren County5
- Franklin County5
- DeKalb County5
- Elkhart County5
- Miami County5
- Noble County5
- Steuben County5
- Wabash County5
- Jefferson County5
- Clay County4
- Clinton County4
- Delaware County4
- Hancock County4
- Henry County4
- Johnson County4
- Madison County4
- Morgan County4
- Owen County4
- Randolph County4
- Rush County4
- Shelby County4
- Vigo County4
- Adams County4
- Allen County4
- Blackford County4
- Grant County4
- Huntington County4
- Jay County4
- LaGrange County4
- Wells County4
- Whitley County4
- LaPorte County4
- Saint Joseph County3
- Kosciusko County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.