The National Weather Service has a Wind Advisory in effect today until 7 p.m. this evening. See also today’s weather story.
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1121 AM EST FRI FEB 19 2016INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-200000-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0000Z/LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MICHIGAN CITY…LA PORTE…SOUTH BEND…
MISHAWAKA…NEW CARLISLE…WALKERTON…ELKHART…GOSHEN…
NAPPANEE…LAGRANGE…TOPEKA…SHIPSHEWANA…ANGOLA…FREMONT…
KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…KNOX…
NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…WINAMAC…FRANCESVILLE…MEDARYVILLE…
PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…CULVER…ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…
WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…MENTONE…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…
SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…MONTICELLO…BROOKSTON…
MONON…LOGANSPORT…ROYAL CENTER…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…
WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…BLUFFTON…
OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…
HARTFORD CITY…MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK…NILES…
BENTON HARBOR…ST. JOSEPH…BUCHANAN…DOWAGIAC…CASSOPOLIS…
MARCELLUS…STURGIS…THREE RIVERS…WHITE PIGEON…MENDON…
COLDWATER…BRONSON…HILLSDALE…LITCHFIELD…JONESVILLE…
BRYAN…WAUSEON…ARCHBOLD…FAYETTE…SWANTON…DEFIANCE…
SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…NAPOLEON…DESHLER…LIBERTY CENTER…
PAULDING…ANTWERP…MELROSE…OTTAWA…PANDORA…KALIDA…
FORT JENNINGS…VAN WERT…DELPHOS…OHIO CITY…LIMA…
SPENCERVILLE1121 AM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 /1021 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016/
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED AREAS.
IMPACTS…
* HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS.
* SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH…OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.