The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory in effect until 8:00 p.m. this evening:
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
320 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-170000-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160317T0000Z/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…MONON…BROOKSTON…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…FAIR PLAIN…BENTON HEIGHTS…BUCHANAN…PAW PAW LAKE…DOWAGIAC…CASSOPOLIS…MARCELLUS…STURGIS…THREE RIVERS…WHITE PIGEON…
MENDON…COLDWATER…BRONSON…HILLSDALE…JONESVILLE…LITCHFIELD…BRYAN…EDGERTON…WAUSEON…ARCHBOLD…SWANTON…DELTA…DEFIANCE…SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…NAPOLEON…DESHLER…LIBERTY CENTER…PAULDING…ANTWERP…PAYNE…OTTAWA…LEIPSIC…COLUMBUS GROVE…CONTINENTAL…PANDORA…VAN WERT…OHIO CITY…LIMA…SPENCERVILLE320 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 /220 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016/
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH.
* STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO 6 PM EDT.
IMPACTS…
* HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS WHICH COULD OVERTURN THESE VEHICLES.
* 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.