A couple of notes: the Wind Advisory got boosted to a warning with reports of 60+ mph gusts. Also: the entire state will be cold today, but the Freeze Warning is only for central and southern Indiana, where recent weather is warm enough for the Weather Service to assume the “growing season” is already in progress. The frost/freeze advisories/watches/warnings are designed more to alert people about plants rather than just cold weather in general.
PEAK GUSTS (AS OF 4PM)
62 mph Lafayette
56 mph Indy and Muncie
53 mph Terre Haute
52 mph Bloomington
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...4PM TO 8PM TODAY FOR WINDS. 3AM T0 9AM SUNDAY FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND LIMBS FALLING ON POWER LINES COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED TODAY. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL LIKELY DAMAGE OR KILL ANY UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-038-030000- /O.UPG.KIND.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.HW.W.0001.160402T2033Z-160403T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO 433 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...10AM TO 8PM TODAY. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND LIMBS FALLING ON POWER LINES COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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