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Wind Advisory issued April 27 at 5:27PM EDT until April 27 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Event Type

Wind Advisory

Status

Actual

Severity

Moderate

Urgency

Expected

Certainty

Likely

Message Type

Alert

Description

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...In Indiana, De Kalb County. In Ohio, Defiance, Fulton OH, Henry, and Williams Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong wind gusts have developed as rain exits the area.

Instructions

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Affected Areas

De Kalb; Williams; Fulton; Defiance; Henry

SAME Codes:

018033 DeKalb County, IN

039171 Williams County, OH

039051 Fulton County, OH

039039 Defiance County, OH

039069 Henry County, OH

UGC: INZ009 OHZ001 OHZ002 OHZ004 OHZ005

This covers a small portion of emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.

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Alert Area Affected Boundaries

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-04-27 17:27 EDT
05:27 PM EDT

Onset:

2026-04-27T17:27:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-27 22:00 EDT
10:00 PM EDT

Event Ends:

2026-04-27T22:00:00-04:00

Added:

2026-04-27 17:29 EDT
05:29 PM EDT

Updated:

2026-04-27 19:04 EDT
07:04 PM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.256b9eae8570afa7f8f086aa0bd0efdd7239799e.001.1

Database ID
#562

Scope Public

Category Met

Coverage Type Localized

Estimated Coverage 0.0% of Putnam County Estimated from SAME broadcast area, not the storm polygon.

Source times converted from NWS format to local Eastern Time.

Affected Boundaries

Localized County Impact

This alert covers 0.0% of Putnam County , affecting some emergency service boundaries.

Coverage estimated from SAME broadcast area. Recalculate intersections to use the storm polygon.

Coverage by Service Type:

No Boundary Intersections Found

This alert may not intersect with any configured emergency service boundaries.

0.0%

Localized Coverage

* Estimated from SAME broadcast area.

NOAA Alert Details

Alert Origin

Originator NWS Northern Indiana

Sender ID w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Scope Public

Category Met

Effective 2026-04-27T17:27:00-04:00

Language en-US

Web http://www.weather.gov

Alert Feed

https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?zone=OHC003,OHZ016,OHC137,OHZ025,OHZ004,OHC039,OHZ017,OHC063,OHZ005,OHC069,OHZ015,OHC125,OHZ024,OHC161,OHZ006,OHC173

NOAA

EAS Parameters

Block Channels EAS NWEM CMAS

Geocodes

SAME Geocodes

018033 DeKalb County, IN

039171 Williams County, OH

039051 Fulton County, OH

039039 Defiance County, OH

039069 Henry County, OH

UGC Codes INZ009 OHZ001 OHZ002 OHZ004 OHZ005

Affected Zones INZ009 OHZ001 OHZ002 OHZ004 OHZ005

Event Codes

SAME NWS

NationalWeatherService WIY

VTEC

Extended in Area and Time Wind Advisory #5

Office KIWX · Ongoing at issuance · Ends 2026-04-28 02:00 UTC

/O.EXB.KIWX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-260428T0200Z/

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Event Lifecycle (4 alerts)

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Extended (Area+Time) This alert 2026-04-27 21:27 UTC

Continuing 2026-04-27 23:02 UTC View →

Wind Advisory issued April 27 at 7:02PM EDT until April 27 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Extended (Area+Time) 2026-04-28 00:54 UTC View →

Wind Advisory issued April 27 at 8:54PM EDT until April 28 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

Extended (Time) 2026-04-28 00:54 UTC View →

Wind Advisory issued April 27 at 8:54PM EDT until April 28 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier NPWIWX

WMOidentifier WWUS73 KIWX 272127

eventEndingTime 2026-04-27T22:00:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

Reason No authorised SAME event code available for Wind Advisory.

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Raw CAP Alert Data

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Last Updated: 2026-04-27 19:04 EDT (23:04 UTC)