Alert archive / Indiana / Snow Advisories in 2005
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this snow advisory at Dec 7, 2005, 3:42 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Dec 8, 2005, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2005, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2005, 2:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2005, 8:28 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KIWX 072042 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 342 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. INZ012>015-020-022>027-032>034-080445- /O.NEW.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T1900Z-051209T0900Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 342 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ006>009-016>018-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-080445- /O.NEW.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 342 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THURSDAY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ003>005-MIZ077>081-080445- /O.NEW.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE 342 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 /242 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005/ ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST...OR 3 PM CST THURSDAY UNTIL 4 AM EST...OR 3 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HITCHCOCK
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIWX 080249 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 949 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. INZ012>015-020-022>027-032>034-081100- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T1900Z-051209T0900Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 949 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ006>009-016>018-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-081100- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 949 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ003>005-MIZ077>081-081100- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE 949 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005 /849 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 080909 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. INZ012-014-081715- /O.EXT.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T1900Z-051209T0900Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ017-018-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ003>009-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 /309 AM CST THU DEC 8 2005/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 080910 CCA WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. INZ012-014-081715- /O.EXT.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T1900Z-051209T0900Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ017-018-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ003>009-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 409 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 /309 AM CST THU DEC 8 2005/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 081601 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1101 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MUCH OF TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BEFORE DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-090015- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T1900Z-051209T0900Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 1101 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ017-018-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-090015- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1101 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-090015- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 1101 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005 /1001 AM CST THU DEC 8 2005/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /4 PM EST/ /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNSET WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 082038 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 338 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL COMBINE WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEY TO BRING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-090445- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 338 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ017-018-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-090445- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 338 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AS WELL THIS EVENING THEN SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-090445- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.051208T2100Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 338 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 /238 PM CST THU DEC 8 2005/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AS WELL THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TOWARD LAKE MICHIGAN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 090027 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 727 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL COMBINE WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEY TO BRING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. INZ003>009-012-014-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-090830- /O.UPG.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.HS.W.0001.051209T0027Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 727 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 /627 PM CST THU DEC 8 2005/ ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-090830- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 727 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ017-018-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-090830- /O.CON.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 727 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 090128 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 828 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL COMBINE WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEY TO BRING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. INZ017-018-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-090900- /O.UPG.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 828 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-090900- /O.UPG.KIWX.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND 828 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-090900- /O.CON.KIWX.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051209T0900Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 828 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005 /728 PM CST THU DEC 8 2005/ ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /4 AM EST/ /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Dec 7, 3:04 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:04 PM EST, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
304 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005
.SHORT TERM...
PERSISTENT NUISANCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS PRODUCED ANOTHER 2 INCHES
OR SO TODAY IN BERRIEN COUNTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT AREAS. EXPECT LAKE EFFECT TO LINGER EARLY THIS EVENING IN
BERRIEN COUNTY BEFORE ENDING AS SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE
SOUTHERN END OF LAKE MICHIGAN. WILL ONLY CARRY SMALL CHANCE POPS
AFTER 00Z IN BERRIEN COUNTY BUT USE EARLY EVENING WORDING IN ZFP TO
CAPTURE ACTIVITY BETWEEN FORECAST ISSUANCE AND 00Z. OTHERWISE
SURFACE RIDGE CRESTS OVER THE CWA THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. CLEAR
SKIES AND DECOUPLED SURFACE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW COVER AND
VERY LOW DEWPOINTS TO BRING ANOTHER COLD NIGHT TO THE REGION. WILL
BE UNDERCUTTING GUIDANCE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SINGLE NUMBERS
EVERYWHERE AND LOW SINGLE NUMBERS IN THE EAST. THE LAKESHORE NEAR
BENTON HARBOR SHOULD ALSO GET COLD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEK
TONIGHT AS FLOW BECOMES LIGHT AND LAND BREEZE DEVELOPS AS LAKE
EFFECT CLOUDS PUSH OFFSHORE. CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FROM SW TO NE LATE
TONIGHT BUT DAMAGE WILL ALREADY BE DONE BY THEN WITH RESPECT TO
RADIATIONAL COOLING.
THURSDAY CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY THICKEN FROM SW TO NE. STRONG MID LEVEL
CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE STEADILY EAST TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY
00Z FRI. STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWA BY
LATE AFTERNOON WITH LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASING AS WELL.
VERY DRY LOW LEVELS INITIALLY WITH LOW LEVEL CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS EXCEEDING 100MB. E OR ENE FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL HELP
TO FEED THE VERY DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE CWA. WILL LIKELY SEE A
GOOD AMOUNT OF VIRGA AT THE ONSET UNTIL THE LOW LEVELS BECOME
SATURATED. WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE SOUTH WITH LIKELY NORTH. WILL BE UNDERCUTTING MODEL QPF
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR 2ND PERIOD WITH EXPECTED PERIOD OF VIRGA. WILL GO
WITH ACCUMS UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE SOUTH BY SUNSET WITH UP TO AN INCH
NORTH.
&&
.LONG TERM...
12Z GFS AND 12Z NAM WERE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN BRINGING A DYNAMIC UPR
LVL CLOSED LOW ACRS THE FCST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. A COMBINATION OF
DYNAMICAL LIFT (DIFFERENTIAL PVA/UPR LVL DIFFLUENCE) AND ISENTROPIC
LIFT/LOW TO MID LVL FRONTOGENETIC FORCING WILL BRING A HEALTHY
SNOWFALL THAT MEETS SNOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WILL GO WITH TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ACRS THE FAR NORTHWEST (SUCH AS
BERRIEN COUNTY) WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE BY THE TIME THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF BETWEEN 1 AM EST AND 6 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING. THE 6
INCHES WILL BE THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE NORM...HENCE WILL ONLY
ISSUE SNOW ADVISORY ATTM. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL NOT FALL ALL THAT MUCH
FROM THURSDAY/S HIGHS AS PCPN AND CLOUD COVER WILL PREVENT TEMPS
FROM DROPPING OFF TOO MUCH.
UPR LVL LOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY
MORNING...LEAVING LOW LVL CLOUDINESS IN ITS WAKE. THERE WILL BE A
SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
LEE OF LAKE MICHIGAN (SUCH AS BENTON HARBOR...CASSOPOLIS AND SOUTH
BEND) DURING THE FIRST PART OF FRIDAY MORNING. THEN...850 MB TEMPS
SHOULD MODIFY ENOUGH TO SHUT OFF THE LAKE EFFECT DUE TO WAA
OCCURRING ALOFT. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 20S ON
FRIDAY...MORE LIKE THE MAV MOS VALUES DUE TO FRESH SNOW COVER AND
LINGERING CLOUD COVER.
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...A SFC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACRS THE
OHIO VALLEY REGION. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER COLD FRONT IN THE NWLY UPR
LVL FLOW PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE NRN PLAINS.
FCST AREA SHOULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR. WILL KEEP
TEMPS FROM DROPPING OFF TOO MUCH FROM FRIDAY/S HIGHS AS SFC PRESSURE
GRADIENT INCREASES OVERNIGHT AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST.
FOR SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...WAA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
SHOULD BOOST TEMPS INTO THE LOWER 30S FOR HIGHS. HAVE GONE DRY FOR
SATURDAY AS COLD FRONT IS NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE ACRS THE REGION
SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL INTRODUCE A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE.
FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...COLD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE. THERE COULD BE SOME APPRECIABLE LAKE EFFECT DURING THE
PERIOD AND HAVE THUS RAISED POPS TO 40 PERCENT IN THE LEE OF LAKE
MICHIGAN. ELSEWHERE...THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HAVE
KEPT FCST DRY ATTM. WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN
CONTINUING...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT TO TIME SYSTEMS
...SO HAVE LEFT CURRENT EXTENDED IN TACT. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
NORMAL FOR MID DECEMBER.
&&
.AVIATION...
PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE 18Z TAF CYCLE IS THE ONGOING LIGHT LAKE
EFFECT SNOW AT KSBN. OBS THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN OSCILLATING BETWEEN
MVFR AND IFR RANGE AS BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CROSS THE
KSBN TERMINAL. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INVERSION HEIGHTS BEGIN TO CRASH AS SURFACE
RIDGE AXIS APPROACHES SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. FURTHERMORE...FLOW IN
THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY THIS EVENING...THEN
BECOME S OR SSE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE LAKE EFFECT ACTIVITY TO
SHRINK IN INLAND EXTENT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND AWAY FROM KSBN
TERMINAL. OTHERWISE SKC WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING
HIGH CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT. CIGS WILL LOWER BY MIDDAY THURS BUT WILL
REMAIN VFR. ANY SYNOPTIC SCALE SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE
END OF THE TAF VALID PERIOD.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM EST THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR
INZ003-INZ004-INZ005-INZ006-INZ007-INZ008-INZ009-INZ016-
INZ017-INZ018.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR INZ012-
INZ013-INZ014-INZ015-INZ020-INZ022-INZ023-INZ024-INZ025-
INZ026-INZ027-INZ032-INZ033-INZ034.
MI...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR MIZ077-
MIZ078-MIZ079-MIZ080-MIZ081.
OH...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR OHZ001-
OHZ002-OHZ004-OHZ005-OHZ015-OHZ016-OHZ024-OHZ025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...HITCHCOCK
LONG TERM....HICKMANHazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 5:20 AM EST, 10 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 520 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-081030- 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...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 520 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005 /420 AM CST WED DEC 7 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...QUICKLY OVERSPREADING THE AREA AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY THURSDAY NIGHT. AS IT APPEARS NOW...A GENERAL 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EVEN GREATER ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME AREAS PENDING THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR THE SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SNOW EXIST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. IT REMAINS TO EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE REQUESTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-061-081030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST JOSEPH MI OUT TO MID LAKE- 520 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.