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Lake Effect Snow Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 27, 2007Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 27, 2007, 4:04 PM EST for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; Elkhart County, Indiana. It took effect at Jan 27, 2007, 9:11 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 13 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2007, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2007, 9:11 PM EST
Expired
Jan 29, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 9:49 PM ESTSNOW 23 Nw Nappanee, IN2-3 INCHES ON THE GROUND
Jan 27, 11:25 PM ESTSNOW 1.5Goshen, IN
Jan 27, 11:27 PM ESTSNOW 11.5 E Elkhart, IN1 INCH OF SNOW IN LAST HOUR
Jan 28, 1:00 AM ESTSNOW 4Cassopolis, MI
Jan 28, 4:15 AM ESTSNOW 2.25Simonton Lake, IN
Jan 28, 7:42 AM ESTSNOW 2Elkhart, IN
Jan 28, 8:14 AM ESTSNOW 1.3Millersburg, IN
Jan 28, 8:31 AM ESTSNOW 3.5White Pigeon, MI
Jan 28, 9:09 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 8Howardsville, MI
Jan 28, 9:15 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 6Centreville, MI
Jan 28, 1:51 PM ESTSNOW 3.4Millersburg, IN2.1 NEW SNOWFALL OVER PAST 4 HOURS; 3 INCHES SNOW DEPTH
Jan 28, 3:41 PM ESTSNOW 53 N Nappanee, IN
Jan 28, 7:13 PM ESTSNOW 8.3Cassopolis, MISTORM TOTAL 8.3 INCH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KIWX 272104
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
404 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

.COLDER AIR SPREADING INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES...HAS SET THE
STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT AND PROLONGED LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...
WITH SOME SPOTS UP TO ONE FOOT. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE VARIED...AND
SNOWFALL RATES WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM
PERIODS WITH LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS WITH SNOW
FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW...
COMBINED WITH BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES. THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD...FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE
ELKHART EXIT...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE
AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN
MICHIGAN...WILL BE IMPACTED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

INZ004-MIZ077-078-280515-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.W.0002.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
404 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A
FEW SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO ONE FOOT.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND
WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND DROP TO ZERO
WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE
SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-280515-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.W.0002.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
304 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 11 PM CST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON
SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY...WITH AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY
TO AROUND 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF LA PORTE
COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN
BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND DROP
TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE
COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.



$$

INZ005-280515-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.W.0002.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
404 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 9
INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND
WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND DROP TO ZERO
WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE
SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ012-014-016-280515-
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
404 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 /304 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM
CST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY
FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND
NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ079-080-280515-
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.070128T0500Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER
404 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL
VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
8 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 280211
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
911 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

.COLDER AIR SPREADING INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES...HAS SET THE
STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT AND PROLONGED LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN WATERS OF
LAKE MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW... WITH SOME
SPOTS UP TO ONE FOOT. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THE
FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE VARIED...AND SNOWFALL RATES
WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM PERIODS WITH LITTLE
SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS WITH SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW... COMBINED WITH BRISK WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE INDIANA TOLL
ROAD...FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE ELKHART EXIT...ALONG
WITH INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES
IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN...WILL BE IMPACTED.
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

INZ004-MIZ077-078-281015-
/O.EXT.KIWX.LE.W.0002.070128T0211Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
911 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY... WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES
EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FEW SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO
ONE FOOT.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-281015-
/O.EXT.KIWX.LE.W.0002.070128T0211Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
811 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON
SUNDAY IN LAPORTE COUNTY. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL
VARY QUITE WIDELY... WITH AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY TO AROUND 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF
LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-281015-
/O.EXT.KIWX.LE.W.0002.070128T0211Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
911 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS
WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ012-014-016-281015-
/O.EXT.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.070128T0211Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
911 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 /811 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON
SUNDAY IN THIS AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY
QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ079-080-281015-
/O.EXT.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.070128T0211Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER
911 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY IN THIS AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 280910
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
410 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN GREAT
LAKES AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND
PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A FEW LOCALES
RECEIVING A FOOT OF NEW SNOW. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE VARIED...AND
SNOWFALL RATES WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM
PERIODS WITH LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS WITH SNOW
FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW...
COMBINED WITH BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES. THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD... FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE
ELKHART EXIT...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE
AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN
MICHIGAN...WILL BE IMPACTED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

INZ004-MIZ077-078-281715-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
410 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF
OVER AN INCH AN HOUR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW THIS
MORNING WILL BE ACROSS BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY... WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES
EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FEW SPOTS COULD RECEIVE UP TO
ONE FOOT.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-281715-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
310 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE FAR
NORTHEAST CORNER OF LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-281715-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
410 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THERE WILL
BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON AND OFF TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL
RATES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY AND 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
NORTHWEST AREAS OF THE COUNTY BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ012-014-016-281715-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
410 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 /310 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
WITH RATES OF FALL EXCEEDING A HALF INCH AN HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ079-080-281715-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER
410 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 281450
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.COLD AIR OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. EXTREME
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...DOWNWIND
OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 15 INCHES
OF SNOW. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THE FINAL
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE VARIED...AND SNOWFALL RATES WILL
RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM PERIODS WITH LITTLE SNOW
ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS OF SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE
BETWEEN 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD...
FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE ELKHART EXIT...ALONG WITH
INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES IN
INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN...WILL BE SEVERELY
IMPACTED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

MIZ079-282300-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
/O.EXA.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE COUNTY. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN
BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ004-MIZ077-078-282300-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF
UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 8 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED.
TOTALS IN BERRIEN COUNTY WILL BE ON THE HIGHER END...WITH A FEW
LOCALIZED SPOTS POSSIBLY RECEIVING A FEW INCHES MORE. EASTERN
CASS COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA WILL BE ON THE
LOWER END...AND COULD EVEN RECEIVE A FEW INCHES LESS.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-282300-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
850 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE FAR
NORTHEAST CORNER OF LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-282300-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THERE
WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON AND OFF TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH AN
HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES
EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
FAR WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ081-282300-
/O.EXA.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HILLSDALE
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTH
AND WEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

OHZ001-004-282300-
/O.EXA.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...DEFIANCE
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ012-014-016-282300-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 /850 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
WITH RATES OF FALL EXCEEDING A HALF INCH AN HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ080-282300-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...COLDWATER
950 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 281549 CCA
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.COLD AIR OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. EXTREME
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST OHIO...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL
RECEIVE 6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE VARIED...AND
SNOWFALL RATES WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM
PERIODS WITH LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS OF SNOW FALLING
AT A RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH
BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIND CHILL
INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. THE
INDIANA TOLL ROAD... FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE ELKHART
EXIT...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE AND ST
JOSEPH COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN...WILL
BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

MIZ079-290000-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
/O.EXA.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE COUNTY. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN
BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ004-MIZ077-078-290000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF
UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 8 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED.
TOTALS IN BERRIEN COUNTY WILL BE ON THE HIGHER END...WITH A FEW
LOCALIZED SPOTS POSSIBLY RECEIVING A FEW INCHES MORE. EASTERN
CASS COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA WILL BE ON THE
LOWER END...AND COULD EVEN RECEIVE A FEW INCHES LESS.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-290000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
944 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE FAR
NORTHEAST CORNER OF LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-290000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THERE
WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON AND OFF TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH AN
HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES
EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
FAR WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ081-290000-
/O.COR.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HILLSDALE
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL
RATES AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

OHZ001-004-290000-
/O.COR.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...DEFIANCE
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ012-014-016-290000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 /944 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
WITH RATES OF FALL EXCEEDING A HALF INCH AN HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ080-290000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...COLDWATER
1044 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 281646
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...EXTREME LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

...UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN...

.COLD AIR OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. BERRIEN
COUNTY MICHIGAN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE
SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET. THE REST OF SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST OHIO...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL
RECEIVE 6 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE QUITE VARIED...AND
SNOWFALL RATES WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM
PERIODS WITH LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS OF SNOW FALLING
AT A RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH
BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIND CHILL
INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. THE
INDIANA TOLL ROAD...FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE ELKHART
EXIT...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE AND ST
JOSEPH COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN...WILL
BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

INZ004-MIZ078-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF UP
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED.
TOTALS IN BERRIEN COUNTY WILL BE ON THE HIGHER END...WITH A FEW
LOCALIZED SPOTS POSSIBLY RECEIVING A FEW INCHES MORE. EASTERN
CASS COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA WILL BE ON THE
LOWER END...AND COULD EVEN RECEIVE A FEW INCHES LESS.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
1046 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE FAR
NORTHEAST CORNER OF LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THERE
WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON AND OFF TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH AN
HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES
EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN
THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ077-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

...EXTREME SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF UP
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ079-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH
AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ012-014-016-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 /1046 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...
WITH RATES OF FALL EXCEEDING A HALF INCH AN HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ080-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...COLDWATER
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

MIZ081-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HILLSDALE
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH
HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

OHZ001-004-290100-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...DEFIANCE
1146 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH
SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS
BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 282116
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...EXTREME LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

...UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN...

.COLD AIR OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BERRIEN
COUNTY MICHIGAN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE
SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET. THE REST OF SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
OHIO...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE 6
TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THE
FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL BE QUITE VARIED. SNOWFALL
RATES WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE EVENT FROM PERIODS WITH
LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS OF SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF
ONE INCH PER HOUR. BERRIEN AND LA PORTE COUNTIES MAY SEE SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR THIS EVENING AS A STRONG BAND OF
INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA MOVES EASTWARD. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH
BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIND CHILL
INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. THE
INDIANA TOLL ROAD...FROM THE LA PORTE EXIT EAST TO THE ELKHART
EXIT...ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 94 AND ROUTE 31 IN LA PORTE AND ST
JOSEPH COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN...WILL
BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

INZ004-MIZ078-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR AT
TIMES THIS EVENING. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL
VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
316 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOWFALL
TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH UP TO 4
INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN
THE NORTHERN PART OF LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND DROP
TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE
IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL
RATES IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES
EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 1
INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND DROP
TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE
COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ077-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

...EXTREME SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO FEET...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...FALLING AT RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER
HOUR AT TIMES THIS EVENING. FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY
WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO FEET.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ079-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP UP TO 1 INCH
PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN
MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY
IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ012-014-016-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 /316 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES... WITH RATES OF FALL NEAR A HALF INCH AN HOUR.
SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 2 TO 6
INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ080-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...COLDWATER
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES NEAR ONE HALF AN INCH PER
HOUR. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM
3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

MIZ081-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HILLSDALE
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND A HALF INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTH
AND WEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

OHZ001-004-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...DEFIANCE
416 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH AN
HOUR POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 290157
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...EXTREME LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

...UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN...

.COLD AIR OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BERRIEN
COUNTY MICHIGAN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET. THE
REST OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND
EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO...DOWNWIND OF THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. DUE TO THE NATURE OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL
BE QUITE VARIED. SNOWFALL RATES WILL RAPIDLY FLUCTUATE DURING THE
EVENT FROM PERIODS WITH LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION...TO PERIODS OF
SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...
BUT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BY MIDNIGHT. THE INDIANA TOLL
ROAD...INTERSTATE 94... ROUTE 30... AND ROUTE 31 WILL BE SEVERELY
IMPACTED BY THE SNOW THIS EVENING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

INZ004-MIZ078-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS ST JOSEPH
COUNTY INDIANA AND CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IN
THIS BAND WILL BE HEAVY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WITH NEW SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR TWO EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH. FINAL
SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 8 TO
16 INCHES EXPECTED.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ003-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
757 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT.
THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF LA PORTE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ005-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS ELKHART
COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING CAUSING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF
SNOWFALL. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOWSTORM WILL
VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO
1 INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND DROP
TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE
COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ077-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH AN
HOUR... WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AROUND MIDNIGHT.
FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY...BUT
ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND
DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE IS BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

MIZ079-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO ST. JOSEPH COUNTY MICHIGAN LATE THIS
EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE AS
THE BAND MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY
WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP UP TO 1 INCH
PER HOUR. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN
MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE IS BEING
SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

INZ012-014-016-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 /757 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
FROM EASTERN STARKE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES ACROSS KOSCIUSKO COUNTY LATE
THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL IN THIS BAND WILL BE HEAVY... WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO IN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SOME MAJOR ROADS
THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE ROUTE 30. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY
MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

INZ006>009-017-MIZ080-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...COLDWATER
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD DIMINISH SOME BY THE TIME THEY
REACH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA EXPECTED TO
BE AROUND AN INCH. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE
WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

MIZ081-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HILLSDALE
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD
DIMINISH SOME BY THE TIME THEY REACH HILLSDALE COUNTY... WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN
INCH. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY QUITE WIDELY FROM
3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

OHZ001-004-290500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...DEFIANCE
857 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD
DIMINISH SOME BY THE TIME THEY REACH WILLIAMS AND DEFIANCE
COUNTIES... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA EXPECTED
TO BE AROUND AN INCH. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY EARLY MONDAY WILL VARY
QUITE WIDELY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KIWX 290503
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1203 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007

INZ003>005-MIZ077>079-290615-
/O.EXP.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS
1203 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 /1103 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS.


$$

INZ006>009-012-014-016-017-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-004-290615-
/O.EXP.KIWX.LE.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070129T0500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...
COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...
MONTPELIER...DEFIANCE
1203 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 /1103 PM CST SUN JAN 28 2007/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS.


$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Jan 27, 12:40 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 12:40 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1240 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

.AVIATION...
AVN DISC BRIEF AS FOCUS TO SHIFT TO PUBLIC UPGRADES/SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS. TIMING OF BEST POTENTIAL FOR LIFR COND AT KSBN WITH 06-10
UTC WITH STRONG LL CONVERGENCE/UVM RESPONSE INTO DENDRITIC GROWTH
LAYER WIT HFAVORABLE 310/18KT IN CLOUD FETCH AND LAKE INDUCE CAPES
RISING TO 500 J/KG. FETCH/CONVERGENCE SIGNALS MAY NOT SUPPORT
PREDOMINANT SHSN INTO KFWA TIL 10 UTC AND WHILE MAY DROP TO IFR/LIFR
CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL...WILL TREND OPTIMISTIC LOWER END MVFR FOR
PLANNING PURPOSES AS MYA BE EVEN CLOSER TO END OF FCST PERIOD FOR
BEST SHOT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

FIRST COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE CWA...GENERALLY CLEARING
THE NW QUARTER OR SO ALREADY. MAIN EFFECT HAS BEEN WINDS SHIFTING
TO WEST AND VERY WARM TEMPS IN THE UPR 30S TO LOW 40S STARTING
THEIR FALL. EXPECTING HIGHS IN MOST AREA FIRST THING WITH STEADY
OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS INTO THE AFTERNOON. LARGE LOW CLOUD AREA
EXPANDING ON SAT OVER PAST FEW HOURS AND WITH SOME CONTRIBUTION
FROM THE LAKE AS WINDS BECOME MORE WEST AND NW EXPECTED CLOUDS TO
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH. NO PRECIP HAS BEEN OBSERVED
ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND SEE NO REASON FOR THIS TO CHANGE
MUCH INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING. AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO
MIDDAY...DELTA T/S AND WNW FLOW OFF THE LAKE SHOULD START TO GET
THE LAKE EFFECT MACHINE GOING...BUT INVERSION HGTS STILL GENERALLY
BELOW 6K FT. HOWEVER..LIFT FROM APPROACHING S/W SHOULD HELP
ENHANCE LIFT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND LEAD TO SCT SNOWSHOWERS
IN MANY LOCATIONS. FOR NOW HAVE WENT WITH SCT WORDING ACROSS THE
NORTH AND KEPT THINGS TONED DOWN A BIT SOUTH AND AWAIT FULL
EFFECTS OF WAVE TO THE AREA. HAVE REMOVED ALL MENTION OF FZDZ FROM
ZONES AND JUST WENT WITH BROAD BRUSH SNOWSHOWERS.

BEHIND THIS WAVE IS WHERE POOL OF INCREASINGLY COLDER AIR WILL
ARRIVE WITH 850 MB TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE -15 TO -17 RANGE AND
THEN REMAINING THERE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. COLDEST CORE OF TEMPS NOW
LOOKS TO PASS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA BUT EVEN WITH TEMPS AS
ADVERTISED...DELTA T/S STILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 C OR GREATER.
INVERSION HGTS...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY INCREASE TO CLOSER TO 15K
FEET. WHAT REMAINS OF CONCERN IS EXACT FLOW OFF THE LAKE WHICH MAY
VARY ANYWHERE FROM 290 TO 340 DEGREES. 00Z NAM KEPT MUCH OF THE
THE BEST OMEGA ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN LWR MI...BUT 6Z RUN HAS COME
BACK AROUND TO MORE LIKELY SCENARIO OF BAND SETTING UP SE FROM THE
LAKE. WITH BEST SNOW GROWTH AREA ALIGNING NICELY WITH RATHER DEEP
MSTR...SEE NO REASON WHY HEAVY SNOW WON/T MATERIALIZE OVER THE WATCH
AREA. SINCE BEST WINDOW FOR HEAVY SNOW IS ON SUNDAY...HAVE OPTED
TO MAKE NO CHANGES TO HEADLINES AND DEFER TO DAY SHIFT.

TEMPWISE...HAVE LOWERED TEMPS BOTH AT NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY AWAY
FROM THE LAKE WITH COLD TEMPS EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS AWAY FROM THE
LAKE. HAVE NOT GONE TOO CRAZY AS POTENTIAL FOR TEMPS GOING EVEN
COLDER IN AREAS OF SNOW COVER AND LOWER CLOUD COVER EXISTS.

&&

.LONG TERM...
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE LONG TERM PATTERN WILL FEATURE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  AN
UPR LVL RIDGE WILL PARK ITSELF ACRS THE PAC NW/FAR WRN CANADA WHILE
MEAN TROUGHING WILL CONTINUE ACRS ERN CANADA...THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...AND THE ERN UNITED STATES.  SVRL S/WVS WILL DIVE SE OUT OF
THE WRN PROVINCES OF CANADA...THEN INTO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY
REGION THROUGH THE WEEK...BRINGING CHC/S FOR SNOW.  WITH COLD AIR
MOVING ACRS THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

ON MONDAY...THE FCST REGION WILL BE IN A LULL BETWEEN S/WVS.  WITH
DRIER LOW LVL AIR ADVECTING ACRS LAKE MICHIGAN AND INVERSION HEIGHTS
LOWERING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY
COMPARED TO SUNDAY.  WILL MAINTAIN A 30 POP ACRS THE NRN THIRD
OF THE CWFA AS MEAN LOW LVL FLOW WILL BE AROUND 280 DEGREES.

FOR MONDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER S/WV WILL DIVE SE FROM THE WRN
WESTERN PROVINCES OF CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION.   THIS UPR
LVL ENERGY SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACRS THE
FCST AREA...SO HAVE ADDED A 40 PERCENT CHANCE TO ALL LOCATIONS.

ON TUESDAY...COLD CYCLONIC FLOW ACRS LAKE MICHIGAN WARRANTS A CHC OF
SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND OF LAKE MICHIGAN.  ELSEWHERE...LOW LVL
MOISTURE AND CYCLONIC FLOW WILL MAINLY BRING A CHC OF FLURRIES.

FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...A RESPITE IN SNOW ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED AS A SFC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACRS THE AREA.  THE
LOW LVL MEAN FLOW WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME SW IN NATURE...PUSHING
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS NORTH OF THE FCST AREA.  TEMPERATURES WILL
MODIFY SOME ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SFC HIGH ON WEDNESDAY.

FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...ANOTHER S/WV AND ASSOCD COLD
FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES...BRINGING A CHANCE
OF SNOW.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...THE TRAIN OF S/WVS FROM CANADA
WILL CONTINUE...KEEPING THE CHC SNOW/SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FCST.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
     FOR INZ003>005.

MI...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
     FOR MIZ077-078.

OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ043-046.

&&

SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM....HICKMAN
AVIATION...MURPHY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 6:01 AM EST, 10 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
601 AM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-281115-
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
601 AM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 /501 AM CST SAT JAN 27 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY
NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAPORTE...TO GOSHEN TO MARCELLUS.
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA.
REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ON ALL SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-061-281115-
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-
601 AM EST SAT JAN 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WAVES IN EXCESS OF 4
FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND AND WAVES WILL POSE A HAZARD TO
SMALL CRAFTS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS AND WAVES
IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE WEEK...POSING
A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFTS.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 4:04 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryIWXBranch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph32 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2007Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Indiana, 2007Every lake effect snow warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.