Alert archive / Michigan / Lake Effect Snow Warnings in 2007
Lake Effect Snow Warning 2, NWS Northern 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:49 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nw Nappanee, IN | 2-3 INCHES ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 27, 11:25 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Goshen, IN | |
| Jan 27, 11:27 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 1.5 E Elkhart, IN | 1 INCH OF SNOW IN LAST HOUR |
| Jan 28, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Cassopolis, MI | |
| Jan 28, 4:15 AM EST | SNOW 2.25 | Simonton Lake, IN | |
| Jan 28, 7:42 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Elkhart, IN | |
| Jan 28, 8:14 AM EST | SNOW 1.3 | Millersburg, IN | |
| Jan 28, 8:31 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | White Pigeon, MI | |
| Jan 28, 9:09 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Howardsville, MI | |
| Jan 28, 9:15 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Centreville, MI | |
| Jan 28, 1:51 PM EST | SNOW 3.4 | Millersburg, IN | 2.1 NEW SNOWFALL OVER PAST 4 HOURS; 3 INCHES SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 28, 3:41 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 3 N Nappanee, IN | |
| Jan 28, 7:13 PM EST | SNOW 8.3 | Cassopolis, MI | STORM 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.
- 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
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...MURPHYHazardous 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 4:04 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 32 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.