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Small Craft Advisory 81, NWS Northern Indiana

December 26, 2008

NWS Northern Indiana issued this small craft advisory at Dec 26, 2008, 3:40 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2008, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Dec 26, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:28 AM EST, 11 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
428 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-270930-
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
428 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008 /328 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A PERIOD FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA THIS
MORNING. WHILE ICE ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE SMALL...IT WILL LIKELY
BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME SLICK ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. THERE IS A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A MONTICELLO TO HILLSDALE LINE.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES
RESULTING IN RAPID MELTING OF THE SNOW COVER ACROSS THIS AREA.
THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW MAY RESULT IN
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS
SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 6. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-270930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
428 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.  A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY MAY BE ALSO BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
GALES ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 3:13 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more8 hr
Dec 26, 4:48 AM ESTFlood WatchIWXElkhart, Fulton, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski and 3 more47 hr
Dec 26, 11:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke8 days
Dec 26, 2:28 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more20 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.