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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2008, 4:54 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 4, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 28 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2008, 4:54 PM EST (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2008, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 32 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 300 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 3, 12:16 PM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 12:16 PM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 6:31 AM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 631 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-041145- 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 631 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008 /531 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FLOOD POTENTIAL IS RELATIVELY HIGH TODAY AND TONIGHT AS MELTING SNOW COMBINES WITH RAINFALL TO CREATE EXCESS RUNOFF. RENEWED FLOODING OF RIVERS...CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. FREEZING RAIN MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HARTFORD CITY TO OTTAWA. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY SLEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE WITH SNOW ELSEWHERE. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED A QUARTER OF AN INCH. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION IS AGAIN POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HARTFORD CITY TO OTTAWA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING AND ICE JAMS...AS WELL AS ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-041145- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 631 AM EST MON MAR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST TODAY AND TONIGHT AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 25 KNOTS AND WAVES BUILD TO 4 TO 7 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THIS TIME PERIOD. && 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami, Wabash | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke | 4 days |
| Mar 3, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Carroll, Pulaski, White | 4 days |
| Mar 3, 10:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 4:54 PM EST | Snow Advisory | IWX | 32 hr | |
| Mar 3, 10:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Williams | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 10:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Williams | 6 days |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.