Alert archive / Ohio / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Mar 7, 2008, 4:26 AM EST for 4 counties in Ohio; Jay County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 26 hr. 5 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
- Mar 7, 2008, 4:26 AM EST (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2008, 3:09 PM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Jay County, IN, Allen County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:47 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Van Wert, OH | STORM TOTAL 2 INCHES SO FAR |
| Mar 7, 11:06 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Napoleon, OH | STORM TOTAL 1.5 INCHES SO FAR. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. |
| Mar 8, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Columbus Grove, OH | 3.0 INCHES TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 8, 12:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lima, OH | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND THE COUNTY AT 1230 PM SATURDAY |
| Mar 8, 3:15 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Van Wert, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 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 070926 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 426 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY INTO SATURDAY. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW STILL REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. INZ007-009-025-MIZ081-OHZ001-071030- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.A.0006.080307T1800Z-080309T0000Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-HUNTINGTON-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...GARRETT... HUNTINGTON...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER 426 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE FORECASTED STORM TRACK APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED TO THE EAST WHICH WILL LIMIT THE SNOWFALL TO MUCH SMALLER AMOUNTS THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$ INZ034-OHZ016-024-025-071730- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0006.080307T1800Z-080309T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0013.080307T1800Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 426 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF AN OTTAWA TO VAN WERT TO PORTLAND LINE. HOWEVER...THE TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY NEED ADJUSTMENTS AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO SATURDAY PRODUCING TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE CREATING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ002-004-005-015-071730- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0006.080307T1800Z-080309T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.080307T1800Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP 426 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MUCH HEAVIER SNOW TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...THE TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY NEED ADJUSTMENTS AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO SATURDAY PRODUCING TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SCHOTT
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIWX 071713 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1213 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST FROM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW STILL REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. INZ034-OHZ016-024-025-080115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0013.080307T1800Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1213 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY. 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF AN OTTAWA TO VAN WERT TO PORTLAND LINE. HOWEVER...THE TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY NEED ADJUSTMENTS AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO SATURDAY PRODUCING TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE CREATING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ002-004-005-015-080115- /O.EXT.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.080308T0300Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP 1213 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE MUCH HEAVIER SNOW FORECAST TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE STEADIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY. THE TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS MAY NEED ADJUSTMENTS AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO SATURDAY PRODUCING TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 072039 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 339 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE EASTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW STILL REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A PORTLAND TO VAN WERT TO NAPOLEON LINE WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES. AREAS JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. OHZ005-080445- /O.UPG.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.080308T0300Z-080309T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NAPOLEON 339 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ034-OHZ016-024-025-080445- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 339 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW FORECAST TO FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING BEFORE THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE CREATING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ002-004-015-080445- /O.EXT.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.080308T0500Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...PAULDING...ANTWERP 339 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MUCH HEAVIER SNOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH JUST A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 080300 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1000 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE EASTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A PORTLAND INDIANA TO VAN WERT AND NAPOLEON OHIO LINE WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES. AREAS JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. INZ034-OHZ005-016-024-025-081100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-HENRY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...NAPOLEON...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1000 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WITH TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ002-004-015-081100- /O.CON.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.080308T0500Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...PAULDING...ANTWERP 1000 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MUCH HEAVIER SNOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 080916 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 415 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A PORTLAND INDIANA TO VAN WERT AND NAPOLEON OHIO LINE WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES. AREAS JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. INZ034-OHZ005-016-024-025-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-HENRY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...NAPOLEON...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 415 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS...OR FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ OHZ001-081715- /O.EXA.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ WILLIAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER 415 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE MUCH HEAVIER SNOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS...OR FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ002-004-015-081715- /O.CON.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...PAULDING...ANTWERP 415 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE MUCH HEAVIER SNOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS...OR FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ SCHOTT
000 WWUS43 KIWX 081653 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1153 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A PORTLAND IN TO BRYAN OH LINE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...ALONG WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. INZ034-OHZ005-016-024-025-090000- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-HENRY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...NAPOLEON...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1153 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE WIND-DRIVEN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY TAPERING OFF TO LINGERING FLURRIES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS...OR FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ001-002-004-015-090000- /O.CON.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...PAULDING...ANTWERP 1153 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOCATIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER 4PM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS...OR FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 082009 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 309 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW NOW MOVING OUT OF REGION... .WINTER STORM IS NOW PULLING OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW NOW NEARING A DELPHOS TO NAPOLEON LINE. THE SNOW WILL END BY 4PM IN THE LIMA AREA. INZ034-OHZ005-016-024-025-082115- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ JAY-HENRY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...NAPOLEON...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 309 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 4PM...WITH A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ INZ018-026-027-032-033-OHZ001-002-004-015-082115- /O.CAN.KIWX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080309T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...PAULDING...ANTWERP 309 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE LIGHT SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ STEINWEDEL
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 7, 4:07 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 4:07 AM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
407 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTN)...
...WINTER STORM ON THE WAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND
NORTHWEST OHIO...
VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST THIS MORNING...PHASING OF NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN STREAMS...DEVELOPING SFC LOW...INCONSISTENT SFC LOW
TRACK...SEASONAL WEST TRENDS TO STORM TRACKS...AND MANY OTHER THINGS
TO CONSIDER. HAVE NOT LATCHED ONTO ANY INDIVIDUAL MODEL IN PARTICULAR
WITH DISTINCT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE NAM...BUT WITH
POORER INITIALIZATION WILL STEER AWAY FROM THE GFS.
STRONG 145KT JET STREAK MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING
HELPING TO PRODUCE SOME MID AND UPPER LEVELS CLOUDINESS...PHASING
STREAMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS...WITH TROUGH AXIS FROM THE HUDSON
BAY AREA THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MEXICO. SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL VORT
ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH IN EASTERN TEXAS THIS MORNING...WITH
SFC PRESSURE FALLS SUGGESTING THAT THE TRACK OF THE LOW WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER WEST THAN THE GFS SOLUTION...AND CLOSER TO THE
NAM. THOUGH THE NAM MAY EVEN BE SLIGHTLY TOO EAST...WITH THE LATEST
RUC RUN ABOUT 25 TO 50 MILES FURTHER WEST. SOME CONCERN WITH HIGHEST
3HR PRESSURE FALLS IN MIDDLE TN NEAR NASHVILLE AND DUE NORTH OF THE
MAIN SFC LOW JUST SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS...AND ANOTHER AREA ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BAYOU STATE WHERE ANOTHER WEAK CIRCULATION
COULD DEVELOP GIVEN ITS PREFERRED POSITION FOR CYCLOGENESIS WITH
SAT ANALYSIS AND BAROCLINIC LEAF SIGNATURE. IS IT LATE NIGHT
PARANOIA OR SOMETHING REAL...WILL CONTINUE TO VERY CLOSELY MONITOR
THROUGH THE MORNING. PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE ALONG THE INVERTED
TROUGH EXTENDING ALONG THE APP MTNS. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ONLY 12-24
HOURS OUT FROM THE HEIGHT OF THIS STORM HAVE LOWER THAN NORMAL
CONFIDENCE HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT WITH RESPECT TO THE SFC FEATURES.
PRECIP ONSET WILL NOT BE LIKELY UNTIL AROUND 15Z...WITH THE SYSTEM
STARTING TO TURN MORE NORTHEAST UP THE APP MTNS. SHARP NORTHWEST CUT-
OFF TO THE PRECIP EXPECTED...HAVE LOWERED POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE REGION INTO THE CHC OR LOW END CHC
CATEGORY. BEST FORCING STAYS IN THE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION THE VERY DRY
AIR FOUND IN THE 850-700MB LAYER MAY DRASTICALLY CUT DOWN OR
RESTRICT ANY PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AS YOU MOVE MUCH WEST
OF THE OHIO BORDER. SFC WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND BECOME GUSTY ALLOWING FOR WHATEVER SNOWFALL OCCURS
TO DRIFT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STARTS TO SHIFT EAST ACROSS
THE MS RIVER MAY BECOME SLIGHTLY NEG TILT...ALLOWING A SLOWER
PROGRESSION OF THE DEFORMATION AREA THROUGH THE REGION. WOULD
EXPECT THE NORTHWEST OHIO REGION TO SEE THE BETTER SNOW WITH THIS
FEATURE WHERE QG FRONTO FORCING LOOKS TO BE MAXIMIZED.
FLOW BECOMES NORTHERLY DOWN THE LAKE AND STARTS TO DRIFT INTO THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES SAT AFTN FROM THE WEST. HAVE ADDED SMALL CHANCE
POPS FOR LAKE EFFECT SAT AFTN AS THE BAND(S) SHIFT EAST. SOME
CONNECTION WITH LK SUPERIOR SO SOME SMALL ACCUMS MAY BE POSSIBLE.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW THE NORMALS FOR EARLY MARCH...HAVE
TRENDED TOWARDS THE NAM NUMBERS.
&&
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
FEW CHANGES MADE TO LONG TERM PERIOD AS A BRIEF QUIET SPELL LOOKS TO
BE IN ORDER WITH MODERATING TEMPS THROUGH TUESDAY.
DEEP TROUGH WILL BE QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA BY THE START OF THIS
PERIOD. NAM12 925 MB RH PLUME SHOWS WHAT MAY BE A BRIEF BUT SEMI
FOCUS BAND OF SNOW LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN FAR NW COUNTIES AS
FLOW COMES DOWN AXIS OF LAKE BRIEFLY. EXACT TRACK OF THE SFC LOW
WILL WEIGH HEAVILY ON POSITION AND TIMING OF THE BAND. WILL BLEND
WITH SHORT TERM AND BRING IN A LOW CHC POP SAT EVE TO COVER. A FAST
MOVING...MSTR STARVED WAVE WILL COME DROP OUT OF WESTERN HUDSON BAY
AND INTO THE AREA FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LITTLE FANFARE
OTHER THAN A INCREASE IN MID CLOUDS. WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SE STATES WITH ITS INFLUENCE
KEEPING SYSTEMS MAINLY JUST TO OUR NORTH. TWO WAVES FOR SUN/SUN NGT
AND TUES/TUES NGT WILL BE MSTR STARVED AND BEST DYNAMICS LOOK TO
REMAIN WELL NORTH SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY. RIDGING WILL SHIFT EAST
ALLOWING FOR A RETURN FLOW TO BEGIN IN EARNEST ON MONDAY BUT
ESPECIALLY TUES THROUGH THURS WITH A RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS
AND POSSIBLY EVEN ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RETURN FLOW WILL ALSO BEGIN TO
DRAW ADDITIONAL MSTR AS GULF BEGINS TO OPEN AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM
TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. TOO EARLY TO TELL EXACT EFFECTS BUT
COULD BE A DECENT RAIN MAKER IF SUFFICIENT MSTR CAN RETURN NORTH IN
TIME. CHC POPS WERE INTRODUCED ON DAY SHIFT FOR THURS AND CAN SEE NO
REASON TO REMOVE THEM.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1226 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008/
AVIATION (06Z TAFS)...
VFR CONDITIONS TO REMAIN THROUGH 15Z ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...WITH SLOWLY INCREASING NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY WINDS
OVERNIGHT INTO THE LATE MORNING. LOWER CIGS LIKELY TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION...AFFECTING
FWA...THOUGH MOST LIKELY NOT SBN. SOME LOWER VSBYS WITH -SN FROM
LATE MORNING INTO THE REST OF THE PERIOD AGAIN ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 25KTS THRU
THE AFTN INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. WINDS WILL
LIGHTEN AFTER 00-02Z...SNOW LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN AREAS
FROM FWA TO AOH.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY FOR INZ018-026-027-032-033.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY FOR INZ034.
MI...NONE.
OH...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY FOR OHZ002-004-005-015.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY FOR OHZ016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...SCHOTT
LONG TERM...FISHER
AVIATION...SCHOTTHazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:51 AM EST, 23 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 451 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 INZ003>006-008-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ077>080-071000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER 451 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /351 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED WEST OF THIS LINE. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM. TRAVELERS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-071000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 451 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 INZ007-009-018-025>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-071000- STEUBEN-DE KALB-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...AUBURN...GARRETT...FORT WAYNE... HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP... OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 451 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM. TRAVELERS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:26 AM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Williams | 35 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.