Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Jan 23, 2008, 5:24 AM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 23, 2008, 4:19 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. 1 report 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 23, 2008, 5:24 AM EST (10:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2008, 4:19 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:44 AM EST | SNOW 2.6 | Elkhart, IN |
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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 231024 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 524 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ003-004-MIZ077-231830- /O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0001.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0007.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 524 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /424 AM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6 FROM LAPORTE TO BREMEN. INCLUDED IN THIS AREA IS SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...BENTON HARBOR...AND DOWAGIAC. UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BY NOON THURSDAY. MAJOR HIGHWAYS INCLUDING THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD AND INTERSTATE 94 WILL BE IMPACTED. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ005-MIZ078-231830- /O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0001.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ ELKHART-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS 524 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO LOCALLY 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ012-014-016-231830- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE 524 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /424 AM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-231830- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.080124T0000Z-080124T1500Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 524 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL DIP TO AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIWX 231606 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1106 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ003-004-MIZ077-240015- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 1106 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /1006 AM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6 FROM LAPORTE TO BREMEN. INCLUDED IN THIS AREA IS SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...BENTON HARBOR... AND DOWAGIAC. UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BY NOON THURSDAY. MAJOR HIGHWAYS INCLUDING THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD AND INTERSTATE 94 WILL BE IMPACTED. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ005-012-014-016-MIZ078-240015- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS 1106 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /1006 AM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO LOCALLY 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-240015- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.080124T0000Z-080124T1500Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 1106 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL DIP TO AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 232119 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 419 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION BUT AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. INZ005-MIZ078-240530- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0007.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ ELKHART-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS 419 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND MOVE EAST CASS COUNTY IN MICHIGAN AND ELKHART COUNTY IN INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BAND SETS UP..BUT WILL RANGE FROM 5 INCHES TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES IN HEAVIER BANDS BY NOON THURSDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A DOWAGIAC MICHIGAN...TO GOSHEN INDIANA LINE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-240530- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 419 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /319 PM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS BERRIEN AND LA PORTE COUNTIES AND QUICKLY EXPAND EAST INTO ST JOSEPH COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BAND SETS UP..BUT WILL RANGE FROM 5 INCHES TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES IN HEAVIER BANDS BY NOON THURSDAY. MAJOR HIGHWAYS INCLUDING THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD AND INTERSTATE 94 WILL BE IMPACTED. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ006-MIZ079-240530- /O.EXA.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS 419 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING AND BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND WEST OF A THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN TO TOPEKA INDIANA. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ012-014-016-240530- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.080124T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE 419 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /319 PM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... SNOW IS LIKELY TONIGHT WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING AND BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF ROUTE 30. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-240530- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.080124T0000Z-080124T1500Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 419 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL DIP TO AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ FISHER/STEINWEDEL
000 WWUS43 KIWX 240438 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1138 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION BUT AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DIP CLOSE TO 20 BELOW ZERO. INZ003>005-MIZ077-078-241245- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS 1138 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /1038 PM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST CASS COUNTY IN MICHIGAN AND ELKHART COUNTY IN INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AMOUNTS WILL VARY GREATLY DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST BAND SETS UP...BUT WILL RANGE FROM 5 INCHES TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES IN HEAVIER BANDS BY NOON THURSDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A DOWAGIAC MICHIGAN...TO GOSHEN INDIANA LINE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ006-012-014-016-MIZ079-241245- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 1138 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /1038 PM CST WED JAN 23 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. SNOW TONIGHT WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING AND BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND WEST OF A THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN TO TOPEKA INDIANA. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-241245- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080124T1500Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 1138 PM EST WED JAN 23 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL DIP TO AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 240947 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 447 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION BUT AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. INZ003>005-MIZ077-078-241800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS 447 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /347 AM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM 5 INCHES TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES IN HEAVIER BANDS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A DOWAGIAC MICHIGAN...TO GOSHEN INDIANA LINE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH WIND CHILLS 5 BELOW TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ006-012-014-016-MIZ079-241800- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 447 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /347 AM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND 2 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-241500- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080124T1500Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 447 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 10 BELOW ZERO TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 241445 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 945 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION BUT AVERAGE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED. INZ003>005-MIZ077-078-242100- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS 945 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /845 AM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.... WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ INZ006-012-014-016-MIZ079-242100- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 945 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /845 AM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM AROUND 2 TO LOCALLY 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTH A KNOX TO SYRACUSE LINE... AND WEST OF A LAGRANGE TO THREE RIVERS LINE. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-241800- /O.EXT.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 945 AM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 241816 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOWSTORM WINDING DOWN... .THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WHICH HAS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. BRISK WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. INZ005-MIZ078-241930- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ ELKHART-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND SHIFTED WEST OF ELKHART AND CASS COUNTY THIS MORNING AND WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ INZ006-016-MIZ079-241930- /O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ LAGRANGE-KOSCIUSKO-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND SHIFTED WEST OF LAGRANGE... ST. JOSEPH... AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-241930- /O.EXP.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE ADVISORY CRITERIA... HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN VERY COLD THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS REMAINING WELL BELOW ZERO. $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-242100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /1216 PM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS BERRIEN... LAPORTE... AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY FROM BENTON HARBOR TO THE SOUTH BEND AREA OF 8 TO 10 INCHES. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ INZ012-014-242100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /1216 PM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM PLYMOUTH TO HAMLET. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 241832 CCA WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOWSTORM WINDING DOWN... .THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WHICH HAS AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WITH HEAVY SNOW TODAY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. BRISK WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. INZ005-MIZ078-241930- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ ELKHART-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND SHIFTED WEST OF ELKHART AND CASS COUNTY THIS MORNING AND WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ INZ006-016-MIZ079-241930- /O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ LAGRANGE-KOSCIUSKO-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND SHIFTED WEST OF LAGRANGE... ST. JOSEPH... AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$ INZ013-015-020-022>024-241930- /O.EXP.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080124T1800Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE ADVISORY CRITERIA... HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN VERY COLD THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS REMAINING WELL BELOW ZERO. $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-242100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /1216 PM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS BERRIEN... LAPORTE... AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED... WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS... GENERALLY FROM BENTON HARBOR TO THE SOUTH BEND AREA... UP TO 8 TO 10 INCHES. BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WITH AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. $$ INZ012-014-242100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080124T2100Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN 116 PM EST THU JAN 24 2008 /1216 PM CST THU JAN 24 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM PLYMOUTH TO HAMLET. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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 Jan 22, 2:51 PM EST, 14 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 2:51 PM EST, 14 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
251 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2008
.SHORT TERM...
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS CLEARING LINE MOVING ACROSS THE
WESTERN ZONES. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN LATER TONIGHT ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AREAS AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP. IN THE WAKE
OF THE INITIAL FRONT...IT APPEARS THE HIGHEST POPS SHOULD BE OVER
OUR WESTERN MICHIGAN COUNTIES WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR LAKE EFFECT
PRECIP WOULD BE GREATEST.
ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. POPS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE
AREA AS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BEGINS TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING BOUNDARY. ONCE AGAIN...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES...ALTHOUGH JUST
ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE AREA COULD SEE SOME SNOW. MOST AREAS WOULD SEE
SNOW TOTALS GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS
NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.
&&
.LONG TERM...
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHRTWV IN NW FLOW ACCOMPANIED BY A SURGE OF
ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GRTLKS/OH VALLEY WED NGT/THU. LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN AREA OF
SNOW WHICH WILL BE ENHANCED OVER NW PORTION OF CWA BY LAKE INDUCED
INSTABILITY. LOW LEVEL FLOW BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL VEER NW WITH
DECENT MOISTURE AND INVERSION RISING TO AROUND 8KFT OVER SRN LM
WED NGT WITH H925 OMEGA SUGGESTING A DOMINANT BAND WILL SET UP
OVER ERN LM AND ACROSS SW MI AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA BY 12Z THU. LAKE
INDUCED CAPE IN THIS BAND FCST AROUND 650J/KG WITH EQL OVER 10KFT.
DGZ LOW BUT STILL IN CLOUD AND UVM AREA SO BELIEVE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SOME HEAVY SNOW WITH 24HR 8 AMOUNTS PSBL. THUS HAVE
ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FOR AREA FROM NE LAPORTE COUNTY EAST
TO ELKHART AND NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE SW MI. ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA RAISED POPS WED NGT TO HIGH CHC DUE TO SHRTWV PASSAGE WITH
WIND CHILLS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA.
INVERSION WILL LOWER AS RIDGING MOVES EAST INTO THE GRTLKS THU,
BRINGING SGFNT LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO AN END BY EARLY AFTN. DEEP ERN
TROF STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF EAST COAST THIS WEEKEND WITH MORE
ZONAL FLOW DVLPG FOR REST OF LONG TERM PERIOD. THIS SHOULD RESULT
IN A GENERAL/GRADUAL WARMING TREND. SERIES OF WK SHRTWVS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ALONG THE ZONAL FLOW THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING CHC OF
PRECIP FRI NGT/SAT, SUN NGT/MON, AND AGAIN AROUND TUE. WITH WARMER
TEMPS OVER THE AREA BY THAT TIME, CWA SHOULD BE NEAR RAIN/SNOW
LINE FOR EACH OF THESE EVENTS.
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1235 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2008/
AVIATION...
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. HAS NOT MADE IT TO FORT WAYNE BUT IT
SHOULD IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
BE THE RULE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. WILL LIKELY SEE
SOME BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS BUT THE QUESTION WILL
REMAIN AS TO HOW IT WILL AFFECT VISIBILITIES AT THE AIRPORTS. FOR
NOW...ONLY SOUTH BEND IS REPORTING BLOWING SNOW SO HAVE KEPT THAT
TREND IN THE TAFS. COULD SEE SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW AT SOUTH BEND
LATER TONIGHT.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR INZ003>005.
MI...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MIZ077-078.
OH...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...REHBEIN
LONG TERM...TAYLORHazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 12:35 AM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1235 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-240545- 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 1235 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 /1135 PM CST TUE JAN 22 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT GENERAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COLD AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THE KANKAKEE RIVER. ICE JAMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON SLOW MOVING RIVERS AS BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND ICE JAMS ON RIVERS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-240545- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 1235 AM EST WED JAN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HAZARDOUS SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT FOR WAVES UP TO 8 FEET AND WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT FOR MOST OF THIS PERIOD...WITH PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. ALSO...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. && 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 5:24 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash, White | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 5:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Starke | 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.