Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Jan 28, 2008, 11:19 PM EST for 9 counties in Indiana; Branch County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 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
- Jan 28, 2008, 11:19 PM EST (04:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, White County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 765 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 290419 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1119 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS WILL HIT NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. INZ003>006-008-012>016-020-022-MIZ077>080-291230- /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0008.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-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... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 1119 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 /1019 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE MONDAY EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE...CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FROM MID TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LOGANSPORT TO WARSAW TO COLDWATER WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY WITH A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 TO 20 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. $$ INZ007-009-017-018-023>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-291230- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.080130T0300Z-080130T1500Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-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... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1119 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE MONDAY EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE...CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FROM MID TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY WITH A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 TO 20 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIWX 291050 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 550 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING... ...DRAMATIC CHANGE BACK TO WINTER WEATHER FOR NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO STARTS THIS EVENING... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS EXTREME FRONTAL ZONE WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BORDER AROUND 5 PM EST...AND QUICKLY SWEEP EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY ABOUT 10 PM EST. BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...STRONGER WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MARKEDLY COLDER AIR WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW...FREEZING ROAD SURFACES...BLOWING SNOW WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. INZ003>006-008-012>016-020-022-MIZ077>080-291900- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0008.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-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... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 550 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 /450 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE MONDAY EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE... CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FROM MID TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LOGANSPORT TO WARSAW TO COLDWATER WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ007-009-017-018-023>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-291900- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.080130T0300Z-080130T1500Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-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... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 550 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE MONDAY EVENING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE...CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FROM MID TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS HAT PERIODS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MURPHY
000 WWUS43 KIWX 291632 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1132 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING... ...DRAMATIC CHANGE BACK TO WINTER WEATHER FOR NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO STARTS LATER THIS EVENING... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOWS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS EXTREME FRONTAL ZONE WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BORDER AROUND 7 PM EST...AND QUICKLY SWEEP EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MARKEDLY COLDER AIR WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW... FREEZING ROAD SURFACES...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ080-300045- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0008.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...COLDWATER 1132 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 /1032 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... 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 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE...CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FROM LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ008-013-015-016-020-022-291745- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0008.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT 1132 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED REGION THIS EVENING...AND MAY ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW BY LATE EVENING. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AS THE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FREEZE WATER ON ROADWAYS CREATING BLACK ICE CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE NOW FORECASTED TO BE LIGHTER...WITH AROUND AN INCH LIKELY. $$ INZ007-009-017-018-023>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-291745- /O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.080130T0300Z-080130T1500Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-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... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1132 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED REGION THIS EVENING...AND MAY ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW BY LATE EVENING. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AS THE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FREEZE WATER ON ROADWAYS CREATING BLACK ICE CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE NOW FORECASTED TO BE LIGHTER...WITH AROUND AN INCH OR LESS LIKELY. $$ MIZ077>079-300045- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0008.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 1132 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE... CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY FROM LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SCHOTT
000 WWUS43 KIWX 292020 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 320 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE REGION... ...DRAMATIC CHANGE BACK TO WINTER WEATHER FOR NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO STARTS LATER THIS EVENING... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOWS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS EXTREME FRONTAL ZONE WILL BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BORDER AROUND 7 PM EST...AND QUICKLY SWEEP EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MARKEDLY COLDER AIR WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW... FREEZING ROAD SURFACES...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MIZ077>079-300430- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0008.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 320 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EVEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE... CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES... PARTICULARLY FROM LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ... AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ080-300430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.080130T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...COLDWATER 320 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 /220 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RACE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AS THE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THEN TEMPERATURES WILL CRASH...QUICKLY CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. ANY RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER AND SLUSHY SNOW WILL FREEZE IN PLACE...CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES... PARTICULARLY FROM LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JC
000 WWUS43 KIWX 300145 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 845 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...DRAMATIC CHANGE BACK TO WINTER WEATHER FOR NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH WIND CHILLS BECOMING DANGEROUSLY COLD OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF SNOW OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES AS THIS AREA OF SNOW MOVES THROUGH. SNOW... AND FREEZING ROAD SURFACES... WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MIZ077>079-300945- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 845 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. AN AREA OF SNOW OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ... AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ080-300945- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...COLDWATER 845 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 /745 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. AN AREA OF SNOW OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY FALL. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AS WATER FREEZES AND SNOW BEGINS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING ISSUE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PREPARE FOR A TRANSITION TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 300335 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .AN AREA OF SNOW WRAPPING AROUND AN INTENSE LOW OVER MICHIGAN... WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION... VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY AT TIMES WILL FALL TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO WIND CHILLS WILL BE 10 TO 20 BELOW OVERNIGHT. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. MIZ077>079-301145- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS... AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ080-301145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...COLDWATER 1035 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008 /935 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER WITH BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL REMAIN AN ISSUE AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS... AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 300958 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 458 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .AN AREA OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUED IN THE WAKE OF AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT LIFTED NORTH THROUGH MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAVE CREATED DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOST OTHER PLACES AS WELL. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL BE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. MIZ077>079-301800- /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 458 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. BLOWING SNOW CAUSED BY VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY AND TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY INTO FRIDAY. WHILE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL REMAINS IN QUESTION...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ080-301800- /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...COLDWATER 458 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /358 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE AREA EARLY MORNING WITH WIDELY VARIED SNOWFALL TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY AND TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY INTO FRIDAY. WHILE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL REMAINS IN QUESTION...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... STRONG WINDS... AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ INZ007>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-301800- /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...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... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 458 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY AND TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY INTO FRIDAY. WHILE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL REMAINS IN QUESTION...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MURPHY/FISHER
000 WWUS43 KIWX 301513 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1013 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER OKLAHOMA ON THURSDAY AND TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY BY FRIDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY INTO FRIDAY. WHILE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL REMAINS IN QUESTION...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. MIZ077>079-302315- /O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 1013 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ080-302315- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...COLDWATER 1013 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /913 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ INZ007>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-302315- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 1013 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JC
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 28, 6:54 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 6:54 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
654 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008
.AVIATION/UPDATE...
DIABATIC COOLING WITHIN LARGE RAIN AREA NECESSITATES AN EARLY UPDATE
W/00Z TEMPS QUITE A BIT BLO FCST OVERNIGHT MINS ALTHOUGH DO XPC
RISING TEMPS AFT MIDNIGHT IN TANDEM W/DIMINISHING PRECIPITATION AND
STG SFC FLW VEERING A BIT AS LEAD SW TROUGH OVR IOWA SPURNING CURRENT
PCPN RACES ENE INTO ONTARIO BY DAYBREAK.
OTHERWISE FOR AVIATION PURPOSES...XPC VFR CONDS WILL HOLD OVERNIGHT
OUTSIDE A LOCAL AND BRIEF PD OF HIGHER END MVFR VSBY RESTRICTION IN
HEAVIER SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WINDS THE BIGGER ISSUE THIS EVENING
W/SFC GUSTS NR 30KTS BUT WHICH WILL DIMINISH AFT MIDNIGHT.
VERY UNCERTAIN PICTURE TUESDAY AS STG SW TROUGH OVR THE
INTERMOUNTAIN SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING EJECTS RAPIDLY NEWD
W/RAPID...DEEP SFC CYCLOGENESIS THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND WRN LAKES. HIGHLY DOUBT DVLPG DEEPER LL MSTR TONGUE OVR THE SRN
PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL ADVT THIS FAR N GIVEN XPCD VEERING BEHIND
LEAD SW OVERNIGHT AND IN AGREEMENT W/18Z GFS...SHUNTING BTR LL MSTR
SOUTH AND EAST OF CWA WHICH KEEPS ANY CONVECTIVE THREAT WELL SOUTH
OF THE TERMINALS. OF MORE PRESSING CONCERN IS POTENTIAL DZ THREAT
WITHIN DEPARTING LEAD MID LVL TROUGH DRY SLOT TUES AM AND PENCHANT
FOR IFR CIGS/VSBY DVLPMNT. WILL AWAIT 00Z CYCLE TO FURTHER INSIGHT
W/PSBL INCLUSION IN 06Z ISSUANCE.
&&
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...
HIGH RES MODELS SHOWING THE POSSIBLE SLOWING OF THE FRONT AS THE SFC
LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN...NAM12 HAS COM MORE INLINE WITH THE REST OF
THE GUIDANCE...WITH THE GFS REMAINING FAIRLY CONSISTENT FOR THE
PERIOD. WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS WITH A SLIGHT NUDGE TOWARDS THE
POSSIBLE SLOWER SOLUTION SUGGESTED BY THE HI RES MODELS.
PRIMARY SFC LOW ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...LARGE MID LEVEL RIDGE SLIDING
EAST ACROSS THE APP MTNS...DIGGING TROUGH ACROSS THE WEST COAST WITH
SOUTHERN STREAM POURING INTO THE CONUS/TX AREA FROM THE PACIFIC.
WITH SHRTWVS KICKING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS.
REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES MOVING
INTO AND ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOOKING FOR
SOMEWHAT OF A LULL POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE SOME AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS
SOME...GUSTS POSSIBLE. LOWS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY IN THE
LOWER 40S WITH THE CONTINUAL WAA AND CLOUD COVER.
AREA IN WARM SECTOR TUESDAY...SCTD RAINSHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
DAY...MAYBE A SLIGHT CHC FOR TSTMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS
REMAIN WARM IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S FOR HIGHS. AS THE PARENT LOW
MOVES WELL NORTH OF THE REGION A SECONDARY LOW STARTS TO FORM AND
MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE REGION ALONG WITH A VERY STRONG COLD
FRONT. WINDS ALOFT AT 925 ARE STRONG AROUND 40-45 KTS...WITH H850
WINDS REACHING 60 KTS. WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF GUSTS TO 25 TO
30 KTS...STRONGER WINDS OVER THE LAKE WITH GALES LIKELY THROUGH THE
MORNING AND POSSIBLE THRU THE DAY. FRONT WILL APPROACH AROUND
21-03Z...AND MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WINDS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS MAY BE
POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION AND CONVECTION HELPS
TO MIX DOWN THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT. THE VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. STRONG CAA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE MOST
IMPRESSIVE...RAPID TEMP DROPS OF 10 DEGREES IN 30-60 MINUTES WILL BE
REALIZED WITH RAIN MOST LIKELY CHANGING TO SNOW WITH A LIGHT ACCUM
OF LESS THAN ONE INCH POSSIBLE...JUST A BIT MORE MAY FALL TOWARDS
THE LAKE WITH SOME ENHANCEMENT LIKELY WITH THE VERY COLD H850 TEMPS
NEARING -20 TO -25C. LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS WITH WIND
CHILLS NEARING -5 OR -10 BY MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM...
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
...ACTIVE PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM POSSIBLE FRIDAY...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER THE PACIFIC TELLS THE WHOLE STORY AS
NUMEROUS MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC WAVES ARE LINED UP READY TO TAKE AIM
AT THE CONUS. GIVEN FIXED UPPER AIR PATTERN WITH WEST CONUS MEAN
TROUGHING FAVORED...UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL PUSH INTO THE SW US
AND EJECT NE INTO THE PLAINS...MOVING TOWARD TO THE MIDWEST.
FORECAST MODELS AND ENSEMBLES ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...TIMING/TRACK/AND THERMAL FIELDS DO
DIFFER. 12Z OBSERVATIONAL COMPARISON WITH MODEL ANALYSIS OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC PER THE PRIMARY IMPULSE PROGGED TO AFFECT THE REGION
FRIDAY REVEALS POOR HANDLING OF THE GIVEN MOMENTUM FIELDS WRT THE
ECMWF. GIVEN THE TRACK RECORD OF THE ECMWF THIS WINTER...ITS HARD TO
TREND AWAY FROM ITS SOLUTION...BUT THE OBVIOUS EASTWARD JUMP OF THE
SFC LOW FRIDAY REVEALS MUCH UNCERTAINTY STILL PRESENT ON THE EXACT
TRACK OF THIS POTENT SFC LOW. WITH ABOVE CONCERNS...HAVE TRENDED THE
MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST TO A BLEND OF THE GFS/GEM/AND
ECMWF...REMAINING VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH TEMPS...WITH A LARGE BIAS
TOWARD CLIMO. MAIN CONCERNS IN THIS PERIOD WILL BE FRIDAYS SYSTEM
AND ANOTHER POTENT SFC LOW PROGGED NEXT MONDAY.
WED AND THURS...DEPARTING INTENSE SFC CYCLONE WILL YIELD ROBUST CAA
INTO WED MORNING...AS A PIECE OF ARCTIC AIR GLANCES THE REGION.
GIVEN LATEST THERMAL FIELDS AND MOS TRENDS..HAVE CONTINUED TO LOWER
HIGHS ON WED. MANY PLACES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 20 IN THE NORTH AND
HAVE OPTED FOR UPPER TEENS WITH LAKE CLOUDS EXPECTED. RAPID SNOW
MELT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MAY BE THE SAVING GRACE AS EXPECTED
SUNSHINE OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD ALLOW LL
SUPERADIABATIC LAPSE RATES AT MANY PLACES. EXPECTING LAKE SNOW
SHOWERS OVER THE FAR NORTH WITH MINIMAL ACCUMS GIVEN LOWERING
INVERSION HEIGHTS AND SIGNIFICANT DRYING. EXPECT STRONG WESTERLY
WINDS THROUGH AFTERNOON WITH CAA AND A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
IN PLACE. HAVE EXTENDED GALE WARNING ON LAKE MI THROUGH 18Z FOR
THIS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD INTO THE REGION AND ALLOW
SKIES TO CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS WED NIGHT. GIVEN GOOD RADIATIONAL
COOLING EXPECTED WITH SINGLE DIGIT DEWPOINTS IN PLACE...HAVE LOWERED
LOWS SOME.
THU NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...POTENT UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL EJECT
OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND HELP SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
QUICKLY INTENSIFYING SFC CYCLONE. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH
INTO THE REGION THUR NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM
HAS BEEN WAVERING EAST TO WEST PER THE ECMWF/THE GFS A STEADY TREND
WEST/AND THE GEFS MEAN STILL EAST OF THE FA. 12Z GFS WOULD SUGGEST A
VERY POTENT WINTER STORM WITH SIG SNOW ACCUMS AND HIGH WIND FOR MUCH
OF THE FA GIVEN THE NEARLY 50 KNOTS OF CROSS ISOBARIC FLOW
INDICATED ON THE 285K ISENTROPIC SURFACE. THE 12Z ECMWF HAS ALSO
JUMPED ON BOARD TO THIS SOLUTION WITH A SLOWER SYSTEM SPEED. THE
OVERALL TREND WITH SFC CYCLONE OF THIS NATURE THIS WINTER HAS BEEN
WEST AND GIVEN MANY QUESTIONS ON MID LEVEL WAVE STRENGTH/FAVORED
BAROCLINIC ZONE/AND TIMING HAVE ADDED MIX PRECIP WORDING AS THERMAL
PROFILES COULD GO EITHER WAY AT THIS POINT. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
SAT THROUGH MONDAY...A WEAK NORTHERN STREAM WAVE LOOKS TO PASS
THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES SATURDAY NIGHT. HAVE ADDED LOW POPS
FOR LIGHT SNOW CHANCES PER THIS VORT MAX. OTHERWISE...EXPECTING DRY
CONDITIONS TROUGH THE PERIOD...SAVE POSSIBLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENCY PROGGING ANOTHER POTENT SYSTEM FOR
EARLY NEXT WEEK. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE CWA WOULD BE WELL
INTO THE WARM SECTOR WITH A RAIN THREAT AND WARM TEMPS POSSIBLE. BUT
WITH MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN DEVELOPMENT/INTENSITY/AND TRACK...HAVE
HELD OFF ON ADDING PRECIP AT THIS TIME AND TRENDED TEMPS WITH A
CLIMO BIAS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST /6
AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.
MI...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
MIZ077>081.
OH...WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ043-046.
&&
SHORT TERM...SCHOTT
LONG TERM...CHAMBERLAIN
AVIATION/UPDATE...HOLSTENHazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 5:03 PM EST, 6 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 503 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-292215- 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 503 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 /403 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER. ICE JAMS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ON THE TIPPECANOE RIVER...AND POSSIBLY OTHER RIVERS IN THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. GENERAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...BASEMENTS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. RIVER FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS AND ICE BREAK UP IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEK. WIDESPREAD MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL MID TO LATE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL TURN SHARPLY COLDER TUESDAY EVENING WITH WET SURFACES FREEZING RAPIDLY AND WET ROADS BECOMING ICY. A WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR HEAVY SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MUCH UNCERTAINTY IS STILL PRESENT IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ICE JAMS ON RIVERS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-292215- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 503 PM EST MON JAN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOUTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE WINDS WILL SHARPLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AND RAMP BACK UP DRAMATICALLY WITH SUSTAINED GALE FORCE WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT. WAVES WILL BUILD TO GREATER THAN 10 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 11:19 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Starke | 22 hr |
| Jan 29, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 40 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.