Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2008, 4:53 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr. 36 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2008, 4:53 AM EST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 5:07 PM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 31, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Akron, IN | 0.3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. STORM TOTAL IS 0.3. |
| Feb 1, 12:09 AM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Napoleon, OH | 3 TENTHS OF NEW SNOW SO FAR |
| Feb 1, 1:18 AM EST | SNOW 0.6 | 5 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | 0.6 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. STORM TOTAL IS 0.6. |
| Feb 1, 3:36 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Fort Wayne, IN | REPORTED BY WANE TV |
| Feb 1, 3:37 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Marion, IN | TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR |
| Feb 1, 3:46 AM EST | SLEET 0.01 | Huntington, IN | SNOW WAS FALLING. QUICKLY SWITCHED OVER TO ALL SLEET. |
| Feb 1, 4:45 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Kendallville, IN | REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Feb 1, 5:03 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Fort Wayne, IN | SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY. FROM WANE TV |
| Feb 1, 5:06 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Lima, OH | REPORTS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 1, 5:09 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Auburn, IN | THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY SO FAR |
| Feb 1, 5:15 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Van Wert, OH | THREE INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Bronson, MI | |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Hamilton, IN | |
| Feb 1, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.1 | 7 W Hillsdale, MI | |
| Feb 1, 6:15 AM EST | SNOW 4.2 | 5 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Feb 1, 6:20 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Litchfield, MI | |
| Feb 1, 6:42 AM EST | SNOW 2.9 | Huntington, IN | |
| Feb 1, 6:54 AM EST | SNOW 3.3 | 4 N Angola, IN | |
| Feb 1, 7:21 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Lagrange, IN | |
| Feb 1, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Hicksville, OH | |
| Feb 1, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.2 | 6 W Angola, IN | |
| Feb 1, 8:36 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 5 N Coldwater, MI | |
| Feb 1, 9:03 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Monroeville, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 3.0 INCHES WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN |
| Feb 1, 9:13 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | New Haven, IN | |
| Feb 1, 9:31 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Auburn, IN | STORM TOTAL 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS DEKALB COUNTY |
| Feb 1, 10:08 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Paulding, OH | |
| Feb 1, 11:01 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Logansport, IN | |
| Feb 1, 11:13 AM EST | SNOW 5.8 | Lagrange, IN | 2.2 OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. |
| Feb 1, 12:06 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Girard, MI | |
| Feb 1, 12:22 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Akron, IN | |
| Feb 1, 12:35 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Dunlap, IN | |
| Feb 1, 1:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Rochester, IN | |
| Feb 1, 2:13 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Marion, IN | TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS GRANT COUNTY |
| Feb 1, 2:45 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Columbus Grove, OH | ALSO TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 1, 3:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 6 Sw Angola, IN | 1.6 INCHES SINCE 8AM |
| Feb 1, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 0 S South Whitley, IN | TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 INCHES |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 310953 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 453 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IS DRAWN...FIRST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC. AS WARMER AIR IS ENTRAINED INTO THE SYSTEM...LOOK FOR A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTHEAST OF A MARION TO FORT WAYNE TO NAPOLEON LINE. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...IN CITIES SUCH AS...PORTLAND AND LIMA. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT ICY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED. ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE MARION TO FORT WAYNE TO NAPOLEON LINE...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS FORECAST. A WIDESPREAD SWATH OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS...FURTHER FROM THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...BUT STILL ON THE ORDER OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TAPER IN INTENSITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ENDING BY FRIDAY EVENING. AS THIS STORM IS STILL IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. INZ003-MIZ077-311800- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 453 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /353 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FURTHER HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ004>009-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-311800- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 453 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /353 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FURTHER HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-025>027-032-033-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-311800- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS 453 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF TWO OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THAT WOULD FURTHER ADD TO THE WINTRY MIX. BY MID MORNING FRIDAY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ034-OHZ025-311800- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ JAY-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...LIMA 453 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO PRIMARILY HEAVY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ONE TO TWO TENTH OF FREEZING RAIN. BY MID TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MURPHY
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIWX 311137 CCA WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 634 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IS DRAWN...FIRST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC. AS WARMER AIR IS ENTRAINED INTO THE SYSTEM...LOOK FOR A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTHEAST OF A MARION TO FORT WAYNE TO NAPOLEON LINE. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...IN CITIES SUCH AS...PORTLAND AND LIMA. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT ICY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED. ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE MARION TO FORT WAYNE TO NAPOLEON LINE...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS FORECAST. A WIDESPREAD SWATH OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS...FURTHER FROM THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...BUT STILL ON THE ORDER OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TAPER IN INTENSITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ENDING BY FRIDAY EVENING. AS THIS STORM IS STILL IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. INZ003-MIZ077-312000- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 634 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /534 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FURTHER HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ004>009-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-312000- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 634 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /534 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FURTHER HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-025>027-032-033-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-312000- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.COR.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS 634 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF TWO OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THAT WOULD FURTHER ADD TO THE WINTRY MIX. BY MID MORNING FRIDAY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ034-OHZ025-312000- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ JAY-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...LIMA 634 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO PRIMARILY HEAVY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ONE TO TWO TENTH OF FREEZING RAIN. BY MID TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MURPHY ...CORRECTED STORM TOTALS THIRD GROUP... ...6 TO 10 INCHES...VERSUS 5 TO 9 INCHES...
000 WWUS43 KIWX 312026 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 326 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS DEEP MOISTURE IS DRAWN IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC. AS WARMER AIR IS ENTRAINED INTO THE SYSTEM...LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTHEAST OF A MARION TO MONTPELIER LINE. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS YET A SIGNIFICANT ICY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED. ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS...FURTHER FROM THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...BUT STILL ON THE ORDER OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TAPER IN INTENSITY BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ENDING FRIDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING POTENT WINTER STORM. INZ003-MIZ077-010500- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 326 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /226 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ004>009-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-010500- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 326 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /226 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-025>027-032-033-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-010500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS 326 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ034-OHZ025-010500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.080201T0300Z-080202T0000Z/ JAY-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...LIMA 326 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MID FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO HEAVY SNOW. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. 3 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 010309 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1009 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE TONIGHT TO EASTERN LAKE ERIE BY FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM AS DEEP MOISTURE IS DRAWN IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC. AS WARMER AIR IS ENTRAINED INTO THE SYSTEM...LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTHEAST OF A MARION TO MONTPELIER LINE. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS YET A SIGNIFICANT ICY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED. ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS... FURTHER FROM THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW ARE EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...BUT STILL ON THE ORDER OF 8 TO 11 INCHES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY TAPER IN INTENSITY BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ENDING FRIDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING POTENT WINTER STORM. INZ003-MIZ077-011115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 1009 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /909 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING ON FRIDAY. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ004>009-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-011115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 1009 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 /909 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING ON FRIDAY. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-025>027-032-033-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-011115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS 1009 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING ON FRIDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAMPER TRAVEL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ034-OHZ025-011115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ JAY-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...LIMA 1009 PM EST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MID FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO HEAVY SNOW. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 010949 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 449 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL OHIO LATER TODAY. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE LOW NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. AS WARMER AIR IS DRAWN IN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TRACK...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR A PERIOD THIS MORNING BEFORE GOING BACK TO ALL SNOW. ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A PERU INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN LINE...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WILL SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET AS WELL AS SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES PLUS UPWARDS OF 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IN SOME LOCATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING POTENT WINTER STORM. INZ003-MIZ077-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 449 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 /349 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TODAY. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ004>009-012>017-020-022>024-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD 449 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 /349 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA WITH BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ018-025>027-032-033-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS 449 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ034-OHZ025-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ JAY-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTLAND...LIMA 449 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 011608 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1108 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA FRIDAY MORNING WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY LATE AFTERNOON. A BROKEN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LOGANSPORT INDIANA TO COLDWATER MICHIGAN LINE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE NORTHWEST WITH AMOUNTS AVERAGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED. INZ009-017-018-023>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-011715- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ 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...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 1108 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ INZ003-MIZ077-020000- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 1108 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 /1008 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ INZ004>008-012>016-020-022-MIZ078>080-020000- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 1108 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 /1008 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO SCATTERED FLURRIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 012207 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 507 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 INZ003>008-012>016-020-022-MIZ077>080-012315- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 507 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008 /407 PM CST FRI FEB 1 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO FLURRIES AND HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
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 31, 1:55 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 1:55 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
155 AM EST THU JAN 31 2008
.AVIATION...
MAIN FOCUS ON UPCOMING WINTER STORM. WILL INCLUDE FINE DETAIL TOWARD
END OF FCST PERIOD TO SERVE AS OUTLOOK FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS TO LIFR BY END OF FCST PERIOD. MORE DETAILS WRT SYSTEM
INCLUDING PSBL HEAVY SNOW/BLSN...LONG DURATION LIFR CONDITIONS...
WITH 12 UTC ISSUANCE.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
UPDATE...
UPDATED FCST MAINLY TO FRESHEN ZFP WORDING. MID/HIGH CLOUDS
TOPPING RIDGE OVER MS VALLEY HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING AS THEY APPROACH
OUR AREA THIS EVE. AS RIDGE MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT, CLOUDS SHOULD
GRDLY INCREASE. TEMPS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN FALLING SLOWLY ACROSS
THE AREA. AS SFC RIDGE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT, WAA
SHOULD CAUSE TEMPS TO RISE SLOWLY OVER SWRN 1/2 OF CWA.
SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN HUDSON BAY IS CONTINUING TO
INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION...ALLOWING A STAUNCH
PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN BUILDING HIGH IN THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY.
THIS PRESSURE GRADIENT IS STILL SUPPORTING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
THROUGH THE REGION...ALTHOUGH MUCH LESS INTENSE THAN THIS MORNING.
BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH WITH
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAKE CLOUDS AND
ASSOCIATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING TO DIMINISH ACROSS
PORTION OF BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH WAA/FALLING INVERSION
HEIGHTS/AND ROBUST DRYING IN THE H925-H85 LAYER. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES AND COLD TEMPERATURES ARE THE STORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE FA...WITH MOST PLACES HOVERING IN THE LOWER TEENS.
MODEL INITIATION REVEALED MANY FLAWS IN THERMAL AND MOISTURE FIELDS
AMONG THE GFS AND NAM...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN STATES. GFS AND
NAM WERE BOTH TOO WARM BY 4 DEGREES C AT MANY LOCATIONS. A MOIST
BIAS WAS ALSO OBSERVED AT ILX WHERE NAM PROG SOUNDINGS DEPICTED TOO
MOIST AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SOUNDING. GIVEN THESE
CONCERNS...THINKING ANY PRECIP WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT
WITH THE EJECTING SW CONUS LOW...PRIMARILY DUE TO SUBSTANTIALLY DRY
LAYER ALOFT AND WEAK FORCING PROGGED THROUGH THE PERIOD. HAVE
TRENDED THE FORECAST PRIMARILY TO THE ECMWF/UKMET PER FORCING
FIELDS AND RESULTANT QPF TRENDS.
TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF THE REGION AND ALLOW
WINDS TO DROP OFF LATE TONIGHT. TRICKY LOW TEMP FORECAST ONCE AGAIN
TONIGHT. EXPECTING TEMPS TO RAPIDLY DROP OFF OVER MUCH OF THE FA
THIS EVENING...BEFORE THICKER CLOUD COVER MOVES INTO THE AREA
ASSOCIATED WITH THETA-E ADVECTION PER WEAK UPGLIDE ALOFT. HAVE
FORECASTED COLDEST TEMPS IN THE NE WHERE LATER ARRIVAL OF THICKER
CLOUD COVER IS ANTICIPATED AND WITH A COLD START AT MANY
LOCATIONS/FRESH SNOW COVER/AND DEWPOINTS AT OR NEAR ZERO.
THURSDAY...DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW AND AN ASSOCIATED DEEPENING SFC
CYCLONE WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NE TOWARD THE AREA. STRENGTHENING WIND
FIELD AND INCREASED MOISTURE FLUX ALOFT WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD MID
LEVEL UPGLIDE. HOWEVER...NOT EXPECTING ANY PRECIP UNTIL POSSIBLY
THE AFTERNOON WHEN SATURATION OF THEM COLUMN WILL BE ONGOING. MAY
SEE A FEW FLURRIES OVER THE FA...WITH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
CWA SEEING THE BEST CHANCE OF FLURRIES. OTHERWISE...HAVE REMAINED
LOW WITH TEMPS GIVEN SHALLOW MIXING/INCREASED CLOUD COVER/COLD
START/AND NEGLIGIBLE WAA.
LONG TERM...
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK WITH DEEPENING UPPER LOW
EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL INDIANA AND
NEARLY STACKED SYSTEM WITH SURFACE LOW TAKING A SIMILAR TRACK.
SOME DISAGREEMENT ON TRACK REMAINS IN MODELS AND PREFER A MORE
NORTHWEST TRACK WITH DEEPENING AND NEGATIVELY TILTED SYSTEM.
CURRENT GRIDS HAD THIS EXPECTED TREND IN MIND WITH A MIXED
PRECIPITATION EVENT POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEAST INDIANA TO NORTHWEST
OHIO AND THIS STILL LOOKS ON TARGET. BAND OF 6 TO 10 INCH
ACCUMULATIONS LOOK REASONABLE WITHIN AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW BAND
WITH LAKE ENHANCED BAND POSSIBLE FRIDAY ON BACK SIDE OF SYSTEM.
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
WEAK RIDGING ALOFT AND SFC HIGH CENTERED NEAR THE EASTERN OH VALLEY
WILL PROVIDE THE FA WITH DRY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. A MOISTURE
STARVED NRN STREAM WAVE IN WSW FLOW ALOFT WILL SWING THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES SATURDAY EVENING. WILL KEEP LOW CHC POPS
ACROSS MI FOR LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES CLOSER TO SLIGHTLY BETTER LIFT AND
DEEPER MOISTURE. DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONABLE TEMPS WILL PREVAIL ON
SUNDAY WITH SUBSIDENCE BEHIND WAVE. A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SN/ZR WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO DECENT ISENTROPIC
ASCENT/WAA IN ACTIVE SW FLOW ALOFT AND CONVERGENCE PER 35-50KT LOW
LEVEL JET. PROBLEM AT THE ONSET WILL BE PRECIP TYPE. WEAK EASTERLY
SFC FLOW AND EXPECTED SNOW COVER SHOULD ALLOW FOR SUB-FREEZING SFC
TEMPS. WITH WARM LAYER NEAR 4KFT INCREASING TO 2-3 DEG C BY 12Z
MONDAY EXPECTING A -SN/ZR MIX TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. A LEAD SHRTWV
WILL EJECT OUT OF THE WESTERN US TROUGH ON MONDAY...TRACKING INTO
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY AFTN/NIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WAA TO
CONTINUE WITH JUST -RN OR DRIZZLE EXPECTED BY NOON ON MONDAY. SFC
BOUNDARY BEHIND SHRTWV AND ASSOCIATED SFC REFLECTION WILL SETTLE
SOUTH INTO FA OR FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE OH VALLEY ON TUESDAY WITH
THE 12Z GFS/ECMWF AND MANY 12Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS HINTING AT
ANOTHER WAVE TRACKING NNE ALONG BOUNDARY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
CONFIDENCE WITH REGARD TO LOCATION OF THE BAROCLINIC
ZONE...TIMING...AND TRACK OF THIS WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOW AT
THIS TIME. THIS STORM WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL
HYDROLOGY ISSUES AND ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE NW OF THE SFC LOW
TRACK. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
THE PERIOD.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...CHAMBERLAIN
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...MURPHY
UPDATE...TAYLORHazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:51 PM EST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 451 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 INZ003>006-008-012>016-020-022>024-MIZ077>079-312200- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- 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...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 451 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /351 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM REMAINS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE LOCATION OF THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS REMAINS IN QUESTION AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS...MONITOR THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ICE JAMS ON RIVERS AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ007-009-017-018-025>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-312200- STEUBEN-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-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...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 451 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM REMAINS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH MAINLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE LOCATION OF THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS REMAINS IN QUESTION AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS...MONITOR THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ICE JAMS ON RIVERS AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-312200- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 451 PM EST WED JAN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THOUGH MOST OF THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. && 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
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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.