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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

January 12, 200921 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this blizzard watch at Jan 12, 2009, 4:01 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 14, 2009, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2009, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2009, 3:27 PM EST
In force
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 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch 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 blizzard watch went out at Jan 11, 6:30 PM EST, 21 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 6:30 PM EST, 21 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:02 PM EST	Gale Warning	IWX		25 hr
Jan 12, 3:02 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	IWX		25 hr
Jan 12, 4:01 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Starke and 1 more	23 hr
Jan 12, 4:01 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more	23 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Indiana, 2009 Blizzard Watches in Ohio, 2009 Blizzard Watches in Michigan, 2009 Every blizzard watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.