Gale Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

291 
WHUS73 KIWX 101455
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1055 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

LMZ043-046-102300-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.W.0006.090311T0200Z-090311T2200Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1055 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EDT WEDNESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EDT WEDNESDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN
THIS EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...WEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOT GALES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS
OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL
IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED
VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

JC

759 
WHUS73 KIWX 102038
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
438 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

LMZ043-046-110445-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.W.0006.090311T0200Z-090311T2200Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
438 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EDT WEDNESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EDT WEDNESDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN
THIS EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...WEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOT GALES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS
OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL
IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED
VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

JC

433 
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MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
352 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

LMZ043-046-111600-
/O.CON.KIWX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090311T2200Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
352 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED WEST TO EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN
TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...WEST WINDS TO 35
KNOT GALES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE WIND WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ACCRETION OF ICE
DUE TO FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS
OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL
IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED
VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

240 
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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1048 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

LMZ043-046-112300-
/O.CAN.KIWX.GL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090311T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.SC.Y.0012.090311T1448Z-090312T2000Z/
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
1048 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2009

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT
THURSDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH
TONIGHT. EXPECTED WAVES OF 6 TO 12 FEET TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
TO 5 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT...AND TO 3 TO 6 FEET BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS ARE LIKELY...AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN
4 FEET ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

JC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
150 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009

.AVIATION...
WITH WARM SECTOR TO BECOME MORE DEEPLY ESTABLISHED BY MIDDAY ALONG
WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRY LYR 800-400MB AND LACK OF SIG REDUCTIONS IN
UPSTREAM CIGS IN RAFL ACRS IL HAVE MARKEDLY BACKED OFF ON LONG PD OF
IFR RESTRICTIONS. POTNL FOR IFR/BRIEFLY LIFR CONDS STILL EXIST LTR
IN FCST PD WITH ANTICIPATED CONVECTION LINES AHEAD OF STRONG COLD
FRONT PUSHING THRU TERMINAL SITES THIS EVE. HAVE INTRODUCED PD OF
LOW END MVFR WITH TSRA AS OUTLOOK PENDING FINE TUNING OF TIMING WITH
SUBSEQUENT FCSTS.

&&

.UPDATE...
UPDATED GRIDS TO UP TIMING OF PRECIP ONSET PER RADAR/OBS TRENDS.
TOOK A FEW DEGREES OFF LOW TEMPS AS CURRENT OBS AND UPSTREAM OBS
SHOWING DIURNAL DROPOFF WITH ONLY HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS
THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND DONT EXPECT WAA TO BE STG ENOUGH TO
OFFSET INITIAL DIURNAL DROP. EXPECT AS LLJ BEGINS TO REALLY CRANK
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WAA WILL PROVE ADEQUATE AND TEMPS WILL STEADY
BEFORE SLOWLY RISING TOWARDS DAYBREAK.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 421 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...

OUR BREAK IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER IS QUICKLY COMING TO A CLOSE WITH
STRATUS OVERHEAD ERODING ATTM...BUT HIGH CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE NEXT APPROACHING SHORTWAVE IS ALREADY MOVING IN.

OVERALL EVOLUTION DURING THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS WILL NOT BE THAT
DISSIMILAR TO WHAT JUST OCCURRED THIS WEEKEND.  TONIGHT...LLJET AT
H850 DEVELOPS AHEAD OF SMALLER SCALE SHORTWAVE THAT KICKS OUT AHEAD
OF MAIN SOUTHWESTERN CONUS TROUGH.  SOUTH OF THE APPROACHING WARM
FRONT...H850 WINDS REACH 50-60KTS WITH PWATS JUMPING TO 1.25-1.5 IN
THE WARM SECTOR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...VERY CLOSE TO THE MAX VALUES
YOU SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. EXPECT
AREA OF MODERATE/HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP NORTH AND EAST OF THE
LLEVEL BOUNDARY AND PUSH INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
NAM/SREFS/GFS SUGGEST AROUND 1 INCH OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS
INITIAL SLUG...AND IT WILL COME IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER...SO BELIEVE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

TOUGHEST PART OF THE FORECAST IS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS SURFACE
BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH OF THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON.  GFS
CONTINUES HEAVY AMOUNTS OF QPF SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH THE
DAY WITH THE NAM HAVING ALMOST NONE. FLOW IS RELATIVELY PARALLEL TO
THE LLEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE...SO WOULD EXPECT SHRA COVERAGE/INTENSITY
TO WANE AS BEST THETAE ADVECTION PULLS EAST EARLY.  HOWEVER... WITH
SUCH A JUICY AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH DEWPOINTS
APPROACHING 60F...ALSO HAVE A TOUGH TIME SEEING NOTHING DEVELOP.
THEREFORE...WILL KEEP CAT POPS IN THE EAST DURING THE MORNING AS
MORNING BATCH OF HEAVIER PRECIP PULLS EAST...BUT THEN DROP POPS BACK
TO LIKELY WITH RELATIVELY LESS QPF IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SHRA ALONG
THE BOUNDARY. T925 COULD SUPPORT MID TO UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70F IF
A DRIER NAM-LIKE SOLUTION UNFOLDS...BUT WITH WHAT WE/RE
EXPECTING...HIGHS IN THE LOWER/MIDDLE 60S OVER SOUTHERN AREAS LOOK
GOOD WITH NORTHERN ZONES STRUGGLING TOWARDS 50F LATE IN THE DAY AS
THE SURFACE BOUNDARY ARRIVES.

COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE LOW BOMBS OUT AS
IT LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM WISCONSIN INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN.  THIS
STRONGER AND FURTHER NORTH SURFACE LOW THAN DURING THE PAST EVENT
SHOULD ENSURE THAT EVERYONE BREAKS INTO THE WARM SECTOR TUESDAY
NIGHT...AND WOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF MANY LOCATIONS ARE IN THE LOW
60S THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT WITH DEWPOINTS APPROACHING
60. CAPE VALUES INCREASE TO BETWEEN 100 J/KG OVER NORTHERN AREAS
TO 500 J/KG OVER THE SOUTH. WE WON/T HAVE QUITE THE UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT FOR ASCENT GIVEN THAT THE UPPER WAVE IS FURTHER NORTH AND
WEST...BUT THE STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE
IMPRESSIVE...AND SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING AS IT ARRIVES LATE
IN THE EVENING. THE FARTHER EAST/LATER IN THE OVERNIGHT YOU
PROGRESS...THE SVR POTENTIAL WILL DROP AS INSTABILITY WEAKENS.
WIND FIELDS ARE AGAIN VERY IMPRESSIVE...WITH 0-3KM SHEAR OVER
40KTS AND 0-6KM SHEAR OVER 60KTS. SO...AGREE WITH SPC/S SLIGHT
RISK OVER WESTERN AREAS WHICH HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO MAINTAIN
INSTABILITY BEFORE CONVECTIVE LINE ARRIVES...BUT CAN/T RULE OUT
SVR ANYWHERE AT THIS POINT.

BEHIND THE FRONT...TOWARDS DAYBREAK...INTENSE COLD ADVECTION  /15C
IN 6HRS AT H850/ COMBINED WITH IMPRESSIVE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
BEHIND DEPARTING LOW SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ADVISORY LEVEL
WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40KTS LOOKING POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY THE
FURTHER NORTH AND WEST YOU GO...AS THESE AREAS WILL BE CLOSEST TO
THE BEST COLD ADVECTION...AND CLOSEST TO THE SURFACE LOW PUSHING
INTO ONTARIO.  ANY REMAINING SHRA MAY CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING
AS SPRAWLING 1040MB HIGH BEGINS PULLING IN OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.

LONG TERM...
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GENERAL WESTERLY FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER WITH SPLIT FLOW
SUPPORTING STORM TRACKS WELL NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE REGION...WITH
MASSIVE SFC RIDGING EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. SW CONUS
DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO EJECT INTO THE PLAINS BY THE LATER HALF OF
OF THE WEEKEND WITH MID LEVEL FLOW BACKING TO THE SOUTHWEST. IN
REPONSE TO THE EJECTING UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE...A SFC LOW LOW WILL
DEVELOP SUPPORTING BACKING LL WIND AND INCREASED MOISTURE WITH THE
CHANCES FOR PRECIP RETURNING TO THE REGION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
RESURGENCE OF THE GULF OF ALASKA UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SFC
CYCLONE WILL HELP BRING HIGHLY AMPLIFIED FLOW INTO THE WESTERN US
WITH RATHER ROBUST HEIGHT RISES PROGGED IN DETERMINISTIC SOLUTIONS
AS WELL AS MEAN GEFS/NAEFS SOLUTIONS...ALTHOUGH HIGH ENSEMBLE SPREAD
IS EVIDENT PER THE STRENGTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE COMPLICATED PACIFIC
FLOW. PERIOD WILL FEATURE TEMPS BELOW NORMAL WED AND THUR AS A
MASSIVE ARCTIC VORTEX WILL GRAZE THE GREAT LAKES BEHIND A DEEP SFC
CYCLONE DEPARTING THE REGION THE START OF THE PERIOD. HAVE GENERALLY
FOLLOWED A GFS-ECMWF BLEND...THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO SIG
DEPARTURES AMONG THEIR SOLUTIONS. THE ONLY QUESTION MARK IS HOW
STRONG AND EXPANSIVE WILL CAA BE INTO THE REGION WED. THE GFS OFFERS
A SOLUTION THAT FEATURES A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE UPPER LOW AND STRONG
SFC HIGH...OPTING TO BRING H85 TEMPS DOWN TO -16C IN THE NE. THE
ECMWF IS LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH ITS PROGS OF -12 AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER
H5 HEIGHTS OVER THE REGION.

WED-THUR...DEEP SFC CYCLONE WILL BE DEPARTING THE REGION WITH
STRONG GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN STRONG GEOSTROPHIC FLOW PROGGED IN BOTH THE NAM AND
GFS NEAR THE TOP OF THE BL. EXPECTING MORNING HIGHS WITH A HIGHLY
LIMITED DIURNAL RISE. BULK OF CAA IS PROGGED TO ENTER THE REGION BY
EVENING WITH A WELL MIXED BL GIVEN THE STRONG ISSALOBARIC COMPONENT
PER BUILDING SFC HIGH. EXPECTING TEMPS TO FALL INTO THE TEENS BY
DAWN THUR. HAVE CUT HIGHS THURS GIVEN BUFR/GFS/AND NAM PROGS. FEEL
THE GFS/S COLDER THERMAL FIELDS ARE WELL WARRANTED GIVEN THE STRONG
CAA PER THE DEEP SFC LOW EXITING THE REGION...COUPLED WITH THE
EXPANSIVE SNOW FIELD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS
OFFERING LIMITED AIRMASS MODIFICATION. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT
MANY PLACES IN THE NE MAY NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE 20S WITH EXPECTED
LAKE CLOUDS/FLURRIES IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION...HAVE ADDED
AFTERNOON FLURRIES FOR THE ENTIRE FA DUE TO 1)SUPERADIABATIC LAPSE
RATES NEAR THE SFC/AMPLE LL MOISTURE IN PLACE DUE TO RECENT HEAVY
RAINS/AND STRONG MARCH INSOLATION. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACTIVITY GIVEN SHALLOW INVERSION HEIGHTS UNDER VERY
DRY LL FLOW.

THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...GENERAL SFC RIDGING EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD WITH A FEW PASSING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS PER WEAK MID LEVEL
IMPULSES TRAVERSING THE REGION. LOOK FOR A THE CP AIRMASS IN PLACE
TO CONTINUE TO MODIFY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH TEMPS RISING TO AND
ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS BY SAT.

SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL COMMENCE...WITH
THETA-E ADV ONGOING. HAVE ADDED LOW CHANCE POPS TO MON GIVEN
MODEL/ENSEMBLE SIGNALS AND PROGGED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TUESDAY THROUGH
     TUESDAY MORNING FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

MI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 2 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR MIZ077>081.

OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 2 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.

LM...GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
     LMZ043-046.

&&

SHORT TERM...ARNOTT
LONG TERM...JC
AVIATION...MURPHY
UPDATE...SIMPSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
432 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-102045-
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
432 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009 /332 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MOST RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AS
HEAVY RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. THE
GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS WEST OF ROUTE 31. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY WHICH COULD EXACERBATE
ONGOING RIVER FLOODING AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SOME
STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING ON RIVERS IN THE AREA SHOULD
BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER SOME RIVERS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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LMZ043-046-102045-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
432 PM EDT MON MAR 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH
THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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