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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana

February 10, 20094 counties in Michigan; 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2009, 3:35 PM EST for 4 counties in Michigan; 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 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
Feb 10, 2009, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 12, 2009, 4:06 AM EST
In force
16 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 20:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 11, 12:00 PM ESTFLOODFort Wayne, INSPY RUN CREEK ROSE ABOVE 11 FOOT FLOOD STAGE
Feb 11, 3:09 PM ESTFLOOD1 S Arcana, INWATER OVER ROAD BETWEEN 100 S AND 200 S ON STATE ROUTE 5.
Feb 11, 5:03 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGLogansport, IN52 MPH WIND GUST
Feb 11, 5:23 PM ESTFLOODNapoleon, OHREPORTS OF ROAD AND BASEMENT FLOODING IN THE CITY
Feb 11, 5:24 PM ESTHAIL 0.25Swayzee, IN
Feb 11, 5:30 PM ESTFLOOD2 Ne Napoleon, OHUS 24 AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING IS UNDER WATER
Feb 11, 5:30 PM ESTFLOODDefiance, OHCOUNTYWIDE FLOODING WITH NUMEROUS STATE AND COUNTY ROAD CLOSURES
Feb 11, 5:33 PM ESTFLOOD2 E Texas, OHUS 24 IS UNDER WATER AT COUNTY ROAD 3
Feb 11, 5:35 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMG3 E North Manchester, IN14 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED...SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS DOWN
Feb 11, 5:35 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGNorth Manchester, INTREE ONTO CAR. LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
Feb 11, 5:40 PM ESTHAIL 0.25Warren, IN
Feb 11, 6:03 PM ESTHAIL 0.25Dunkirk, IN
Feb 11, 8:15 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Grissom Afb, IN
Feb 11, 8:19 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 64Grissom Afb, IN
Feb 11, 8:22 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 60Gas City, IN
Feb 11, 8:25 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Marion, IN
Feb 11, 8:29 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGGas City, INSEMI ROLLOVER ON INTERSTATE 69
Feb 11, 8:39 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 59Marion, IN
Feb 11, 9:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 58North Manchester, IN
Feb 11, 9:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMG1 Se Wakarusa, INPOWER POLES SNAPPED.
Feb 11, 9:12 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 665 Ne Fort Wayne, IN
Feb 11, 9:22 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 584 Se Goshen, IN
Feb 11, 9:45 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 S Ottawa, OHSOME POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OTTAWA
Feb 11, 9:57 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 645 Sw Fort Wayne, IN
Feb 11, 10:08 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 70Paulding, OH
Feb 11, 10:30 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 665 Ese Lima, OH
Feb 11, 10:47 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 3.47Decatur, INRAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT
Feb 11, 10:55 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 2.14Hartford City, INRAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT
Feb 11, 10:57 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 3.055 Sw Fort Wayne, INEVENT TOTAL RAINFALL
Feb 11, 11:04 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 2.39Columbia City, IN
Feb 11, 11:18 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 2.58Ossian, INRAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT
Feb 11, 11:31 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 1.84Marion, INRAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT
Feb 11, 11:40 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND GST 635 Ese Lima, OH
Feb 11, 11:46 PM ESTHEAVY RAIN 4.29Decatur, IN
Feb 11, 11:55 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGVan Wert, OHPOWER OUTAGES SCATTERED THROUGH COUNTY DUE TO POWER LINES AND SOME TREES DOWN.
Feb 12, 1:19 AM ESTFLOODVan Wert, OHCOUNTY ENGINEER CLOSING ROADS IN NORTHERN VAN WERT COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER. TOTAL RAINFALL AT EMA OFFICE IN VAN WERT WAS 2.25 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 12:00Z, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2009-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2009-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 455 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
455 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
427 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KIWX 102035
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
335 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG COLD
FRONT. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AND STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-110445-
/O.UPG.KIWX.HW.A.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1000Z/
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
335 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /235 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING STRONG COLD
FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58
MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 110206
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
906 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG COLD
FRONT. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-111015-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1000Z/
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
906 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /806 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY. 

VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING STRONG
COLD FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 110912
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
412 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT. A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-111715-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1000Z/
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
412 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /312 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/
TODAY TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/
TODAY TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY. 

VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 111625
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1125 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG
COLD FRONT. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60
MPH...WITH STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT. 

INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-120030-
/O.EXT.KIWX.HW.W.0001.090212T0000Z-090212T1000Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE
1125 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /1025 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009/

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY. 

VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM AREA. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-120030-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1000Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-
CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
1125 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 50 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. AS THE LOW MOVES
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE
WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH TONIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 112059
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
359 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHWEST
INDIANA ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR
MOVES INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW. 

INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-120500-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T1000Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-
CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
359 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH EXPECTED AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-120500-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.090212T0000Z-090212T1000Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE
359 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /259 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ THURSDAY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH
EXPECTED AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 120107
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
807 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL NORTHEAST OF THE REGION
TONIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS ABOVE THE GROUND WILL MIX DOWN TO THE
SURFACE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO
THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-121000-
/O.CON.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T1000Z/
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
807 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /707 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/
THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/
THURSDAY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINING EVENING HOURS WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS REACHING 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60
MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARDS DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY.
THIS WIND WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN BRANCHES AND MAY
DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES.  

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

ARNOTT
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 120906
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
406 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF THE REGION 
TODAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN
INDIANA INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AND FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN IN THE
WAKE OF THIS DEPARTING LOW. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH TO NEAR 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATE
AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SLACKENS OVER THE AREA.


INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-121715-
/O.CAN.KIWX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0001.090212T0906Z-090212T2100Z/
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
406 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 /306 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH TO NEAR 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 10, 12:06 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:06 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1206 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVE THOUGH WIND GUSTS
AROUND 30KTS EXPECTED THIS AFTN. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SRN
PLAINS WILL MOVE NE CAUSING LOW CIGS AND SHOWERS TO MOVE INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE SYSTEMS WARM FRONT. CIGS/VSBYS EXPECTED TO
LOWER TO IFR BY 12Z AS WARM FRONT NEARS. WK ELEVATED INSTABILITY
MAY RESULT IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA WED MORNING.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1135 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009/

UPDATE...
MINOR CHANGES ON MORNING UPDATE. WINDS THIS MORNING WERE A LITTLE
STRONGER THAN EARLIER FORECAST AND HAVE INCREASED FOR THIS AFTN.
CLOUDINESS ALSO A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE ACROSS THE SE THAN
PREVIOUS FCST AND APPEARS THIS AREA WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS
AFTN. STRONG MIXING SHOULD STILL ALLOW TEMPS TO REACH THE L-M60S
AND NO CHANGES MADE. ADJUSTED WIND/GUST GRIDS UP FOR WED/WED NGT
BASED ON LATEST AND RECENT MIXED LAYER METHOD ON BUFKIT SOUNDINGS.
GOING HIGH WIND WATCH LOOKS REASONABLE BUT DID EXTEND END TIME
SLIGHTLY WED NGT AND WITH INCREASED WINDS/GUSTS IN GRIDS HAVE
BETTER AGREEMENT WITH EXISTING HIGH WIND WATCH.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 528 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009/

SHORT TERM...
TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK
INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE STORMS...FLOODING AND STRONG NON/CONVECTIVE WINDS WITH THIS
SYSTEM. PREFER THE GFS GIVEN THE CONSISTENCY...AND MORE DEVELOPED
SYSTEM. THE UPPER AIR SUPPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC LOW IS
IMPRESSIVE... WITH RAPID CYCLOGENESIS EXPECTED TODAY EAST OF THE
ROCKIES. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM...SPREADING NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD
REACH WELL INTO THE 60S AS 850 MB TEMPS RISE ABOVE 9C.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SHOULD RISE TO BETWEEN 1.1 AND 1.3
INCHES...SO HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
POTENTIAL...HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL... NON/CONVECTIVE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
WITH THIS SYSTEM. BELIEVE THE STRONGEST NON/CONVECTIVE WINDS WILL
OCCUR JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA. THEREFORE...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IS ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE FAVORABLE AND UPPER LEVEL JET
SUPPORT.

LONG TERM...
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LITTLE CHNG REQRD TO CONSISTENT LONG
TERM FCST. TWEAKS INCLUDE INCRS OF POPS LT FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS
RAPID SUCESSION OF EPAC WAVES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SRLY SUPRESSED
BROAD TROFFING EAST OF DIVIDE. WAVE NR 135W/50N TO EMERGE FM
INTMNT REGN EARLY FRI NIGHT INTO OHIO VALLEY/KY EARLY SATURDAY.
GFS REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE WITH ECMWF AND GEM GLB
SUPPORT...ALBEIT ECMWF WEAKER AND GEM FURTHER SOUTH.
INTERESTINGLY 06 UTC GFS COMING IN FURTHER NORTHWARD AND
SUPPORTIVE OF CHNGS ALREADY MADE TO INCREASE POP TO HIGH CHC
RANGE LT FRI NIGHT/SAT AM ACRS SRN/SERN CWA. MINOR TWEAKS TO
TEMPS TOWARD TIGHTLY PACKED GEFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS...SAVE TRENDING
TOWARD LWR END OF ENSEMBLE GUID WITH SHALLOW COLD AIR/16-17C DROP
IN 925-8H LYR TEMPS DY3 AND COLDER SAT WITH REDUCED DIURNAL RISE
GIVEN HIR PROB FOR SNOW EVENT.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
     INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

MI...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
     MIZ077>081.

     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR MIZ077>081.

OH...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
     OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.

     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.

LM...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SKIPPER
LONG TERM...MURPHY
AVIATION...JT
UPDATE...JT
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 8:45 AM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-
002-004-005-015-016-024-025-111345-
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-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
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
845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /745 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS
OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. THE
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...INCLUDING
THE KANKAKEE RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY OVER PRIMARILY NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE
MAIN HAZARD IS DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY
PRODUCE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS
FROM STORMS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY AFTER THE FRONT
PASSES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75
TO 1.50 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ISOLATED AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS AMOUNT
OF RAIN ATOP SATURATED SOILS WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING
OF STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE
KANKAKEE RIVER AND MORE RIVERS WILL LIKELY FLOOD BY MID TO LATE
WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN MAUMEE
RIVER BASINS. ICE FLOWS AND POTENTIAL JAMS MAY EXACERBATE ANY
FLOODING. LONGER TERM LAKE STORAGE FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR BY
NEXT WEEK.

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY FOR MORE SPECIFIC WITH RESPECT
TO THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER A HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENT DOES NOT APPEAR
LIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 4:40 AM ESTFlood WatchIWXBranch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph44 hr
Feb 10, 4:41 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchIWXBranch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph11 hr
Feb 10, 10:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb8 days
Feb 10, 10:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXWilliams5 days

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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.