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Storm Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

March 9, 2009

NWS Northern Indiana issued this storm watch at Mar 9, 2009, 5:24 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2009, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 9, 2009, 3:42 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm watch went out at Mar 9, 4:49 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 4:49 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 7:24 PM EDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
724 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-092330-
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
724 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009 /624 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO
THE REGION TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES TOWARDS THE REGION.
THIS WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE
REGION...WITH FLOODING LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-092330-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
724 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NORTHWEST GALES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WEST GALES ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF THE TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY PERIOD.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON EVENING.

&&

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

ARNOTT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 11:09 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX11 hr
Mar 8, 11:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph10 days
Mar 8, 11:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph11 days
Mar 9, 12:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchIWXCarroll, Pulaski, White11 hr
Mar 9, 12:04 AM EDTWind AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Elkhart, Grant and 9 more7 hr
Mar 9, 4:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more45 hr
Mar 9, 6:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXElkhart, Noble7 days
Mar 9, 11:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXCarroll, Pulaski, White13 days
Mar 9, 12:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph, Starke5 days
Mar 9, 12:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXMarshall, Saint Joseph, Starke7 days
Mar 9, 3:42 PM EDTGale WatchIWX13 hr
Mar 8, 11:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance4 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.