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Lake Effect Snow Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 11, 2011Marshall County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 11, 2011, 3:35 PM EST for Marshall County, Starke County, Indiana. It took effect at Jan 11, 2011, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2011, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 13, 2011, 7:00 AM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Marshall County, IN, Starke County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-01-11Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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.

855 
WWUS43 KIWX 112035
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
335 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE GIVING WAY TO INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS
AREA OF SNOW DIMINISHES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN
EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

INZ003-012-MIZ077-120445-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.W.0002.110112T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
335 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 /235 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
  ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
  LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES.  TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ006>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-
004-005-015-016-024-025-120300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T0300Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...
ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...
GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...
AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...
ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
335 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO
  THIS EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY 
  CHANGING CONDITIONS...WITH SOME ROADS BEING SNOW COVERED AND 
  SLIPPERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

INZ004-014-120445-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
335 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED 
  TO DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND 
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL 
  LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
10 follow-up statements
813 
WWUS43 KIWX 112037 CCA
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
336 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE GIVING WAY TO INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS
AREA OF SNOW DIMINISHES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN
EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

INZ003-012-MIZ077-120500-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.LE.W.0002.110112T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
336 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 /236 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
  ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
  LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES.  TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ006>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-
004-005-015-016-024-025-120300-
/O.COR.KIWX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110112T0300Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...
ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...
GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...
AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...
ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
336 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING
  OVERNIGHT..

* MAIN IMPACT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY 
  CHANGING CONDITIONS...WITH SOME ROADS BEING SNOW COVERED AND 
  SLIPPERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

INZ004-014-120500-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
336 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED 
  TO DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND 
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL 
  LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
899 
WWUS43 KIWX 120302
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1002 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT...
...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY AN INCH
OR LESS OUTSIDE OF HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. MANY ROADS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP OVERNIGHT TO 10 TO 20 MPH
WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON ROADWAYS.

MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE FORMED ACROSS
NORTHWEST INDIANA AND ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AND
AFFECT PORTIONS OF WESTERN LA PORTE AND WESTERN STARKE
COUNTY...AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST BERRIEN...EASTERN LA PORTE...AND
EASTERN STARKE COUNTY TOWARD MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT ACCUMULATIONS MANY
ALSO AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MARSHALL AND ST. JOSEPH
COUNTIES IN INDIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...
ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...
GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...
AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...
ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
1002 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST. HOWEVER...MANY
ROADS MAY REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
EXERCISE CAUTION.

$$

INZ003-012-MIZ077-121115-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
1002 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 /902 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED 
  LATE EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
  ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND 
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL 
  LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES.  TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ004-014-121115-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
1002 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED 
  TO DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
  FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
  ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF ST. JOSEPH AND MARSHALL COUNTIES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
  CLOGGED DUE TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES
  WILL ALSO BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE
  EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
225 
WWUS43 KIWX 120943
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
443 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE
FORMED ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND AFFECT SOUTHWEST
BERRIEN...MUCH OF LA PORTE AND NORTHERN STARKE COUNTIES THIS
MORNING. THE MAIN LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND IS THEN EXPECTED TO SHIFT
EAST INTO WESTERN SAINT JOSEPH AND NORTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY BY
MIDDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL VARY IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY...THOUGH SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LA PORTE
COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE FOOT
TO UPWARDS OF 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE
IN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST.

INZ004-121745-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KIWX.LE.W.0002.110112T1500Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
443 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN
  WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND CLOGGED DUE
  TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO
  BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
  SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ014-121745-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KIWX.LE.W.0002.110112T1500Z-110113T1200Z/
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
443 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST MARSHALL
  COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES
  WILL ALSO BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE
  EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. ROUTES 6 AND 30 WILL BE IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003-012-MIZ077-121745-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
443 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /343 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND
  INTO TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY RECEIVE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
  SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...
  ESPECIALLY IN BERRIEN AND LA PORTE COUNTIES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
  LEAD TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
479 
WWUS43 KIWX 120948 CCA
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
445 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE
FORMED ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND AFFECT SOUTHWEST
BERRIEN...MUCH OF LA PORTE AND NORTHERN STARKE COUNTIES THIS
MORNING. THE MAIN LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND IS THEN EXPECTED TO SHIFT
EAST INTO WESTERN SAINT JOSEPH AND NORTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY BY
MIDDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL VARY IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY...THOUGH SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LA PORTE
COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE FOOT
TO UPWARDS OF 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE
IN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST.

INZ004-121800-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KIWX.LE.W.0002.110112T1500Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
445 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN
  WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND CLOGGED DUE
  TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO
  BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
  SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ014-121800-
/O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0002.110112T1200Z-110113T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KIWX.LE.W.0002.110112T1500Z-110113T1200Z/
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
445 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP TOWARD DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST MARSHALL
  COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES
  WILL ALSO BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE
  EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. ROUTES 6 AND 30 WILL BE IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003-012-MIZ077-121800-
/O.COR.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
445 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /345 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND
  INTO TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE FOOT IS EXPECTED
  IN SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTIES WITH AS MUCH
  AS 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE GENERALLY
  4 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
  LEAD TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
809 
WWUS43 KIWX 121521
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1021 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

.MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL VARY IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY...THOUGH SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LA PORTE
COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE FOOT
TO UPWARDS OF 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE
IN THE WARNING AREA... GENERALLY 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST.

INZ003-012-MIZ077-122330-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
1021 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /921 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND 
  INTO TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE FOOT IS EXPECTED 
  IN SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTIES WITH AS 
  MUCH AS 18 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE 
  GENERALLY 4 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE 
  ANTICIPATED. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND 
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL 
  LEAD TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ004-122330-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
1021 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE 
  EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN 
  WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND CLOGGED DUE 
  TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO 
  BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
  SHOWERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ014-122330-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
1021 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE 
  EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST MARSHALL 
  COUNTY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. 
  VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO 
  HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. ROUTES 6 AND 30 WILL BE 
  IMPACTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
881 
WWUS43 KIWX 122027
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
327 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT...

.MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
WILL VARY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...THOUGH SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND
NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THE HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF AROUND 6 BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. ELSEWHERE
IN THE WARNING AREA... GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS FORECAST.

INZ003-012-MIZ077-130430-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
327 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /227 PM CST WED JAN 12 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND 
  INTO TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST BERRIEN AND NORTHERN LA PORTE COUNTIES BY
  DAYBREAK THURSDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ELSEWHERE
  GENERALLY 3 TO 5 ADDITIONAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND 
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL 
  LEAD TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ004-130430-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
327 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN
  WESTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND CLOGGED DUE 
  TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO 
  BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
  SHOWERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ014-130430-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
327 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND 
  TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST MARSHALL
  COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. 
  VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO 
  HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. ROUTES 6 AND 30 WILL BE 
  IMPACTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
139 
WWUS43 KIWX 130147
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
847 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT...

.MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL
VARY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...THOUGH THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF
BERRIEN....EASTERN ST. JOSEPH MICHIGAN....AND EASTERN MARSHALL
COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THE HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING AREA...ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR
LESS.

INZ003-012-MIZ077-131000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-STARKE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN
847 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /747 PM CST WED JAN 12 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN
  BERRIEN COUNTY INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ST. JOSEPH INDIANA
  COUNTY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE
  LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LA PORTE COUNTY ALONG WITH
  EASTERN STARKE COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MANY ROADS REMAIN CLOGGED WITH SNOW AND
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL
  LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ004-131000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
847 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
  EASTERN ST. JOSEPH INDIANA COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND CLOGGED DUE 
  TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO 
  BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
  SHOWERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ014-131000-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
847 PM EST WED JAN 12 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS
  EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND 
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. 
  VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BECOME GREATLY REDUCED IN MODERATE TO 
  HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. ROUTES 6 AND 30 WILL BE 
  IMPACTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
198 
WWUS43 KIWX 130933
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT...

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND 
DWINDLE TO FLURRIES BY LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO 2 INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN SAINT JOSEPH
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. MORNING COMMUTERS ARE URGED TO USE
CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME.

INZ012-014-131045-
/O.CAN.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
433 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 /333 AM CST THU JAN 13 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.

$$

INZ003-MIZ077-131200-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
433 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 /333 AM CST THU JAN 13 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  OF AROUND AN INCH...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF BERRIEN
  COUNTY ARE EXPECTED. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ004-131200-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
433 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  OF AROUND AN INCH...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF NORTHERN
  SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY ARE EXPECTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
873 
WWUS43 KIWX 131012 CCA
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
512 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND 
DWINDLE TO FLURRIES BY LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO 2 INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN SAINT JOSEPH
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. MORNING COMMUTERS ARE URGED TO USE
CAUTION AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME.

INZ012-014-131115-
/O.CAN.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
STARKE-MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER
512 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 /412 AM CST THU JAN 13 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.

$$

INZ003-MIZ077-131200-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
512 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 /412 AM CST THU JAN 13 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
/6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  OF AROUND AN INCH...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF BERRIEN
  COUNTY ARE EXPECTED. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ004-131200-
/O.CON.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON
512 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL EARLY MORNING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  OF AROUND AN INCH...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF NORTHERN
  SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY ARE EXPECTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
355 
WWUS43 KIWX 131207
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
707 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED.
TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS IN THE LAKE EFFECT REGION DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE.

INZ003-004-MIZ077-131315-
/O.EXP.KIWX.LE.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110113T1200Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
707 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 /607 AM CST THU JAN 13 2011/

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Jan 11, 12:42 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 12:42 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1242 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

.AVIATION...
SNOW CONTINUES AT THE TERMINALS AS SFC LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO
CENTRAL OHIO AND UPPER TROUGH SWINGS OVERHEAD. SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO
EVENING WITH THE MORE INTENSE MODERATE SNOWFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. PERIODIC DIPS TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 21Z AT
KSBN AND PERSIST LONGER AT KFWA AS HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS SLOW TO
CLEAR TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL BACK TO NNW LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM AND INCREASE TO NEAR 10 KNOTS THIS
EVNING AND FOR THE OVERNIGHT AS CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVE AT KFWA.
INTENSE LAKE EFFECT BAND EXPECTED TO SET UP WEST OF KSBN TONIGHT WITH
LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS AT THE TERMINAL.

&&

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 439 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011/

SHORT TERM...

TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR THE AREA TODAY FOLLOWED BY POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST OVER NEXT 48
HOURS. FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE/JET STREAK INFERRED FROM
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY EARLY THIS MORNING IS CURRENTLY NOSING INTO
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI/WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REGIONAL PROFILER DATA
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INDICATING 300 HPA 120 KNOT JET STREAK
PROGRESSING THROUGH BASE OF THIS BROAD CENTRAL CONUS UPPER
LOW...THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EJECT NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY TODAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS ONTARIO AND THE NORTHERN
GREAT LAKES HAS PROVIDED A DRY EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE NIGHT WHICH
HAS DELAYED ONSET OF LIGHT SNOW A BIT. HOWEVER...WOLCOTT INDIANA
WIND PROFILER EARLY THIS MORNING FINALLY BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME
BETTER VEERING IN THE 2 TO 4 KM LAYER AS CENTER OF ASSOCIATED LOW
LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME BETTER MOISTURE
TRANSPORT ACROSS THE WFO IWX FORECAST AREA ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE 12Z
TIMEFRAME. ALREADY BEGINNING TO SEE SCATTERERS AS LOW AS 2K FT ON
KIWX WSR88D AND INCREASING COVERAGE TO -SN REPORTS BACK ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. COMBINATION OF EASTWARD EJECTING MISSOURI SHORT
WAVE/JET STREAK AND STRENGTHENING ISENTROPIC ASCENT SHOULD LEND TO A
MORE RAPID EXPANSION OF -SN ACROSS FORECAST AREA THROUGH MID MORNING
WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW LIKELY LATE MORNING INTO THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS.

NAM/RUC SHORT TERMS PROGS DO INDICATE SOME WEAKLY CONFLUENT MID
LEVEL FLOW ON TIGHTENING MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE DOWNSTREAM OF
APPROACHING MID LEVEL HEIGHT MINIMUM THIS MORNING...FOCUSED
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. 00Z NAM CROSS
SECTIONS DO SUGGEST A RATHER DEEP LAYER OF WEAK STATIC STABILITY
APPROXIMATELY FROM 700 TO 500 HPA SKIRTING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING/EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
FARILY WELL ALIGNED WITH THIS STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL LIFT. IN
ADDITION...STRONGEST VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS IN THE 800 TO 600 HPA
LAYER LINE UP FAIRLY WELL WITH THE DGZ. GIVEN ABOVE FACTORS DO HAVE
SOME CONCERN ABOUT SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS...PARTICULARLY IN THE
EASTERN HALF OF AREA WHERE THESE FACTORS ALIGN FAIRLY WELL AND DO
NOT THINK THAT RATIOS ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 1 ARE UNREASONABLE. THIS
DOES LEND SOME CONCERN TO ISOLATED AREAS APPROACHING HIGHER END
ADVISORY AMOUNTS OR LOW WARNING AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEAST...BUT WILL
KEEP ADVISORIES GOING FOR NOW WITH STILL SOME QUESTIONS AS TO HOW
MUCH OF THIS STRONGER FORCING WILL BE SPENT TO JUST CREATE DEEPER
SATURATION. FORCING WILL PERSIST LONGER ACROSS FAR EASTERN AREAS
LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AS NAM/GFS HAVE BEEN PAINTING
CONSISTENT SIGNAL OF TROWAL TRYING TO WRAP BACK WESTWARD INTO
THIS AREA...ALTHOUGH BY THE TIME THIS FEATURE BECOMES ESTABLISHED
MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC FIELDS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SOMEWHAT WEAKER
LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WITH ONLY WEAK MID LEVEL BAROCLINICITY
EXPECTED IN DEFORMATION ZONE. OVERALL VERY FEW CHANGES TO GOING SNOW
AMOUNTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MAY SLIGHTLY ADJUST UPWARD TO
HIGHER END ADVISORY IN FAR SOUTHEAST.

FOCUS FOR TONIGHT THEN SHIFTS TO LAKE EFFECT POTENTIAL. MODELS HAVE
BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND ACROSS
NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING...SHIFTING INTO FAR WESTERN SECTIONS
OF FORECAST AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. DEEPER LAKE
INDUCED INSTABILITY DOES DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH LAKE INDUCED
EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS ON THE ORDER OF 10K FT BY LATE EVENING WITH
PLENTY OF LOW/MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. WHILE INSTABILITY
PROGS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS LAST EVENT...DO HAVE A FAIRLY EXTENDED
PERIOD OF FAVORABLE FETCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO WORK WITH. BY LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING...SHOULD START TO SEE SYNOPTIC SUBSIDENCE/MID LEVEL DRYING
FAVORED AS MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS BUILDS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.
PERIOD OF HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PROBABLY BE FROM LATE
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MUCH OF STRONGER VERTICAL
MOTION ALSO COULD BE LOCATED JUST BELOW CORE OF DGZ FOR THIS
UPCOMING EVENT LENDING TO PERHAPS SOME LOWER SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS.
HOWEVER WITH EXPECTED DURATION OF EVENT...LOCALIZED STORM TOTAL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH EASTERN LA
PORE...SOUTHWEST BERRIEN PROBABLY IN LINE FOR HEAVIEST TOTALS. WILL
KEEP LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT AS IS FOR NOW WITH PERIOD OF
GREATEST CONCERN NOT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

LONG TERM...
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE ENDING THURSDAY
AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BACK AND AS INVERSION HEIGHTS FALL. MADE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ONGOING GRIDS WITH ANY SNOW BANDS TRANSLATING
EAST AND THEN DISSIPATING BY LATE IN THE DAY. SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR
WILL SPREAD BACK INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. KEPT A CHANCE
FOR SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT GIVEN THE CONTINUED
UNCERTAINTIES OF THE TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF WEAK TROFS AND TIMING
OF ASSOCIATED WEATHER. THE ARRIVAL OF MUCH COLDER AIR SHOULD TAKE
PLACE EARLY NEXT WEEK ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CANADIAN AND GFS 500
MB ANALOGS. THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE HAD POOR RUN CONSISTENCY IN
HANDLING THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER TROFS MOVING INTO THE AREA
AND THE ARIVAL TIME OF THE ARCTIC AIR. THE GFS ENSEMBLES STILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE A LARGE SPREAD AMONG MEMBERS IN REGARD TO THE
TIMING OF THE FRONT. THEREFORE WAS VERY HESITANT TO MAKE ANY
CHANGES DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THIS PERIOD. IF THE ARCTIC FRONT
ARRIVES SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER THAN WHAT IS NOW
ADVERTISED.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
     INZ006>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034.

     LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
     WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR INZ003-012.

     LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR INZ004-014.

MI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR MIZ080-
     081.

     LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
     THURSDAY MORNING FOR MIZ077.

OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR OHZ001-
     002-004-005-015-016-024-025.

LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY
     FOR LMZ043-046.

&&

SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...SKIPPER
AVIATION...LUD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:25 AM EST, 11 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
425 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

INZ005>009-016-017-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-120930-
ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...
ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD
425 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY THIS
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES MAY BRING PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ013-015-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-120930-
PULASKI-FULTON IN-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-
WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...
FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...LIMA
425 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY
THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES MAY BRING PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ003-004-012-014-MIZ077-120930-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-MARSHALL-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
425 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011 /325 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY...TRANSITIONING TO LAKE EFFECT
SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WITH
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE FROM EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. TOTAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES MAY BRING PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THROUGH THIS WEEK.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-120930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
425 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
220 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     SNOW             THREE RIVERS            41.94N  85.63W
01/11/2011  M2.0 INCH        ST. JOSEPH         MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SNOW TOTAL AS OF 2PM. ALL FELL IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
            STILL SNOWING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100056

SAW
Local storm report, Jan 11, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
223 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0221 PM     SNOW             FORT WAYNE              41.08N  85.13W
01/11/2011  M3.0 INCH        ALLEN              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. SNOW
            TOTAL NOW AT 3 INCHES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100058

SAW
Local storm report, Jan 11, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
235 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0228 PM     SNOW             1 NNE ARGOS             41.71N  86.24W
01/11/2011  M2.0 INCH        ST. JOSEPH         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS. SNOW
            STILL FALLING. ROADS ARE SLICK.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100059

SAW
Local storm report, Jan 11, 2:37 PM EST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
237 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0236 PM     SNOW             SPENCERVILLE            40.71N  84.35W
01/11/2011  E3.5 INCH        ALLEN              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED. STILL SNOWING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100060

SAW
Local storm report, Jan 11, 2:50 PM EST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
250 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0249 PM     SNOW             LITCHFIELD              42.04N  84.76W
01/11/2011  M1.5 INCH        HILLSDALE          MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100061

SAW
Local storm report, Jan 11, 3:07 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     SNOW             MARION                  40.56N  85.66W
01/11/2011  M4.2 INCH        GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL AS OF 3 PM

&&

EVENT NUMBER IWX1100063

CEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 4:28 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX51 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Indiana, 2011Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2011Every lake effect snow warning in 2011

Sources

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