Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Feb 24, 2011, 4:48 AM EST for 16 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Feb 24, 2011, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 33 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 24, 2011, 4:48 AM EST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 24 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Akron, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. MODERATE SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 4:36 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Columbus Grove, OH | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. LIGHTNING AND THUNDER AROUND 415 AM. |
| Feb 25, 4:40 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Nw Churubusco, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. |
| Feb 25, 5:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.8 | Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 25, 6:20 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Akron, IN | UPDATED SNOW TOTAL. 2.5 INCHES SINCE 4 AM |
| Feb 25, 6:22 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Rochester, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 6 Ne Marion, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Wsw Woodburn, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.9 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | TOTAL AT KFWA SINCE 1 AM |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ne Auburn, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ene Logansport, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ene Bluffton, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 7 Nw Rochester, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Galveston, IN | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.1 | Young America, IN | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Nne Hicksville, OH | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.4 | 3 Ese Huntertown, IN | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Nne Butler, IN | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.6 | Nnw Napoleon, OH | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.8 | 1 N Marion, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Wsw Fort Wayne, IN | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.3 | 2 Nw Leo-Cedarville, IN | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 S Wauseon, OH | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 3 Ne Lima, OH | 24 HR TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Columbus Grove, OH | UPDATED TOTAL. 3 INCHES SINCE 430 AM. VISBY LESS THAN 200 YDS |
| Feb 25, 7:15 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lima, OH | |
| Feb 25, 7:50 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Fort Wayne, IN | SNOW HAS ENDED. 2.4 INCHES IN LAST 3 HOURS |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.9 | Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL |
| Feb 25, 8:07 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Columbia City, IN | |
| Feb 25, 8:10 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Feb 25, 8:13 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Napoleon, OH | HARD TO MEASURE WITH DRIFTING. ESTIMATED 5-6 INCHES. MULTIPLE SLIDEOFFS |
| Feb 25, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Feb 25, 9:12 AM EST | SNOW 5.8 | Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739 WWUS43 KIWX 240948 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 448 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...A WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. WHILE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE WHERE WARM AIR ALOFT MAY BE IN PLACE. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO NAPOLEON WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF THIS LINE. ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND FAR NORTHWEST OHIO. ICE ACCRETION IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24...WITH LOCAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF OF AN INCH. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-241800- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ 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...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...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 448 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24...ALONG WITH ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 WHERE GENERALLY 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOME ICE ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR ON TREES AND POWER LINES TONIGHT...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-241800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.A.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 448 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 /348 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
827 WWUS43 KIWX 241656 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1156 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. WHILE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE WHERE WARM AIR ALOFT MAY BE IN PLACE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN A SWATH SOUTH OF A LAPORTE TO THREE RIVERS LINE AND NORTH OF A MARION TO DEFIANCE LINE. WITHIN THIS SWATH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES EITHER SIDE OF THIS AREA. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS. ICE ACCRETION BETWEEN A TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A MARION TO DEFIANCE LINE...ALONG WITH SOME SLEET. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS QUESTIONABLE. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-250100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 1156 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ016-024-025-250100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1156 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24...ALONG WITH ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOME ICE ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR ON TREES AND POWER LINES TONIGHT...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-250100- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ 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...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 1156 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 /1056 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
931 WWUS43 KIWX 242024 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 324 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO SOUTHERN OHIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. WHILE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT MAINLY SOUTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE WHERE WARM AIR ALOFT WILL BE IN PLACE. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN A SWATH SOUTH OF A LAPORTE INDIANA TO THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN LINE AND NORTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO DEFIANCE OHIO LINE. WITHIN THIS SWATH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES EITHER SIDE OF THIS AREA. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. ICE ACCRETION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A MARION TO DEFIANCE LINE...ALONG WITH SOME SLEET. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS QUESTIONABLE. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-250430- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 324 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ016-024-025-250430- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 324 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24...ALONG WITH ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOME ICE ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR ON TREES AND POWER LINES TONIGHT...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-250430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 324 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 /224 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
672 WWUS43 KIWX 242108 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 408 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...MOVING FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO SOUTHERN OHIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. WHILE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT MAINLY SOUTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE WHERE WARM AIR ALOFT WILL INITIALLY BE IN PLACE. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LAPORTE INDIANA TO THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN LINE...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. ICE ACCRETIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH APPEAR POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A MARION TO DEFIANCE LINE...ALONG WITH SOME SLEET. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS QUESTIONABLE. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-250515- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 408 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ016-024-025-250515- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 408 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-250515- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.110225T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ 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...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 408 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 /308 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
355 WWUS43 KIWX 250327 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1027 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO ARRIVE OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN OHIO BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION SPREADS RAPIDLY INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF MIXTURE WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO LIMA OHIO LINE. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A WINIMAC INDIANA TO WARSAW INDIANA TO BRYAN OHIO LINE...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MARION INDIANA TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-251130- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 1027 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. INCREASING NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ016-024-025-251130- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1027 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-251130- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 1027 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 /927 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS INCREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
212 WWUS43 KIWX 250917 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 417 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A WINAMAC INDIANA TO WARSAW INDIANA TO BRYAN OHIO LINE...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...SOUTH OF US 24. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH AREAS OF HIGHLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS MORNING. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-251500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 417 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ016-024-025-251500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 417 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-251500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ 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...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 417 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 /317 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JC
117 WWUS43 KIWX 251349 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 849 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE REGION... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARDS THE NEW ENGLAND REGION THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 69. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. INZ008-013-015>017-020-022>025-032-251500- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...AKRON... WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY... TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...MARION... GAS CITY...UPLAND 849 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING...AS TRAVEL MAY STILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM PREVIOUS SNOWFALL...AND CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ INZ003>006-012-014-MIZ077>080-251500- /O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STARKE-MARSHALL-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 849 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 /749 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING...AS TRAVEL MAY STILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM PREVIOUS SNOWFALL...AND CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ INZ009-OHZ001-002-004-005-251500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ DE KALB-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...GARRETT...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER 849 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ018-026-027-033-034-OHZ015-016-024-025-251500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 849 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MORNING....WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ007-MIZ081-251500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ STEUBEN-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 849 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION LESS THAN 1 INCH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
229 WWUS43 KIWX 251501 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1001 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM MOVES OUT OF THE REGION... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND TOWARDS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THE AFTERNOON. INZ009-018-026-027-033-034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025- 251615- /O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ DE KALB-ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...GARRETT...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...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 1001 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ INZ007-MIZ081-251615- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T1500Z/ STEUBEN-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1001 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 23, 6:25 PM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:25 PM EST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
625 PM EST WED FEB 23 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON THE AREA FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
.UPDATE/AVIATION...
FAIRLY VIGOROUS CONVN BREAKING OUT N OF KSTL OVR WRN IL AND NWD TO
KDVN IN ERN IA AND OF GREAT CONCERN THIS EVENING GIVEN FAILURE OF LL
POLAR WEDGE TO MODIFY. RAPID REFRESH ADAMANT ON KEEPING AREAS NE OF
A LINE FM KNOX TO DECATUR BLO FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND LL MIXING/WAA
NOT SUFFICIENTLY STG ENOUGH TO SCOUR PERSISTENT LL INVERSION. THUS AN
ICING CONCERN GOING FORWARD. WILL MAKE NR TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO GOING
WX GRIDS OTHERWISE HOLD SHORT OF AN ADVISORY JUST YET IN LIEU OF A
QUICK LOOK AT 00Z RAOBS UPSTREAM. HWVR ANY GREATER EXPANSION OF
UPSTREAM PCPN MAY DICTATE OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE W/UPSTREAM MSTR SURGE...XPC FURTHER DETERIORATION IN
FLIGHT CONDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESP LATE W/MVFR EARLY ON BFR
WIDESPREAD IFR CONDS DVLP. WILL HOLD W/LTR ARRIVAL OF SIG UPSTREAM
SW NOW CUTTING ACRS NRN BAHA TIED TO FVRD DEEPER/SLWR NEWD EJECTION
OF THIS SYS UP THE OH VALLEY THU NIGHT. REGARDLESS WIDESPREAD LIFR
CONDS XPCD W/THIS SYS IN +SN/BLSN AT KSBN AND +ZR/PL AT KFWA
INITIALLY BFR CHANGING OVER LATE THERE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
PESKY INVERSION HAS KEPT MOST AREAS SOCKED INTO CLOUDS ALL
DAY...LIMITING TEMP RISES WITH MANY LOCATIONS STILL IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 20S. SURGE OF WARMER AIR TRYING TO WORK INTO THE AREA WITH
MODELS STILL INDICATING THIS OCCURRING TONIGHT. CONFIDENCE IN MODEL
HANDLING OF THE THERMAL PROFILES IS LOW GIVEN TRENDS OF TODAY. LIGHT
PRECIP WAS NOTED ACROSS ILLINOIS WORKING TOWARDS THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH SOME CONVECTION NOTED BETWEEN QUINCY AND
ST LOUIS. WILL CONTINUE LIKELY POPS WITH THREAT FOR LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN OR DRIZZLE STILL ON TAP. TOSSED THE IDEA AROUND OF A ADVISORY
BUT OPTED TO HOLD OFF WITH TIMING CONCERNS AS WELL AS MODELS TRYING
TO KEEP BULK OF PRECIP TO OUR SOUTH. EVE SHIFT TO MONITOR TRENDS.
ANY PRECIP SHOULD WIND DOWN THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH
BEFORE THE MAIN SYSTEM OF CONCERNS TAKES AIM ON THE REGION. HAVE
MAINTAINED POPS THROUGH THE DAY BUT DO SUSPECT THAT SOME TRIMMING
WILL OCCUR IN LATER FORECASTS. STRONG LIFT WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ALL MODELS AGREEING ON 700 MB LOW TRACK
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WOULD RESULT IN THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING IN NORTHERN OR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
AREA...WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SOUTH. WHILE
FINER DETAILS WILL CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AS WILL
POTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS...ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO HOIST A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND PART OF FRIDAY
MORNING. SOLID 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW LOOKS ON TAP FOR MANY AREAS
WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF
POSSIBILITY. IN AREAS THAT SEE THE WARM LAYER ALOFT LINGER...ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF US 24. BY LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...ALL PRECIP SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH THE
HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THEN. THOSE TRAVELING THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WINDS
WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST RESULTING IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING.
GIVEN CONCERNS ABOUT TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD FEW CHANGES HAVE
BEEN MADE.
&&
.LONG TERM...
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ACTIVE PERIOD FOR LONG TERM STILL ON TRACK WITH STRONG SYSTEM
EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY.
LULL IN WEATHER EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING THRU THE AFTERNOON AS
DRIER AIR TEMPORARILY EDGES INTO THE AREA AND FLOW BECOMES MORE
ZONAL. STILL A LL BAROCLINIC ZONE THAT LOOKS TO STALL OVER AREA AND
ASSOC SHEARED OUT AREA OF VORT ALOFT ON SAT AFTN INTO SUN WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR LT SNOW AS WARM AIR NOSES INTO CWA. COULD SEE AN INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW ESP IN NORTH. LEFT POPS AND PCPN TYPE ALONE AS
THERMAL PROFILES LOOK COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW AT THE BEGINNING WITH
A CHANGE TO RAIN OR SNOW ON SUNDAY AFTN AS WAA BEGINS.
MAIN FORECAST FOCUS REMAINS ON THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH DIGS ITS WAY ONSHORE FROM WESTERN CONUS BY
SATURDAY...AND APPROACHES THE AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. STILL A BIT OF
SPREAD IN TRACKS AMONG MODELS BUT THE 12Z GFS...ECMWF...GFS ENSEMBLES AND GEM
TRACK SYSTEM GENERALLY THRU CNTRL IL NE INTO MI AHD HAVE COME INTO
BETTER AGREEMENT SINCE YDA. GFS AND GEM ARE A BIT FASTER WITH
PROGRESSION WHILE ECMWF IS A BIT SLOWS AND DEVELOPS INVERTED TROF.
PRECIP TYPE STILL WORTH WATCHING AS SHIFT IN TRACK COULD AFFECT
BORDER BTWN RAIN AND SNOW. BUMPED UP POPS A BIT ON MONDAY AND LIKED
HOW HPC HANDLED IT. SHOULD BE IN WARM SECTOR THRU MONDAY WHICH WILL
ALLOW THICKNESSES AND PROFILES TO BE WARM ENOUGH FOR ALL RAIN
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. WENT MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN FAR NORTH
MOSTLY FOR COLLAB AND COULD BE SHARP GRADIENT BTWN PCPN TYPE IN
SOUTHERN MI CO. MAY NEED TO ADD IN THUNDER LATE SUN NIGHT INTO
MONDAY IN LATER FORECASTS AS FORCING IS DECENT BUT WAS HESITANT TO
ADD IT AT THIS PT. AFTER THIS SYSTEM...WX SHOULD BE QUIET INTO WEDS
THURS TIME FRAME. DID NOT MAKE SIG CHANGES FROM HPC TEMP GUIDANCE AS
THEY SEEM TO BE A GOOD COMPROMISE BTWN ENSEMBLE SPREAD.
OF OTHER CONCERN IS THE HYDRO CONDITIONS BY NEXT WEEK. GIVEN CURRENT SNOW
COVER AND SIGNIFICANT QPF EXPECTED FROM THURS SYSTEM AND SYSTEM INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
POTENTIAL FLOODING.
&&
.AVIATION...
STRONG INVERSION KEEPING LOW CLOUDS IN PLACE AT BOTH TAF SITES SO
FAR. BASED ON UPSTREAM OBS AND ADVANCING MSTR AHEAD OF APPROACHING
WEAK WAVE...NOT SURE WE WILL LOSE MUCH OF THE STRATUS. BASED ON A
FEW BREAKS ACROSS ILLINOIS WILL KEEP SCT STRATUS LAYER FOR A FEW
HOURS LATE AFTERNOON/EVE BUT SUSPECT AMENDMENT WILL BE NEEDED.
BIGGER CONCERN WILL BE WITH LIGHT PRECIP EXPECTED TONIGHT. SFC
TEMPS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO WARM WITH INCREASING ISSUES WITH FREEZING
DRIZZLE/LGT FREEZING RAIN LOOMING...ESPECIALLY AT KFWA. HAVE KEPT
ALL RAIN FOR NOW WITH MODELS STILL SUGGESTING WARM SURGE WILL
OVERCOME COLD BOUNDARY LAYER BUT FREEZING RAIN MAY BE AN IMPACT AT
00Z ISSUANCE.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM...OBERGFELL
UPDATE/AVIATION...THazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 5:59 AM EST, 22 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 559 AM EST WED FEB 23 2011 LMZ043-046-241100- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 559 AM EST WED FEB 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-241100- 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 559 AM EST WED FEB 23 2011 /459 AM CST WED FEB 23 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SOME SLICK SPOTS DEVELOPING ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT SNOW APPEARS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM INCLUDING A CHANCE FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROCHESTER TO NAPOLEON LINE. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THIS LINE. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS STORM SYSTEM WAS OFFSHORE THE BAJA OF CALIFORNIA COAST...AND ADDITIONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN TRACK AND INTENSITY CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS CONCERNING THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM...AND FUTURE FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 23, 11:32 PM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1132 PM EST WED FEB 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1131 PM SNOW MILLBURG 42.12N 86.34W
02/23/2011 M0.5 INCH BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1100458
NDMSpecial weather statement, Feb 23, 11:59 PM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1159 PM EST WED FEB 23 2011 INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-240815- LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-ST. JOSEPH MI-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...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...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 1159 PM EST WED FEB 23 2011 AT 1145 PM EST... RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN EXTENDING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS. ROUTE 6 HAS BEEN REPORTED EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN THE CORUNNA AND WAWAKA AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TONIGHT...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH DESTINATIONS. INZ003>005-012>016-024-MIZ077-078-240815- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WABASH-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1159 PM EST WED FEB 23 2011 /1059 PM CST WED FEB 23 2011/ AT 1145 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN EXTENDING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS AFTER THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELLING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH DESTINATIONS.
Local storm report, Feb 24, 12:06 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1206 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 ESE WAWAKA 41.45N 85.47W
02/23/2011 E0.20 INCH NOBLE IN NWS EMPLOYEE
HIGHWAY 6 IN NOBLE COUNTY WAS ICE COVERED AND VERY
SLIPPERY
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1100459
SKIPPERLocal storm report, Feb 24, 1:03 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
103 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 N NORTH WEBSTER 41.36N 85.70W
02/24/2011 M0.05 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS OFFICE
SURFACES HAVE BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY
&&
EVENT NUMBER IWX1100460
SKIPPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:37 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:08 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 38 hr | |
| Feb 24, 11:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Starke, Steuben | 22 hr |
Nearby
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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.