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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 17, 201121 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 17, 2011, 1:22 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 17, 2011, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2011, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 18, 2011, 4:08 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 17, 6:35 AM EST, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 6:35 AM EST, 6 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 5:33 AM EST, 7 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
533 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

INZ003>009-012-014-016-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-181045-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON
533 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011 /433 AM CST MON JAN 17 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN BY LATE EVENING.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND FREEZING AND
POSSIBLY JUST ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH
TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND FREEZING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING ON TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SOME
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR COLDER AIR TO ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW AND LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

INZ013-015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-181045-
PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-
HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...
COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...
BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...
HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
533 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO MAINLY RAIN BY LATE EVENING. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE JUST ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS EVENING.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH
BUT ICY ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE LIGHT GLAZE DUE TO THE
COLD SURFACES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING
JUST ABOVE FREEZING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO
SNOW BEFORE ENDING ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH
ARE EXPECTED.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR COLDER AIR TO ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-181045-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
533 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MUCH OF THIS PERIOD.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 5:51 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX52 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Indiana, 2011Winter Weather Advisories in Ohio, 2011Winter Weather Advisories in Michigan, 2011Every winter weather advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.