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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 1, NWS Northern Indiana

December 10, 2012

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lake effect snow advisory at Dec 10, 2012, 9:43 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2012, 9:43 PM EST (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Dec 10, 7:31 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 7:31 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 5:48 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
548 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012

INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-112300-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...
DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
548 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 /448 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE MID
AND LATE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH ABOUT 3
AM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 1
TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN
BERRIEN COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL GREATER THAN ONE INCH.

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INZ005>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-112300-
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-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...
DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
548 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 /448 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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LMZ043-046-112300-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
548 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT MAY DEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 10, 7:46 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 5:14 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX23 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every lake effect snow advisory in 2012

Sources

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