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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

January 10, 20125 counties in Indiana; Branch County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm watch at Jan 10, 2012, 4:17 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana; Branch County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2012, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 12, 2012, 8:23 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Starke County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 10, 3:59 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:59 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 5:17 AM EST, 11 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 10:03 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		5 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Indiana, 2012 Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2012 Every winter storm watch in 2012

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.