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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 11, 2012, 1:08 AM EST for Marshall County, Pulaski County, Indiana. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2012, 1:08 AM EST (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Marshall County, IN, Pulaski County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 10, 10:48 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 10:48 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:28 PM EST, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 428 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-112130- 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 428 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 /328 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT... WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE COUNTIES OF BERRIEN...LAPORTE... AND STARKE. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE... INDWSWIWX... FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH SATURDAY. AGAIN... PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE... INDWSWIWX... FOR DETAILS. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED THROUGH SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-112130- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 428 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT MAY PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:53 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Feb 10, 11:45 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1145 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1144 PM SNOW BENTON HARBOR 42.12N 86.45W
02/10/2012 M2.5 INCH BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOWFALL TOTAL THROUGH 1130 PM EST.
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FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 5:07 AM EST | Gale Warning | IWX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 11, 5:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 53 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.