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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 2, NWS Chicago, IL

March 4, 2012Lake County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this lake effect snow advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 10:52 PM CST for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2012, 10:52 PM CST (04:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2012, 5:44 AM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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 lake effect snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow advisory went out at Mar 4, 9:14 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 9:14 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 3:44 PM CST, 7 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 10:20 PM CST, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1020 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

INZ001-002-050730-
LAKE IN-PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARY...VALPARAISO
1020 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012

...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

AN AREA OF LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN THIS EVENING IS PUSHING ONSHORE ACROSS LAKE AND PORTER
COUNTIES. THESE SNOW SHOWERS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF UP TO
ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. IN
ADDITION...THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE
AREA DUE TO THE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. PERSONS PLANING TRAVEL
ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPID
CHANGES IN VISIBILITIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SLICK ROAD
CONDITIONS. THESE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE
AREA OVERNIGHT.

KJB

Local storm report, Mar 4, 10:42 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1042 PM CST SUN MAR 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1039 PM     SNOW             ROGERS PARK             42.01N 87.67W
03/04/2012  M1.0 INCH        COOK               IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            1 INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN TODAY WITH ABOUT 0.75 INCHES OF
            SNOW FALLING IN THE PAST HOUR.

&&

JEE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 3:41 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		3 days
Mar 5, 3:41 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		29 hr

Nearby

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