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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 4, 201325 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 4, 2013, 3:32 PM EST for 25 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Dec 5, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2013, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 5, 2013, 3:57 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 25 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 4, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.