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Small Craft Advisory 12, NWS Northern Indiana

January 29, 2013

NWS Northern Indiana issued this small craft advisory at Jan 29, 2013, 5:08 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2013, 5:08 AM EST (10:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2013, 10:55 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 29, 4:51 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 4:51 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 4:02 PM EST, 13 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
402 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-292115-
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
402 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 /302 PM CST MON JAN 28 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT MAINLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO
BRING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IN
ADDITION...VERY WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS FRONT
AND THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND MELTING SNOW COULD
RESULT IN FLOODING. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH (INDFFAIWX) FOR
MORE DETAILS.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-292115-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
402 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOT GALES POSSIBLE LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 29, 2:09 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
209 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

INZ005-290800-
ELKHART IN-
209 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD ELKHART COUNTY...

AT 207 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKHART...OR NEAR GRANGER...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NAPPANEE...
  ELKHART...SIMONTON LAKE AND DUNLAP...
  GOSHEN AND NEW PARIS...
  BRISTOL...
  MIDDLEBURY AND MILLERSBURG...
  SOUTHWEST AND FORAKER...

LAT...LON 4176 8566 4144 8565 4143 8579 4144 8606
      4176 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 264DEG 26KT 4170 8606
Special weather statement, Jan 29, 2:15 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
215 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

INZ005-290800-
ELKHART IN-
215 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD ELKHART COUNTY...

AT 207 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKHART...OR NEAR GRANGER...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NAPPANEE...
  ELKHART...SIMONTON LAKE AND DUNLAP...
  GOSHEN AND NEW PARIS...
  BRISTOL...
  MIDDLEBURY AND MILLERSBURG...
  SOUTHWEST AND FORAKER...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4176 8566 4144 8565 4143 8579 4144 8606
      4176 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 264DEG 26KT 4170 8606
Local storm report, Jan 29, 2:19 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
219 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

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

0200 AM     HAIL             2 N MISHAWAKA           41.69N  86.16W
01/29/2013  E0.25 INCH       ST. JOSEPH         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Jan 29, 2:45 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 29, 2:54 AM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 29, 3:57 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 12:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte40 min
Jan 29, 1:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph43 min
Jan 29, 2:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart51 min
Jan 29, 2:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart45 min
Jan 29, 2:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange38 min
Jan 29, 9:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMarshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke59 min
Jan 29, 9:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Noble61 min
Jan 29, 1:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall20 min
Jan 29, 1:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko32 min
Jan 29, 2:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben28 min
Jan 29, 2:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko26 min
Jan 29, 4:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXMiami, Wabash, Whitley30 min
Jan 29, 2:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph26 min
Jan 29, 2:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXBranch29 min

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