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Small Craft Advisory 90, NWS Northern Indiana

December 16, 2013

NWS Northern Indiana issued this small craft advisory at Dec 16, 2013, 10:57 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2013, 10:57 PM EST (03:57 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 17, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 9 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 Dec 16, 6:58 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 6:58 PM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 3:55 PM EST, 7 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
355 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

INZ003>009-014-016>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-
172100-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-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...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...
WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
355 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013 /255 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW WILL MOVE IN FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 30.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY AGAIN ON TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN OPEN RURAL AREAS.

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. THE EXACT TRACK AND
TIMING REMAINS UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

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

INZ012-013-015-020-022>027-032>034-172100-
STARKE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...
PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND
355 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013 /255 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY AGAIN ON TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN OPEN RURAL AREAS.

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. THE EXACT TRACK AND
TIMING REMAINS UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-172100-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
355 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY MORNING
INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

PBM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 16, 9:42 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 16, 9:54 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 16, 10:06 PM EST, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 16, 10:07 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 16, 10:08 PM EST, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 16, 10:17 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1017 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

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

1012 PM     SNOW             1 N NORTH MANCHESTER    41.01N  85.77W
12/16/2013  M2.0 INCH        WABASH             IN   PUBLIC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 4:01 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 3 more	15 hr
Dec 17, 4:14 AM EST	Gale Warning	IWX		15 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.