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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

March 24, 201310 counties in Indiana; Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Mar 24, 2013, 4:47 AM EDT for 10 counties in Indiana; Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It took effect at Mar 24, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr. 49 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2013, 4:47 AM EDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2013, 11:57 AM EDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Allen County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 24, 10:30 AM EDTSNOW 2Hartford City, IN1.75 INCHES OF SNOW FROM 850 AM TO 950 AM. 2 INCHES WHEN SNOW ENDED AT 1030AM.
Mar 24, 9:31 PM EDTSNOW 1.5Logansport, IN
Mar 24, 9:34 PM EDTSNOW 1.5Marion, INESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES SO FAR
Mar 24, 9:43 PM EDTSNOW 32 Wsw Peru, IN
Mar 24, 9:46 PM EDTSNOW 1Hartford City, INESTIMATED OVER 1 INCH
Mar 24, 9:53 PM EDTSNOW 1Twelve Mile, IN
Mar 24, 9:59 PM EDTSNOW 2Upland, INESTIMATED 2 INCHES IN 2 HOURS
Mar 24, 10:15 PM EDTSNOW 52 Wsw Peru, INSNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE 715 PM.
Mar 24, 10:16 PM EDTSNOW 5Hartford City, INSTORM TOTAL SNOW DEPTH SO FAR.
Mar 24, 10:30 PM EDTSNOW 5.5Marion, IN
Mar 24, 10:54 PM EDTSNOW 4.5W Peru, IN
Mar 24, 11:05 PM EDTSNOW 0.5Van Wert, OHTHUNDER SNOW. SO FAR ONLY A FEW TENTHS IN PAST 20 MIN..BUT RATE IS INCREASING
Mar 24, 11:06 PM EDTSNOW 7.52 Wsw Peru, INSTORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING HARD.
Mar 24, 11:18 PM EDTSNOW 4Bluffton, IN
Mar 24, 11:20 PM EDTSNOW 4.5Monticello, INSNOW DEPTH SO FAR. REPORT RELAYED BY WSBT.
Mar 24, 11:20 PM EDTSNOW 6.2Lafayette, OH
Mar 24, 11:30 PM EDTSNOW 7Marion, IN
Mar 24, 11:33 PM EDTSNOW 1Van Wert, OHTHUNDER SNOW CONTINUES. CURRENT RATE NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR
Mar 25, 12:00 AM EDTSNOW 5.7Bluffton, IN
Mar 25, 12:23 AM EDTSNOW 8Marion, INSNOW DEPTH SO FAR. ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE.
Mar 25, 12:47 AM EDTSNOW 62 E Markle, IN
Mar 25, 12:52 AM EDTSNOW 3.2Elida, OHSNOW DEPTH ACCUMULATED OVER PAST 2.5 HOURS
Mar 25, 1:00 AM EDTSNOW 4Decatur, IN
Mar 25, 2:00 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6.7Bluffton, IN
Mar 25, 5:30 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 8.5Marion, IN
Mar 25, 5:40 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6N Bippus, IN
Mar 25, 6:45 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 9.5Marion, INUPDATED STORM TOTAL
Mar 25, 7:25 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 8.5Roann, IN
Mar 25, 7:35 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 10Marion, IN
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTSNOW 5.3W Huntington, IN
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTSNOW 5.52 Sse Upland, IN
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 71 Se Bluffton, IN
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 72 Ene Logansport, IN
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 7.53 Ne Lima, OH
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 101 Ese Galveston, IN
Mar 25, 8:00 AM EDTSNOW 10.5Nnw Hartford City, IN
Mar 25, 8:10 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 8N Bippus, IN
Mar 25, 8:45 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6Allentown, OH
Mar 25, 8:50 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6.5W Berne, IN
Mar 25, 8:55 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6.51 S Huntington, IN
Mar 25, 8:55 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 7Decatur, IN
Mar 25, 9:30 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 122 Wsw Peru, IN
Mar 25, 9:40 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6.5Van Wert, OH
Mar 25, 9:45 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 6.14 Ese Hartford City, IN
Mar 25, 10:15 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 7.3Huntington, IN
Mar 25, 10:30 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 7.5Twelve Mile, IN
Mar 25, 10:32 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 10Marion, IN
Mar 25, 10:45 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 11.5Marion, IN
Mar 25, 11:30 AM EDTHEAVY SNOW 12Hartford City, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2013-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2013-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

428 
WWUS43 KIWX 240847
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
447 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY
AND THEN CROSS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT.
SNOW...INITIALLY LIGHT...WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO LIMA OHIO LINE. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES
IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. WHILE FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING...
THERE IS STILL SOME LINGERING UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE NORTHERN
EXTENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

OHZ001-002-241000-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.A.0003.130324T1400Z-130325T1800Z/
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON
447 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WATCH. 

&&

$$

INZ020-022>027-032>034-241700-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.130324T1400Z-130325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0002.130324T1400Z-130325T1400Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
447 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10
AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY
   WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL DECREASE
   IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST
   AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARION TO PORTLAND.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED.

 * THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO BE WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD
   POSE A HEALTH HAZARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-241700-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.130324T1400Z-130325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0002.130324T1900Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
447 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
2 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3
PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER
   THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW
   WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL
   LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED.

 * THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO BE WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD 
   POSE A HEALTH HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-241700-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.130324T1400Z-130325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.130324T1600Z-130325T1400Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
447 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 /347 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/
TODAY TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER
   TODAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-241700-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.130324T1400Z-130325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.130324T1900Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
447 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
2 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY LATER
   THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW
   WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL
   LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
084 
WWUS43 KIWX 241601
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1201 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST UP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT.
SNOW... INITIALLY LIGHT...WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO LIMA OHIO LINE. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. WHILE FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING...
THERE IS STILL SOME LINGERING UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE NORTHERN
EXTENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

INZ020-022>027-032>034-250015-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
1201 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
   AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST 
   AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARION TO PORTLAND. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS 
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. 

 * THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO BE WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD 
   POSE A HEALTH HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-250015-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.130324T1900Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
1201 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS 
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. 

 * THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO BE WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD 
   POSE A HEALTH HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-250015-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
1201 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 /1101 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
/9 AM CDT/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-250015-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.130324T1900Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
1201 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING... BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
223 
WWUS43 KIWX 241854
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO
LIMA OHIO LINE. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS
LINE WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD.

INZ020-022>027-032>034-250300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
   EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST 
   AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARION TO PORTLAND. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS 
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-250300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.130324T1900Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
   EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS 
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-250300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 /154 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
/9 AM CDT/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
   EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-250300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.130324T1900Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY THIS
   EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING... BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
997 
WWUS43 KIWX 250105
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
905 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO
LIMA OHIO LINE WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE WITH LITTLE
ACCUMULATION ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.

INZ020-022>027-032>034-250915-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
905 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
   THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
   FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST
   AMOUNTS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO
   WABASH TO BLUFFTON INDIANA. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
   POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THIS LINE.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS 
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-250915-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
905 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE THIS
   EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT
   HOURS. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT
   ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY MONDAY.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS 
   THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-250915-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
905 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 /805 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
/9 AM CDT/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS 
   EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL 
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT 
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-250915-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
905 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TOWARD
   MIDNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED 
   ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
703 
WWUS43 KIWX 250455
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1255 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE WEST VIRGINIA
PANHANDLE BY MIDDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS...THEN TAPER THROUGH THE
DAYTIME HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE VERY
EARLY MORNING HOURS.

TWO AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL THROUGH 3 AM EDT ARE EXPECTED. THE
FIRST AREA IS ALONG THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY IN
NORTHWEST OHIO. THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE UNTIL 130
AM EDT...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR RATES AND THUNDERSNOW
POSSIBLE. THEREAFTER...THE EXTREME SNOWFALL RATES WILL TAPER. THE
SECOND AREA WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY ACROSS GRANT...BLACKFORD AND
JAY COUNTIES. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSNOW AS WELL THROUGH 4 AM EDT...BEFORE
DIMINISHING.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR IN NORTHWEST
OHIO...AND A SECOND SWATH OF THE DEEPEST AMOUNTS ACROSS
GRANT...BLACKFORD AND JAY COUNTIES. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREAS...MUCH
LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ONLY LITTLE
ACCUMULATION ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.

INZ020-022>027-032>034-251300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
1255 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
   HEAVIEST SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL
   DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY DAYBREAK.

 * SNOWFALL RATES...SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY
   PERSIST FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9
   INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ROUGHLY
   ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO BLUFFTON
   INDIANA. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THIS
   LINE.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS RESULTED IN SNOW COVERED
   ROADS WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES
   OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
   DAYBREAK. 

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH
   HAZARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-251300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
1255 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW DURING THE
   VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL
   DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK...THOUGH ADDITIONAL LIGHT
   ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL MIDDAY. 

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9
   INCHES BY MIDDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ROUTE 30
   CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAVE RESULTED IN SNOW COVERED
   ROADS WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES
   OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
   DAYBREAK. 

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH
   HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-251300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
1255 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013 /1155 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
/9 AM CDT/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...THOUGH DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY
   DAYBREAK. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. 

IMPACTS...

 * SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
   CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-251300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
1255 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT
MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW DURING THE EARLY
   MORNING HOURS. THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH
   TOWARD DAYBREAK...THOUGH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
   EXPECTED UNTIL MIDDAY.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. 

IMPACTS...

 * SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
   CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
965 
WWUS43 KIWX 251049
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
649 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OHIO THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN TODAY...IN DEFERENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AN INTENSE STORM OFF THE NORTHEAST COASTLINE. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING
HOURS...THOUGH THE EXTREME SNOWFALL RATES HAVE ENDED. 

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR IN NORTHWEST OHIO...AND A
SECOND SWATH OF THE DEEPER AMOUNTS ACROSS GRANT...BLACKFORD AND
JAY COUNTIES. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY
AREA. NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREAS...MUCH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH ONLY LITTLE ACCUMULATION ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. 

MOST ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREA ARE SNOW COVERED...
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. BE
SAFE...DO NOT DRIVE FASTER THAN THE CONDITIONS.


INZ020-022>027-032>034-251400-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
649 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY
   THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 
   INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ROUGHLY 
   ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO 
   BLUFFTON INDIANA. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH 
   OF THIS LINE. 

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
   CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
   WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DAYBREAK.

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH 
   HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-251800-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
649 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY
   THROUGH MIDDDAY.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 
   INCHES BY MIDDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ROUTE 30 
   CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED. 

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
   CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
   WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DAYBREAK.

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH
   HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-251400-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1400Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
649 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013 /549 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT
/9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY
   THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
   CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-251800-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
649 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY
   THROUGH MIDDAY.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES BY MIDDAY.

IMPACTS...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY
   THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
684 
WWUS43 KIWX 251343
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
943 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...

.SNOW BANDS HAVE REMAINED PERSISTENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF
OF OUR AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE WARNING AREA WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. 1 TO 3 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES WAS
OBSERVED IN THE ADVISORY AREA WITH AROUND AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREAS...LESS THAN
HALF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. 

MOST ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREA ARE SNOW COVERED...
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME ON THE ROADWAYS. BE SAFE...DO NOT
DRIVE FASTER THAN THE CONDITIONS.

INZ020-022>027-032>034-251600-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1600Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
943 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING
   HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON 

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES
   POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
   ROUGHLY ALONG INTERSTATE 69. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
   POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
   CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES 
   WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. 

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH 
   HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-251800-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
943 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND
   GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
   LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR ARE
   EXPECTED.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
   CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
   WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH 
   HAZARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-251600-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1600Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN
943 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013 /843 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT /11 AM
CDT/ TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT
/11 AM CDT/ TODAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN 
   INTENSITY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. 

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW
   POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. 

IMPACTS...

 * SOME ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED WHICH WILL KEEP TRAVEL
   CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-251800-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
943 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY
   BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
   POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON.

IMPACTS...

  * SOME ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED WHICH WILL KEEP TRAVEL
    CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
049 
WWUS43 KIWX 251557
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO
EAST. A HEAVY SNOW BAND LOCATED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69
COULD DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THIS BAND IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST AND DISSIPATE BY MID
AFTERNOON. 

INZ025>027-032>034-252100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.130325T1600Z-130325T2100Z/
HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
   AFTERNOON

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES
   POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE
   EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
   AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...

 * SOME ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
   VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE
   FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH 
   HAZARD. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-252100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.130325T1600Z-130325T2100Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
  AFTERNOON

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES
   HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE
   THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
   AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
   POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...

 * SOME ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
  VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE
  FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

 * THE SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY. SHOVELING COULD POSE A HEALTH
   HAZARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

INZ020-022>024-251700-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130325T1600Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 *SNOW IS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA.

IMPACTS...
 *5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX 
   FOR MORE INFORMATION. 

&&

$$

INZ018-252100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.130325T1600Z-130325T2100Z/
ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
   AFTERNOON

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES
   POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE
   EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
   AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

IMPACTS...

 * SOME ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED WHICH WILL KEEP TRAVEL 
   CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

OHZ004-005-015-016-252100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0009.130325T1600Z-130325T2100Z/
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN 
   INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 

 * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 
   INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 
   POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. 

IMPACTS...

 * SOME ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED WHICH WILL KEEP TRAVEL 
   CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

INZ008-009-012>017-251700-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130325T1600Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY
1157 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013 /1057 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELED
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOWFALL IS COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA.


IMPACTS...

 * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX 
   FOR MORE INFORMATION. 

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 storm warning went out at Mar 24, 1:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 1:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
140 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

.AVIATION... /06 UTC TAFS/
DVLPG WINTER STORM NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MS RVR WL BEGIN NNWED PUSH
THRU ERN TN BY MIDDAY AND INTO THE MID OH VLY BY 00 UTC MON. HVST
SNOWFALL RATES/PROLONGED LIFR CONDS LKLY TO RMN SOUTH OF KFWA
AIRFIELD...THOUGH SUFFICIENT CONCERN ATTM FOR DOMINATE LIFR MET
CONDS AS OUTLOOK IN 02-06 UTC TIMEFRAME. LESSER CONFIDENCE NWD AT
KSBN...THOUGH APPEARS SUFFICIENT MSTR/LIFT FOR AT LEAST SLIGHT
REDUCTIONS BY EVENING AS SUBCLOUD LYR SATURATES. ALTHOUGH SYSTEM
TRACK FOR LESSER LIFT/BULK MSTR TO LKLY LIMIT AMOUNTS/INTENSITY/
DURATION.

&&

.UPDATE...
MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS MID LEVEL
HEIGHT MINIMUM KICKS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. PREVIOUS FORECAST
HAS THIS INCREASING CLOUD TREND HANDLED WELL...AND ONLY TWEAK TO
NEAR TERM WAS TO REDUCE SKY COVER THIS EVENING. LIMITED DIURNAL
SWING OVERNIGHT STILL APPEARS REASONABLE DUE TO TIGHTENING SFC
GRADIENT AND INCREASING CLOUD COVER...THUS NO MAJOR CHANGES TO
PREVIOUS MIN TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. MAY INCREASE MINS JUST
A SHADE ACROSS ESPECIALLY WEST/SOUTHWEST WHERE THICKER MID CLOUD
COVER IS EXPECTED TOWARD MORNING.

TREND IN 12Z CONSENSUS GUIDANCE OF A MORE SOUTHERLY SUPPRESSED
EVOLUTION WITH SUNDAY/MONDAY SYSTEM CONTINUES WITH 18Z
DETERMINSITIC/15Z SREF SOLUTIONS. THIS LENDS TO SOME CONTINUED LOW
CONFIDENCE ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ESPECIALLY ACROSS NRN HALF OF
WATCH AREA. WITH GREATEST POTENTIAL IMPACTS STILL NOT EXPECTED
UNTIL THE SUNDAY EVENING PERIOD...WILL HOLD WITH PREVIOUS WINTER
STORM WATCH HEADLINE THIS EVENING GIVEN POOR SHORT TERM MODEL RUN TO
RUN AND DIFFICULTIES GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE HAVING RESOLVING UPPER
SPEED MAX DIVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THIS TROUGH ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES. DID CONSIDER DELAYING WATCH ONSET
TIME...BUT ISENTROPIC PROGS STILL SUPPORT POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT SNOW
OVERSPREADING SOUTHERN AREAS SUNDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER...NORTHERN/NORTHEAST PORTINOS OF WATCH AREA MAY BE
A BIT DELAYED IN -SN ONSET SUNDAY.

UPDATED FORECAST TO BE SENT THIS EVENING MAINLY TO ACCOUNT FOR
CURRENT SKY/TEMP TRENDS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 805 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013/

AVIATION...
00Z TAFS...MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BRING CONTINUED SUBSIDENCE
TO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS INITIALLY THIS
EVENING WILL VEER MORE EAST NORTHEAST IN RESPONSE TO SFC PRESSURE
FALLS ACROSS THE PLAINS. GRADIENT TO STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT WHICH
SHOULD SUPPORTS SOME GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS TOWARD MORNING...AND TO
AROUND 25 KNOTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN TERMS OF SKY COVER...HAVE
DELAYED ONSET OF MVFR CIGS TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO INITIALLY
DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE. HOWEVER SOME PATCHY STRATOCU REDEVELOPMENT
CANNOT BE COMPLETELY DISCOUNTED AS BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS
TONIGHT...BUT PROBABILITIES APPEAR TO BE TOO LOW TO MENTION LOW
CIGS AT THIS TIME. INCREASING DIFFLUENCE ALOFT WITH THE APPROACH
OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE SHOULD ALLOW FOR NORTHEAST
EXPANSION OF -SN DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AT
TERMINALS...WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING MORE SIGNIFICANTLY JUST
AFTER THIS FORECAST PERIOD WHEN HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED AND IFR
CONDS BECOME MORE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AT KFWA.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013/

SHORT TERM...
INTENSE WINTER STORM OVR THE CO ROCKIES THIS AFTN HEADLINES THE
DOWNSTREAM THREAT THIS PD AS IT HEADS OUT THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS AND
THEN NEWD THROUGH THE OH VALLEY.

00Z GUIDANCE HAD FINALLY NARROWED TWD A CONCILIATORY CONSENSUS TRACK
OF STACKED/DEEP MID LVL CIRC FM ERN MO SUN AFTN ENE INTO SWRN OH BY
MON AM. HWVR 12Z GUIDANCE ACRS THE BOARD HAD BROKE SHARPLY SWD FM
PRIOR WELL ALIGNED 00Z CONSENSUS TRACK. IN ADDN AND OF MORE
PROBLEMATIC NOTE IN LATEST 12Z HIGHRES GUIDANCE IS LACK OF NWD
MOISTENING SEEN DURING THE DAY SUN AHD OF EJECTING SHARP MID LVL
TROUGH TIED TO MODELED EXPLOSION OF CONVN THROUGH THE TN VALLEY
INVOF OF SFC WMFNTL BNDRY AND SWD ALG SFC CDFNT DOWN TO THE GOMEX.
INDIVIDUAL DETERMINISTIC SOLUTIONS LIKE THE GFS LOOK CONVECTIVELY
CONTAMINATED BY SUN MORNING OVR THE OZARK PLATEAU AND DEEMED SUSPECT
AFT THAT. HWVR GROSS MULTI-MODEL SWD SHIFT LOOKS LEGIT PER STG UPR
SPEED MAX SWWD OF CO WAVE AND MORE LIKELY TO DIG SYS FURTHER SOUTH
THAN PREV SHOWN. AS SUCH AND IN EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS
DEFINITIVE...WILL START WHITTLING DOWN AT LEAST NRN EXTENT OF POPS
AND SLOW EWD ARRIVAL AS DRY ENTRAINMENT ASSOCD/W DEEPENING ERLY LL
FLW DELAYS TOP DOWN SATURATION TIL AFTN WEST TO ERLY EVE EAST.
STILL CONTD EGREGIOUS SHIFTS AS SEEN IN SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS YIELDS
ONGOING AND CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY. THUS WILL STAND PAT W/EXISTING
HEADLINES GIVEN PROXIMITY OF SHARP N-S QPF GRADIENT AND IN
CONSIDERATION OF BUST POTENTIAL EITHER WAY YET JIMMY A A FEW NW OHIO
COUNTIES INTO THE POTENTIAL HIGHER ACCUM SRN WSW SEGMENT.

COASTAL HANDOFF XPCD BY MON AFTN AS STG SRN PLAINS UPR JET DRIVES
TWD THE WRN ATL AND XPC WRN BOUND OF DECAYING MID LVL CIRC AND
ASSOCD LL TROWAL WILL BREAK DOWN QUICKLY INTO LIGHT SNOW.
TEMPS THROUGH THE PD CONTD WELL BLO NORMAL.

LONG TERM...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD CONTINUE
OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
TROF EXTENDS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION FROM THE EAST
COAST. HOWEVER...MID LEVELS SHOULD START TO WARM AND DRY OUT. DELTA
T VALUES WILL BE MARGINAL...BUT WILL HAVE A FAVORABLE LAKE
TRAJECTORY TO SUPPORT A WEAK LAKE RESPONSE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. THEREFORE...KEPT LOW CHANCES FOR SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FINALLY START TO RECOVER LATE IN THE
WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. KEPT
THE REST OF THE PERIOD DRY. TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING WITH
SOME LINGERING SNOW COVER LIKELY...AT LEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN 2/3RDS
OF THE AREA. HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN TEMPERATURES IN THIS
REGARD. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...THE GFS HAS TRENDED COLDER
WITH THE 00Z MEAN ENSEMBLE MOS TEMPS. THIS TREND APPEARS ON
TRACK...SO HAVE ENDEAVORED TO FOLLOW WITH COOL/COOLER TEMPERATURES
LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

MI...NONE.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.

LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
     LMZ043-046.

&&

SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...SKIPPER
AVIATION...MURPHY
UPDATE...BENTLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 5:20 AM EDT, 23 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
520 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013

INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
024-025-240930-
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
520 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /420 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. PLEASE
SEE OUR LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

&&

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

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-240930-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE
520 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /420 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON
SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY...SPREADING LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE
REGION. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK...BUT
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-240930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
520 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

The office that day

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

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