Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2013, 11:38 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Dec 13, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. 60 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
- Dec 13, 2013, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 29 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 12:10 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Van Wert, OH | TOTAL SO FAR. SMALL SNOW FLAKES. ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. |
| Dec 14, 1:56 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Lima, OH | |
| Dec 14, 1:57 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Paulding, OH | |
| Dec 14, 2:01 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Hartford City, IN | |
| Dec 14, 2:02 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Oakwood, OH | |
| Dec 14, 2:13 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Delphos, OH | |
| Dec 14, 2:40 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Plymouth, IN | TOTAL SO FAR. ROUGHLY AN INCH NEW SINCE 2 AM |
| Dec 14, 4:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Columbus Grove, OH | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Dec 14, 4:04 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Akron, IN | TOTAL SO FAR |
| Dec 14, 5:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | North Manchester, IN | |
| Dec 14, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Sw Millersburg, IN | SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES |
| Dec 14, 6:24 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 N Woodburn, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ne Auburn, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 N Angola, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Nnw Logansport, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ene Bluffton, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ne Fairmount, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 5 Sw Portland, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.1 | 4 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.3 | Gas City, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.4 | 4 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Dec 14, 7:45 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Hartford City, IN | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 E Logansport, IN | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Galveston, IN | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Lima, OH | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Elkhart, IN | |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Middlebury, IN | |
| Dec 14, 8:15 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Nappanee, IN | |
| Dec 14, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Marion, IN | |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Sw North Judson, IN | |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Columbus Grove, OH | PERIODIC FREEZING DRIZZLE REPORTED AS WELL. |
| Dec 14, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.2 | Lagrange, IN | |
| Dec 14, 9:45 AM EST | SNOW 4.3 | Angola, IN | |
| Dec 14, 9:49 AM EST | SNOW 3.2 | Jimtown, IN | |
| Dec 14, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 Sw Millersburg, IN | 2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 AM. |
| Dec 14, 10:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Dec 14, 10:45 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Tyner, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Pleasant Lake, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.1 | Marion, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:15 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Bryan, OH | |
| Dec 14, 11:36 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Hartford City, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:37 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 7 N Huntington, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:39 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Francesville, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:43 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Dec 14, 11:45 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Florida, OH | |
| Dec 14, 11:45 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Wolcottville, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:48 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Francesville, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:48 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Butler, IN | |
| Dec 14, 11:59 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Warren, IN | |
| Dec 14, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Kimmell, IN | |
| Dec 14, 12:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lagrange, IN | |
| Dec 14, 12:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 1 N Bluffton, IN | |
| Dec 14, 12:44 PM EST | SNOW 4.7 | Marion, IN | |
| Dec 14, 12:45 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Dec 14, 12:47 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Leipsic, OH | |
| Dec 14, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.9 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 14, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Logansport, IN | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 14, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 5.6 | Ossian, IN | |
| Dec 14, 1:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Francesville, 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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KIWX 131638 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1138 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KNOX TO AUBURN INDIANA AND WAUSEON OHIO. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-140045- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.131214T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0003.131214T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ 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...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...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...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1138 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /1038 AM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR OR SOUTH OF US ROUTE 6 ACROSS INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ007-MIZ081-140045- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.131214T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ STEUBEN-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1138 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ003>006-MIZ077>080-140045- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.131214T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 1138 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /1038 AM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 6 WITH THE LOWER END AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KIWX 140028 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 728 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 ...WINTER STORM TARGETS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO... .SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KNOX TO AUBURN INDIANA AND WAUSEON OHIO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 024-025-141000- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ 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...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...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...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 728 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /628 PM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...REACHING NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR OR SOUTH OF US ROUTE 6 ACROSS INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ007-MIZ081-141000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ STEUBEN-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 728 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ003>006-MIZ077>080-141000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 728 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /628 PM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 6 WITH THE LOWER END AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 140931 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 431 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY... .PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING. IN ADDITION...WARMER AIR MAY BRIEFLY ARRIVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO...RESULTING IN THE CHANCE FOR SLEET AND LIMITING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KNOX TO AUBURN INDIANA AND WAUSEON OHIO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A MORE NORTHWESTWARD TREND IN THE HEAVIER SNOW MAY OCCUR. THOSE TRAVELLING TODAY SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS. INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>026-032-033-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 141745- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- 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...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 431 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /331 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...BRINGING TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ027-034-OHZ016-024-025-141745- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ ADAMS-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECATUR...BERNE...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 431 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 9 INCHES. IF SLEET DOES OCCUR...THEN OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE REDUCED. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ007-MIZ081-141745- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ STEUBEN-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 431 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ003>006-MIZ077>080-141745- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 431 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /331 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 6 WITH THE LOWER END AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 141259 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 759 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY... .PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING. IN ADDITION...WARMER AIR MAY BRIEFLY ARRIVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO...RESULTING IN THE CHANCE FOR SLEET AND LIMITING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KNOX TO AUBURN INDIANA AND WAUSEON OHIO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A MORE NORTHWESTWARD TREND IN THE HEAVIER SNOW MAY OCCUR. THOSE TRAVELLING TODAY SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS. INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>026-032-033-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 142100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- 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...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 759 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /659 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...BRINGING TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ027-034-OHZ016-024-025-142100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ ADAMS-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECATUR...BERNE...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 759 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 9 INCHES. IF SLEET DOES OCCUR...THEN OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE ON THE LOWER END OF THESE TOTALS. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-142100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ 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...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 759 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /659 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 6 WITH THE LOWER END AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KIWX 141438 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 938 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPANDED NORTH... .HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED UP TO THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE LINE. MORNING REPORTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS FAR NORTH AS THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THIS REGION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION...WARMER AIR MAY BRIEFLY ARRIVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO...RESULTING IN THE CHANCE FOR SLEET AND LIMITING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THOSE TRAVELLING TODAY SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS. INZ003>007-142245- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT 938 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /838 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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>018-020-022>026-032-033-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 142245- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- 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...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE 938 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /838 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...BRINGING TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$ INZ027-034-OHZ016-024-025-142245- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ ADAMS-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECATUR...BERNE...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 938 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. IF SLEET DOES OCCUR...THEN OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE ON THE LOWER END OF THIS RANGE. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ077>081-142245- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 938 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE INDIANA STATE LINE. * ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW. * USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. 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. && $$
000
WWUS43 KIWX 142036
WSWIWX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
336 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013
...WINTER STORM COMING TO AN END...
.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. SNOW MAY STILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FOR A FEW
HOURS OVER EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO BEFORE ENDING. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
WARNING AND 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER EASTERN AREAS...WHICH INCLUDES
NORTHWEST OHIO. LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES.
TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE IN THE WARNING AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN
THE ADVISORY.
INZ003-004-012>015-020-022-142145-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE-
CASS IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER
336 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 /236 PM CST SAT DEC 14 2013/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT SNOW IS STILL OCCURRING BUT WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND
END. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY A HALF
INCH OR LESS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
&&
$$
INZ005>009-016>018-023>026-032-033-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-150000-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/
ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...
LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...
MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...
BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE
336 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH
THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO.
TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE
HEAVY SNOW.
* USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A
VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY.
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.
&&
$$
INZ027-034-OHZ016-024-025-150000-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/
ADAMS-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECATUR...BERNE...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...
OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...
OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
336 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL
STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE.
* THE SNOW MAY STILL BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE
AT TIMES.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE
HEAVY SNOW.
* USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A
VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
&&
$$
MIZ077>081-150000-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE
336 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES.
* ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW.
* USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A
VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY.
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.
&&
$$000 WWUS43 KIWX 150014 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 714 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORMS ENDS... .LOW PRESSURE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING. ANY LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. OUTSIDE OF LAKE EFFECT REGIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM THIS WINTER STORM. SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD SNOW TOTALS RANGED FROM 5 TO NEARLY 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-150115- /O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 714 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND FINAL SNOWFALL TOTAL REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ077>081-150115- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-131215T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 714 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND FINAL SNOWFALL TOTAL 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 Dec 13, 4:15 AM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 4:15 AM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
415 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 411 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE FIRST FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
THE WEEKEND...BRINGING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE
REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO
THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 TODAY WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE 20S
TONIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 411 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
...BIGGEST SYNOPTIC SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT
36 HOURS...
PERIOD WILL START OUT QUIET AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS SE OF THE REGION
AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE APPROACHING WAVE FROM THE SW.
PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY RAPIDLY BREAKING OUT ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS
INTO OKLAHOMA (INCLUDING SOME LIGHTNING) IN RESPONSE TO THE STRONG
BUT COMPACT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE 4 CORNERS REGION. THIS WILL
EJECT QUICKLY TOWARDS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO
VALLEY. MODELS ALL WELL PAST SORTING OUT IF IT WILL OCCUR OR
NOT...AND NOW BEGINNING TO CONVERGE SOMEWHAT ON QPF POTENTIAL AND
SUBSEQUENT SNOWFALL. SEVERAL THINGS TO LOOK AT TO DETERMINE HOW THIS
WILL UNFOLD. 1) A FEW OF THE HIGH RES MODELS ARE POINTING TOWARDS
MORE OF A SEMI CLOSED 700 MB LOW WHICH TRACKS OVER PORTIONS OF THE
CWA (TYPICALLY THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TENDS TO FALL ALONG ITS TRACK).
PAST SOLUTIONS HAVE WEAKENED THIS FEATURE ALLOWING FOR LESSER
AMOUNTS. 2) OVERALL DURATION OF PRECIP LOOKS TO BE OVER AN 18 TO 24
HOUR PERIOD WITH MODERATE TO POSSIBLY LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE
9Z TO 15Z WINDOW AS COMBINATION OF FORCING FROM SOUTHWARD MOVING
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...APPROACHING WAVE AND INDICATIONS OF A INVERTED
TROUGH AS THE LOW BEGINS TO PHASE AND SHIFT EAST. 3) EXACT SNOW
RATIOS WILL ALSO PLAY A FACTOR WITH AMOUNT OF WARM AIR INTRUSION
POSSIBLY REDUCING OVERALL RATIO SOMEWHAT. THAT BEING SAID WE ARE
ONLY TALKING A RANGE OF 11:1 TO 16:1 WHICH ISNT A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IN THE BIG PICTURE.
AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES...HEADLINES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR THIS PACKAGE BUT
SEVERAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO GRIDS. OVERALL QPF HAS BEEN
INCREASED TO MATCH A BLEND OF HIRES ECMWF/SREF/LOCAL WRF AND SOME
CONTRIBUTION FROM GFS/NAM. USING THIS...OVERALL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
HAVE INCREASED ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANKAKEE IL TO WARSAW
IN TO WAUSEON OH LINE. USING A CONSERVATIVE (AND CLIMO BASED) SNOW
RATIO OF 12:1 YIELDS A GENERAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER A 24 HOUR
PERIOD (00Z SAT TO 00Z SUN). THIS WOULD PLACE PORTIONS OF THE AREA
ON THE CUSP OF NEEDING A WARNING (GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE
24). WHILE SOME DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE ON UPGRADING...DONT WANT TO
LOCK THINGS IN JUST YET AS FINER DETAILS STILL NEED TO BE SORTED
OUT. GREATER DETAIL IN ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF PRECIP ALSO ADDED
WITH POPS INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT DURING BEST WINDOW OF 9 TO 18Z
SAT. WSW WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW TOTALS AND MAY ADD SOME
FURTHER DELINEATION OF GROUPINGS WITH BEST POTENTIAL.
&&
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 411 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
ACTIVE NOAM FLW REGIME SHOWS NO SIGNS OF BREAKING THIS PD AND BEYOND.
OF NOTE EARLY ON IS SECONDARY JET STREAK WRAPPING THROUGH SW FLANK
OF DVLPG NRN STREAM CUTOFF OVR NEW ENGLAND SUN NIGHT W/DECIDED
PREFERENCE TWD GEM/EC APPROXIMATION. OTRWS SECONDARY NRN STREAM SW
WRAPS UP WWD OF JAMES BAY LT MON AND WILL DRIVE ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW
ACRS LWR MI AND OF WHICH MAY CLIP NE HALF. WILL HOLD W/ALL BLEND
WHICH SERVES AS AN INTERMEDIATE SOLUTION GIVEN SOME SPREAD ALOFT
NOTED IN MED RANGE GUIDANCE.
OTRWS NOTABLE MODERATION ALBEIT IT BRIEF SLATED LT PD IN ASSOCN/W
EWD PROGRESSION OF FULL LAT TROUGHING ACRS THE CONUS. THIS SYS BEARS
CONSIDERABLE WATCHING AS WE HEAD TWD XMAS. LONGER TERM MEANS PORTEND
CROSS POLAR FLW SETTING UP AGAIN ON/AFT XMAS W/A SURGE OF BITTERLY
COLD AIR INTO THE NRN US LIKELY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1238 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
THE FIRST HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD WILL BE RATHER UNEVENTFUL WITH
VFR CONDITIONS AT BOTH SITES AS WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF LOW
PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH.
HAVE BACKED OFF ON ARRIVAL OF MVFR CIGS AT KSBN IN RESPONSE TO
SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT AS MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND A BIT SLOWER
WITH THIS FEATURE ARRIVING. MAIN FOCUS WILL BE WITH ONSET OF SNOW
TONIGHT WITH RAPID ONSET OF SNOW IN THE 3 TO 6Z WINDOW AND SIMILAR
FLGT CONDITIONS AT BOTH SITES. AFTER 6Z AND WELL INTO THE NEXT
DAY...IFR/POSSIBLE LIFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL ARRIVE WITH MAIN FOCUS
POINTING TOWARDS KFWA WHERE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY OCCUR. FURTHER
DETAILS WILL BE ADDED IN LATER FORECASTS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO
7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-
022>027-032>034.
MI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...FISHER
SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM...T
AVIATION...FISHER
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:16 AM EST, 7 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 416 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-141000- STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS- GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...HILLSDALE...BRYAN... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP... OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 416 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /316 AM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TAKES EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS WEST TO EAST FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN THEIR REPORTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ003>006-MIZ077>080-141000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER 416 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /316 AM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TAKES EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS WEST TO EAST FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN THEIR REPORTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-141000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 416 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY. && 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 7:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.