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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Northern Indiana

March 4, 201321 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm watch at Mar 4, 2013, 4:14 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 5, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2013, 4:14 AM EST (09:14 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 4, 2013, 4:12 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

All 30 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, Cass County, MI, 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 4, 1:58 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 1:58 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 4:10 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		48 hr
Mar 4, 4:12 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Elkhart, Fulton and 12 more	36 hr
Mar 4, 4:12 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben	34 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Indiana, 2013 Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2013 Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2013 Every winter storm watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.