Alert archive / Indiana / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this blizzard warning at Jan 5, 2014, 7:16 PM EST for 10 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 5, 2014, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 6 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
- Jan 5, 2014, 7:16 PM EST (00:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2014, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 6:59 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 2 Nw Marion, IN | |
| Jan 5, 8:08 PM EST | SNOW 10 | Akron, IN | |
| Jan 5, 8:58 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Wolcott, IN | I65 NB AND SB CLOSED BETWEEN MM 185 AND 200 |
| Jan 5, 9:09 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Mexico, IN | |
| Jan 5, 10:10 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 9.6 | Millersburg, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 5, 10:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Elkhart, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165 WWUS43 KIWX 060016 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 716 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-061200- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.BZ.W.0001.140106T0100Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140108T0100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND 716 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 /616 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH MID EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE BECOMING IMPASSABLE IN MANY AREAS. SNOW EMERGENCIES ARE BEING DECLARED IN MANY COUNTIES. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ077-078-061200- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.BZ.W.0001.140106T0100Z-140106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140108T0100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 716 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE BECOMING IMPASSABLE IN MANY AREAS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ079-061200- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140108T0100Z/ ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON 716 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY TONIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND BECOMING IMPASSABLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ INZ006>009-017-018-025-026-033-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 061200- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140108T0100Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- BLACKFORD-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN... GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE... NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP... MELROSE 716 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE ENDING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY TONIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 7 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND BECOMING IMPASSABLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ INZ027-034-OHZ016-024-025-061200- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.140106T0600Z-140108T0100Z/ 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 716 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY TONIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
2 follow-up statements
967 WWUS43 KIWX 060940 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 440 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 MIZ077-078-061745- /O.EXB.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T0100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 440 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 INCHES. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKESHORE. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP DRASTICALLY TODAY TO BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE TODAY. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW BANDS AND BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DEADLY WIND CHILLS 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. && $$ INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-033-034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-061745- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T0100Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN... GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE...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 440 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE OR RESTRICTED TO SINGLE LANES. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BE PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH DEADLY WIND CHILLS 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-061745- /O.CON.KIWX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T0100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND 440 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 /340 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED BUT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 7AM EST. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH READINGS INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE IN MANY AREAS. SNOW EMERGENCIES HAVE BEEN DECLARED IN MANY COUNTIES. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
440 WWUS43 KIWX 061159 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 659 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 INZ003>005-012>016-020-022>024-032-062000- /O.CAN.KIWX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T0100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND 659 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 /559 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE OR RESTRICTED TO SINGLE LANES. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BE PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH DEADLY WIND CHILLS 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-033-034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-062000- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T0100Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140106T2100Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN... GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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 659 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE OR RESTRICTED TO SINGLE LANES. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BE PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH DEADLY WIND CHILLS 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 4:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IWX | 27 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Indiana, 2014Blizzard Warnings in Michigan, 2014Every blizzard warning in 2014
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.