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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 21, 2014

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 21, 2014, 3:43 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2014, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 21, 2014, 12:52 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow advisory went out at Jan 21, 1:07 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 1:07 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 5:02 AM EST, 22 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
502 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014

INZ005>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-211015-
ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-
GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...
ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...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...
DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
502 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN INDIANA AND
MICHIGAN. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WILL DROP SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION
BRINGING PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL BE
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

A SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE REGION WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE TEENS AND LOWS BELOW
ZERO IN MANY SPOTS TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ003-004-012-014-MIZ077-211015-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-MARSHALL-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
502 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014 /402 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WITH AN INTENSE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BAND POTENTIALLY WORKING INTO WESTERN LA PORTE...WESTERN
STARKE...AND FAR SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTIES BY LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON TUESDAY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

A SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE REGION WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE TEENS AND LOWS BELOW
ZERO IN MANY SPOTS TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-211015-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
502 AM EST MON JAN 20 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 1:34 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 1:59 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 8 more7 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Indiana, 2014Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Michigan, 2014Every lake effect snow advisory 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.