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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

October 6, 2014Noble County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2014, 4:56 PM EDT for Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2014, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

County Noble County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 6, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 8:56 AM EDT, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
856 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-071300-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-
PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-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...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
856 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2014 /756 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY MIDDAY INTO
THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-071300-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
856 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER PERIOD OF HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:22 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:31 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 4:32 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 4:33 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 4:43 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
456 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014

INZ008-009-062145-
DE KALB IN-NOBLE IN-
456 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHERN WHITLEY...
SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB AND SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTIES...

AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF AVILLA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
TRI-LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GARRETT...
  AVILLA...
  GREEN CENTER...
  EGE...
  SWAN...LISBON AND LAOTTO...
  ALTONA...CORUNNA AND BUTLER CENTER...

LAT...LON 4129 8510 4127 8554 4129 8554 4129 8556
      4135 8558 4147 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 255DEG 24KT 4131 8547

MARSILI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 5:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		72 hr
Oct 6, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	42 min
Oct 6, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Noble	30 min
Oct 6, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Steuben	40 min
Oct 6, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	37 min
Oct 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Fulton	40 min
Oct 6, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	55 min
Oct 6, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Wabash, Whitley	42 min
Oct 6, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Kosciusko	23 min
Oct 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Allen	38 min
Oct 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Noble	29 min
Oct 6, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	DeKalb	51 min
Oct 6, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Putnam	42 min
Oct 6, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Van Buren	30 min
Oct 6, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Saint Joseph	25 min
Oct 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Cass	43 min
Oct 6, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Hillsdale	22 min

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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.