Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Chill Advisories in 2014
Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 26, 2014, 4:04 PM EST for 8 counties in Ohio; 18 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 27, 2014, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2014, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2014, 12:06 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 26 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 114 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
056 WWUS43 KIWX 262104 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 404 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 ...ARCTIC FRONT TO BRING BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS AND SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR. THE COMBINATION OF THIS COLD AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS NEW SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THURSDAY MORNING. INZ004>007-MIZ077>081-270515- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.140227T0600Z-140227T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 404 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THAT CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. && $$ INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-270515- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0007.140227T0900Z-140227T1800Z/ LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK 404 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 /304 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FALLING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. IMPACTS... * WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
4 follow-up statements
280 WWUS43 KIWX 270318 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1018 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 ...ARCTIC FRONT TO BRING BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS AND SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR. THE COMBINATION OF THIS COLD AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS NEW SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THURSDAY MORNING. INZ004>007-MIZ077>081-271130- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.140227T0600Z-140227T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 1018 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THAT CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. && $$ INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-271130- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0007.140227T0900Z-140227T1800Z/ LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK 1018 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 /918 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. IMPACTS... * WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
070 WWUS43 KIWX 270858 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 358 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...ARCTIC FRONT TO BRING BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS AND SNOW SHOWERS TODAY... .ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT IS CURRENTLY TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF THIS COLD AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO DURING THE MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS NEW SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-271700- /O.EXA.KIWX.WC.Y.0007.140227T0900Z-140227T1800Z/ WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...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...BLUFFTON 358 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. IMPACTS... * WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ004>007-MIZ077>081-271700- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140227T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 358 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO DURING THE MORNING HOURS. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THAT CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. && $$ INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-271700- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0007.140227T0900Z-140227T1800Z/ LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE... 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 358 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 /258 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. IMPACTS... * WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
070 WWUS43 KIWX 271338 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 838 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS AND SNOW SHOWERS TODAY... .VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT WHICH HAS TRACKED THROUGH THE AREA. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS...THIS NEW SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH SOME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 15 BELOW ZERO CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. INZ004>007-MIZ077>081-272145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140227T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 838 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THAT CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. && $$ INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-271800- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/ LA PORTE-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...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE... 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 838 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014 /738 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS TO 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
785 WWUS43 KIWX 271706 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1206 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .OCCASIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WITH THE HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-271815- /O.CAN.KIWX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140227T1800Z/ LA PORTE-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...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE... 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 1206 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014 /1106 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ004>007-MIZ077>081-272200- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140227T2200Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 1206 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH...EXCEPT LOCALIZED 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS WITH THE HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS. * WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 26, 4:02 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 4:02 PM EST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
402 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 357 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014
ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES
AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY BRINGING
BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS FOR
THE FAVORED LAKE EFFECT AREAS ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN INTO EXTREME
NORTHERN INDIANA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT BUT
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE
ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS. VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
FRIDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014
PASSAGE OF NEXT ARCTIC FRONT AND ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS LATE
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL BE THE PRIMARY FORECAST ITEMS FOR THE
SHORT TERM.
BROAD SFC PRESSURE FALLS ON THE ORDER OF 8 MB/3 HOURS EXTEND FROM
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR BACKING WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS
WHICH HAS TAKEN FOCUS FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA TEMPORARILY. SOME SCT-BKN MID CLOUDS SHOULD SKIRT
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING IN
ASSOCIATION WITH WEAKER LEAD DISTURBANCE IN ADVANCE OF MORE
VIGOROUS VORT MAX TO DROP ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME MINOR
ADDITIONAL DEEPENING OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO SFC LOW IS POSSIBLE EARLY
THIS EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR STEADILY STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL
HEIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER
VALLEY. MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TEMPERATURE DROPS THIS EVENING
AS NORTHERN FRINGE OF SFC ANTICYCLONE PASSES ACROSS THE AREA.
TEMPS SHOULD THEN BECOME STEADY OR SLOWLY RISE LATER THIS EVENING
INTO THE EARLY PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT DUE TO STRONG GRADIENT AND
WEAK LOW LEVEL WAA.
FORECAST STILL APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK IN TERMS OF MORE VIGOROUS
UPPER MIDWEST PV ANOMALY DROPPING INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES
TOWARD MORNING...ALLOWING ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT TO SWEEP ACROSS THE
AREA. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT DEPICTING
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA BEING CLIPPED BY MID/UPPER LEVEL
Q-VEC CONVERGENCE...ESPECIALLY IN THE 06Z-09Z TIMEFRAME. COULD SEE A
BAND OF SNOW DEVELOP AT LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER DPVA WITH THIS
FEATURE...ALTHOUGH SYNOPTIC MOISTURE QUITE LACKING AS EVIDENT IN 12Z
KMPX RAOB SO EXPECTING ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN WITH
THIS LEAD SHORT WAVE.
CONCERN WILL THEN SHIFT TO PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING RESULTING IN INCREASED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWER
POTENTIAL ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS THAT MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NAM BUFFER SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST LAKE
INDUCED EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS INCREASING CLOSE TO 10K FT LATE TONIGHT
WITH DEEP LAYER OF STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. LIMITING FACTORS TO
ACCUMULATIONS/ORGANIZATION WILL BE MORE OF A MULTIBAND TYPE SETUP
ALONG WITH PERSISTENCE OF DRY MID LEVEL AIR AND INCREASING SYNOPTIC
SCALE MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE AFTER 12Z. INITIALLY SHALLOW BASED DGZ
MAY ALSO BECOME LESS OF A FACTOR AFTER 12Z DUE TO SHARPLY FALLING
LOW LEVEL TEMPS. GIVEN ABOVE FACTORS...HAVE MAINTAINED IDEA FROM
PREVIOUS FORECAST IN STORM TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCH TYPE ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST
INDIANA. PASSAGE OF STRONG ISALLOBARIC COUPLET AND DEEP CAA INDUCED
MIXING WILL SUPPORT WEST NORTHWEST GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH...OR EVEN
GREATER ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THURSDAY MORNING. WILL ISSUE
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND PORTIONS
OF EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS/WINDY CONDITIONS THAT COULD POSE HIGH IMPACTS FOR THE
THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. WILL CARRY THIS ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND SLOWLY
SUBSIDING WINDS STILL LIKELY TO CAUSE SOME TRAVEL ISSUES.
ELSEWHERE...WILL ISSUE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY FOR WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO AROUND
15 BELOW ZERO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS ARCTIC AIR MASS.
&&
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014
FOCUS REMAINS ON COLD TEMP ANOMALIES AND WEEKEND SNOW CHANCES...
BUILDING HEIGHTS WILL FORCE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING AND FULL DECOUPLING UNDER
CLEARING SKIES SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP WELL BELOW
ZERO...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FA WHERE SNOW GLACIER
REMAINS. SOME CONCERN THAT CURRENT FCST LOWS MAY BUST A LITTLE TOO
COLD GIVEN STALE NATURE TO SNOW COVER AND UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
TIMING OF LAKE EFFECT STRATO CU EROSION. RETURN FLOW AS HIGH SHIFTS
EAST WILL SUPPORT A NICE TEMP REBOUND FRIDAY...YET STILL WELL BELOW
NORMAL.
RELAXATION OF EASTERN CONUS TROUGHING TO A FLATTER FLOW REGIME THIS
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WILL GET THE SUBTROPICAL JET INVOLVED...
SENDING SEVERAL IMPULSES EAST ACROSS THE LOWER 48. FIRST WAVE AND
INITIAL THETA-E SURGE LOOKS TO BRING NOTHING MORE THAN SOME VERY
LIGHT SNOW AT BEST LATER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AS WAVE
SHEARS OUT WITH DEEPER SYSTEM RELATIVE ASCENT LIKELY SPLITTING THE
LOCAL AREA. A DEVELOPING LOWER LAKES/OHIO VALLEY BAROCLINIC ZONE
WILL ACTIVATE/DEEPEN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY UNDER THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF A STRENGTHENING GREAT LAKES UPPER JET. SEVERAL
SHEARED PERTURBATIONS IN MEAN WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO ACT TO
ENHANCE THE AGEOSTROPHIC RESPONSE...BRINGING PERIODIC CHANCES FOR
SNOW TO THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. SHEARED LOW AMPLITUDE NATURE TO
WAVE(S) SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD LIMIT MOISTURE
TRANSPORT INTO DEEPER COLD AIR. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MORE
FOCUSED/NARROW BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS
GENERALLY ON THE LIGHTER SIDE (1-3"...LOW CONFIDENCE ON PLACEMENT AT
THIS RANGE).
A MORE PRONOUNCED SHORTWAVE IS STILL PROGGED TO EJECT EAST OUT OF
THE FOUR CORNERS LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING PER LAST SEVERAL
MODEL ITERATIONS. WEAK SFC FRONTAL WAVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN
RESPONSE TO HEIGHT FALLS/PVA...WITH MODELS TRACKING THE SFC
REFLECTION THROUGH TN/KY. THIS TRACK PUTS AREAS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF
HWY 24 IN THE BEST LOCATION FOR A MODERATE SNOW EVENT IN BURGEONING
MID LVL FGEN/DEFORMATION AXIS...WITH LIGHTER SNOWS NORTH. THERE WILL
OBVIOUSLY BE ADJUSTMENTS TO TRACK/INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS WITH IMPACTFUL WINTER WX POSSIBLE SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION.
HOWEVER...LINGERING GREAT LAKES CONFLUENCE/NORTHERN STREAM
INTERFERENCE SHOULD ACT TO DAMPEN THIS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE...WHICH
SHOULD LIMIT NORTHWARD ADJUSTMENTS AND DEGREE OF CYCLOGENESIS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1242 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014
MAIN AVIATION FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE ON LINGERING MVFR CIGS THIS
AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING THE POTENTIAL OF MORE
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDY CONDITIONS.
LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BACK MORE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON
WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
AND FLURRIES. SOME SOUTHWEST GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KNOTS OR SLIGHTLY
GREATER ANTICIPATED TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL HEIGHT GRADIENT TIGHTENS
IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO PREVIOUS TAFS
WITH JUST A SLIGHTLY MORE DELAYED WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER
09Z. PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT WILL BE MARKED BY SHARP INCREASE IN
GUSTINESS WITH STRONG PRESSURE RISE BUBBLE MOVING IN BEHIND THE
FRONT. WEST GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS LIKELY TO BE COMMON FOR
SEVERAL HOURS IN THE 09Z-16Z TIMEFRAME BEFORE SUBSIDING SLIGHTLY
TOWARD THE END OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. ALONG WITH THIS FRONTAL
PASSAGE WILL COME INCREASED CHANCES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AT
KSBN...AND HAVE TRENDED TO IFR CONDITIONS DURING THIS PERIOD DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
INZ004>007.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ THURSDAY FOR INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-
032>034.
MI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY FOR
MIZ077>081.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MARSILI
SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
AVIATION...MARSILI
VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE)
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.NORTHERNIN.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 10:08 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1008 AM EST WED FEB 26 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-271515- 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- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 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 1008 AM EST WED FEB 26 2014 /908 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME RIVERS IN THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE AREA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME... HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Steuben | 25 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Indiana, 2014Wind Chill Advisories in Ohio, 2014Every wind chill 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.