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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Jan 1, 2014, 12:34 PM EST for Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 26 hr. 4 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 1, 2014, 12:34 PM EST (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2014, 2:57 PM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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 1, 2:36 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 Se Marcellus, MI | TOTAL SNOWFALL PAST 48 HOURS. |
| Jan 2, 6:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Dowagiac, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 2, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.5 | Three Rivers, MI | STORM TOTAL. 4.0 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 2, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.3 | 2 E Constantine, MI | STORM TOTAL. 4.0 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
361 WWUS43 KIWX 011734 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1234 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON...EXPANDING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING AND EXPANDING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO MUCH OF THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING FROM WEST TO EAST. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30 WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THOSE TRAVELING IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MIZ077>079-020145- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0001.140101T1734Z-140102T2100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1234 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS BERRIEN...CASS AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 020145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 1234 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 /1134 AM CST WED JAN 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6. THE SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD SOUTH AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-020145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.140102T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...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...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1234 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING GENERALLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 30 AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AND INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
607 WWUS43 KIWX 012006 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 306 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER LOWER MICHIGAN WILL EXPAND SOUTH INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL EXPAND SOUTH INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30 WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MIZ077>079-020415- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 306 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS BERRIEN...CASS AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN INTO TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 020415- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 306 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 /206 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6. THE SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD SOUTH AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-020415- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.140102T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 306 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING GENERALLY SOUTH OF ROUTE 30 AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AND INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
989 WWUS43 KIWX 020230 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 930 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND EXPAND SOUTHEAST INTO FAR NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO WILL EXPAND SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO FAR NORTHEAST INDIANA AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST OHIO. SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF ROUTE 30 WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY THURSDAY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THE GREATER ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NORTH JUDSON INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN. THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MIZ077>079-021030- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 930 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS BERRIEN...CASS AND ST JOSEPH COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN INTO TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 021030- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 930 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 /830 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES. THE GREATER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NORTH JUDSON INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-021030- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...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...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 930 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
554 WWUS43 KIWX 020938 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 438 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR LOGRANSPORT TO FORT WAYNE TO DEFIANCE OHIO. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL KEEP ROADS SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY EVENING. MIZ077>079-021745- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 438 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 021745- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 438 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 /338 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY...ENDING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-021745- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 438 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
250 WWUS43 KIWX 021619 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1119 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...AROUND AN INCH IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN NORTHWEST OHIO. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO NEAR 20 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL KEEP ROADS SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MIZ077>079-022100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1119 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. 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. && $$ INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 022100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 1119 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 /1019 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-022100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...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...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1119 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
258 WWUS43 KIWX 021957 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT... .LIGHT SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 25 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL KEEP ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST TO PIVOT INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING LATER TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THIS SNOW BAND WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST LAPORTE COUNTY IN INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN. MIZ077-030400- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.LE.Y.0001.140103T0400Z-140103T1200Z/ BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN BERRIEN COUNTY...LIGHTER AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN BERRIEN COUNTY. IMPACTS... * SNOWFALL RATES AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ MIZ078-079-022300- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2300Z/ CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ INZ003-030400- /O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.LE.Y.0001.140103T0400Z-140103T1200Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 157 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN LA PORTE COUNTY...LIGHTER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. IMPACTS... * SNOWFALL RATES AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ INZ012-030400- /O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.LE.Y.0001.140103T0400Z-140103T1200Z/ STARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE 157 PM CST THU JAN 2 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ INZ004>009-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 022300- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-MARSHALL- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-022300- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2300Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...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...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH. * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at Jan 1, 12:19 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:19 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1219 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 448 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY THIS MORNING...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL
REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN
BY FRIDAY BUT ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SNOWFALL BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
&&
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 935 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
PRIMARY CHANGE TO THE GRIDS WERE TO LOWER POPS CONSIDERABLY SOUTH
OF ROUTE 6 THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON PER RADAR/RAP/HRRR TRENDS.
OTHERWISE...FCST ON TRACK WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE/INTENSITY ALONG/NORTH OF ROUTE 6 THIS AFTERNOON AS HEIGHT
FALLS BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD PRE-EXISTING BAROCLINIC ZONE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 448 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
COMPLICATED FORECAST UNFOLDING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT
24-36 HOURS AS SHARP MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS APPROACHES THE
GREAT LAKES REGION. LATEST RADAR AND SURFACE OBS INDICATE LOW
LEVEL FGEN BAND STEADILY WEAKENING THIS MORNING. HI-RES/RAPID
UPDATE FORECAST MODELS HAVE HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS TREND
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND SUGGEST JUST LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES AT BEST
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS UNTIL NEXT WAVE ARRIVES THIS AFTERNOON.
SEE LITTLE REASON TO ARGUE WITH PLETHORA OF GUIDANCE AND UPSTREAM
SURFACE OBS INDICATING THIS AND HAVE THEREFORE MAINTAINED LOWER
POPS/SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE 09-18Z TIMEFRAME. LULL IN ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL WILL BE SHORTLIVED THOUGH. INITIALLY DISJOINTED UPPER PV
ANOMALIES WILL CONSOLIDATE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY BY TONIGHT AND
FORCE A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF THE SURFACE CYCLONE AS IT HEADS
TOWARD THE EAST COAST. MARKED INCREASE IN LOW-MIDLEVEL DEFORMATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROCESS WILL FORCE A TIGHTENING OF THE
BAROCLINIC ZONE ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AND SUBSEQUENT
REINVORGATION OF FGEN RESPONSE. ISENTROPIC FIELDS BEAR THIS OUT AS
WELL WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF INCREASING WAA/ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE BY
THIS EVENING AND MIXING RATIOS APPROACHING 3 G/KG. MODELS IN
GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL PROGRESSION OF THIS EVENT
BUT DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN RESULTANT QPF OUTPUT. IN PARTICULAR THE
NAM/GEM STILL OFFER SLIGHTLY HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS THAN THE
ECMWF/GFS/WRFARW...THOUGH ARE CLOSER TO A CONSENSUS THAN WHAT SOME
PREVIOUS RUNS HAD INDICATED. DELVING INTO MODEL CROSS
SECTIONS...IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND SUPPORT FOR MORE BULLISH QPF
TOTALS. FGEN VALUES AND ASSOCIATED AGEOSTROPHIC VERTICAL
CIRCULATION/OMEGA VALUES ON THE NAM12 ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
IMPRESSIVE. CERTAINLY ENOUGH FOR A SOLID ADVISORY LEVEL EVENT BUT
EVIDENCE FOR WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL IS MARGINAL. SIMILAR TO
LAST NIGHT'S SNOWFALL...STATIC STABILITY ALOFT AS MEASURED BY EPV
AND LAPSE RATES IS REDUCED BUT NOT QUITE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR A
BLOSSOMING...INTENSE MESOBAND. A FEW STRONGER BANDS TRIED TO FORM
BUT HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR INTEGRITY FOR ANY EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME AND EXPECT A SIMILAR STORY TONIGHT. ONE DIFFERENCE
FOR TONIGHT WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THERMAL PROFILES THOUGH.
CURRENT 3-6" ACCUMULATION WAS DRIVEN LARGELY BY HIGH SNOW
RATIOS...ROUGHLY 20:1. SNOW RATIOS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WILL BE CLOSER TO THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL 10-15:1 GIVEN DEEP
LAYER OF -5 TO -10C TEMPS AND SHALLOWER DGZ. THEREFORE EXPECT
ANOTHER 3-5 INCH ACCUMULATION...THIS TIME FOR THE ENTIRE CWA FROM
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. GIVEN THAT LIGHT SNOW MAY
CONTINUE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN CWA THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND TO
KEEP HEADLINES SIMPLE...WILL JUST EXPAND THE ADVISORY SOUTH BUT
NOT HAVE THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL 00Z THIS
EVENING. WILL ALSO EXTEND THE END TIME FOR ALL ZONES TO 21Z
THURSDAY TO CAPTURE LINGERING LIGHT SNOW. AREA OF CONCERN FOR
POTENTIAL LATE UPGRADE WILL BE THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. AN
ADDITIONAL 2-3 INCHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON COULD PUT SOME COUNTIES
ABOVE THE EIGHT INCH IN 24 HOUR CRITERIA GIVEN OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL.
CONFIDENCE IN THIS OCCURRING IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO
JUSTIFY A WARNING BUT IT IS SOMETHING THE DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR.
&&
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 448 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
CONCERN REMAINS FOR SIG LLVL FGEN FORCING TO LATCH UPON ALREADY
PREDISPOSED THERMAL DISCONTINUITY ALONG I70 CORRIDOR. ESPECIALLY AS
40-45KT 925MB JETLET INTO WRN MO VEERS WRLY LATER TODAY THE
REINFORCED BOUNDARY SHOULD REMAIN FARTHER NORTH AND FAVOR LIES MORE
STRONGLY TOWARD 00 UTC NAM IN THIS REGARD WITH PLAUSIBILITY ENFORCED
BY TRAILING NRN EXTENSION OF MID TROP HEIGHT FALL CENTROID IN
NAM/EC/GFS BLEND. SUFFICIENTLY VEERED NRLY FLOW IN LONG AXIS FETCH
ALONG LK MI THURSDAY...IN WAKE OF COASTAL HANDOFF/INTENSE
DEEPENING...TO LKLY KEEP LES BAND WEST OF CWA. HOWEVER...WITH TIME
BACKING UPSTREAM FLOW TO FORCE LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS EWD INTO AT
LEAST INTO BERRIEN/LAPORTE COUNTIES LATE THU EVENING PRIOR TO
RIDDLING EFFECTS OF LOWRG INVERSION HGHTS. LAKE INDUCED CAPES
APPROACHING 400 J/KG WITH EQL TO 9 KFT WITH COLLOCATED
OMEGA/SATURATED DGZ AT 00 UTC FRI PER KGYY BUFKIT SUGGESTS SIG HIR
POPS WRT FEATURE. WHILE MESOSCALE UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS THEREAFTER...
QUICKLY DESCENDING INVERSION HEIGHTS AND ABRUPTLY BACKING/THINNING
CBL FLOW LENDS MODICUM OF CERTITUDE TO INLAND DEMISE.
THEREAFTER...CONTD LOW CHC/LIGHT SN POTNL INTO NWRN GRTLKS....ASSOCD
WITH HIGH BELTED CLIPPER/WAA ON SAT. MORE IMPORTANTLY IS PRIOR
SHIFT/EC RECOGNITION OF UPSTREAM PHASING OF GULF OF AK AND POLAR
VORTEX TO DIG ANOTHER TREMENDOUSLY DEEP NOAM TROF BY INTO THIS
WEEKEND. WHILE GIVING NOD TO CONTD PROGRESSIVE UA FEATURES IN LIGHT
OF PRESENT POST TILT TROF AXIS TO PUSH WELL INTO NRN ATL BY THIS
WEEKEND...00 UTC OP GFS 8H/SFC FEATURES ASSOCD WITH NORTHERN
TX/SOUTHERN PLAINS CYCLONE EJECTION SAT/SAT NIGHT ON THE FASTER SIDE
OF PROGRESSION THAN PRIOR ECMWF RUNS WITH NOTABLY LARGE GFS ENSEMBLE
SPREADS. ONCE AGAIN LEND SLIGHT FAVOR TO SLOWER/MORE FERVENT
CYCLOGENESIS WITHIN PERIPHERY OF TROF AXIS. HAVE BUMPED POPS SAT
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY OVER BLENDED APPROACH IN COLLABORATIVE VEIN FOR
NOW WITH FINER DETAILS/LIKELY HIR POPS TO BE ADDRESSED LATER.
UA/DEEP NRN CONUS TROF AS GULF OF AK AND POLAR VORTEX. REGARDLESS OF
MODEL CHOICES COLDEST AIRMASS OF SEASON WITH DECENT SNOWPACK ACRS
REGION CONTS TO APPEAR INEVITABLE WITH SFC TEMPS WELL BLO ZERO
MON/TUE NIGHTS WITH DY7 HIGHS PONTLY ONLY NEAR ZERO...NOD HERE TO EC
GUID NEAR LOW END OF GEFS RANGE.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1218 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014
BAND OF LIGHT/MODERATE SNOW ALONG ELEVATED QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT
HAS SHIFTED NORTH OF SBN AS OF 17Z. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW
SNOW SHOWERS HERE THROUGH 20/21Z EXPECT MORE PERSISENT SNOW AND
ASSOCIATED IFR/LIFR VIS RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN JUST NORTH OF SBN
THROUGH MID AFTN. SNOW FILLS IN AND SHIFTS SOUTH WITH TIME LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS FRONTAL CIRCULATION BECOMES
ENHANCED BY INCREASED DEFORMATION WITH APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH.
EXPECT MAINLY IFR CONDITIONS WITH THE SNOW OR MUCH OF THE PERIOD.
OTHERWISE...WINDS PICK UP A BIT OUT OF THE ENE WITH GUSTS TO 20
KTS AS DEVELOPING SFC LOW TRACKS INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR
INZ003>009-012-014-016>018.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034.
MI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY FOR OHZ001-002-
004-005-015-016.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
THURSDAY FOR OHZ024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...STEINWEDEL
SYNOPSIS...AGD
SHORT TERM...AGD
LONG TERM...MURPHY
AVIATION...STEINWEDEL
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 559 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-021130- 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 559 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014 /459 AM CST WED JAN 1 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WSWIWX FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT MULTI-DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE REGION ARE ANTICIPATED BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT...LATE THIS WEEKEND. AN EXTREMELY COLD AIR MASS WILL THEN FOLLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-021130- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 559 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY DEVELOP TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING...AND ARE LIKELY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 1, 11:47 AM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1147 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 3 WSW SPRINGVILLE 41.67N 86.78W
01/01/2014 M4.5 INCH LA PORTE IN COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 3 WSW SPRINGVILLE /2572B/
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
&&
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 1, 11:48 AM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1148 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM SNOW 3 ENE CROOKED LAKE 41.70N 84.99W
01/01/2014 M3.6 INCH STEUBEN IN COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 3 ENE CROOKED LAKE /6864C/
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
&&
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 1, 11:49 AM EST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1149 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 1 WSW PLYMOUTH 41.34N 86.34W
01/01/2014 M3.1 INCH MARSHALL IN COOP OBSERVER
COOP OBSERVER STATION PLYMOUTH /PYMI3/ SNOW
DURATION 24 HOURS
&&
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 1, 11:50 AM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1150 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 1 S THREE RIVERS 41.93N 85.63W
01/01/2014 M2.5 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI COOP OBSERVER
COOP OBSERVER STATION THREE RIVERS /TRVM4/
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS
&&
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 1, 12:16 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1216 PM EST WED JAN 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM SNOW STURGIS 41.80N 85.42W
01/01/2014 M4.5 INCH ST. JOSEPH MI PUBLIC
&&
BENTLEYLocal storm report, Jan 1, 12:20 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1220 PM EST WED JAN 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM SNOW SAINT JOSEPH 42.11N 86.48W
01/01/2014 E6.0 INCH BERRIEN MI PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL.
&&
BENTLEYNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2014Every winter storm 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.