Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2014, 3:22 PM EST for Elkhart County, Marshall County, Starke County, Indiana; Branch County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 31, 2014, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 1 report 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 31, 2014, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2014, 10:16 PM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Starke County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 8:43 PM EST | SNOW 3.6 | Elkhart, IN | STORM TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WWUS43 KIWX 312022 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 322 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...MIXED BAG OF WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY SATURDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES IN SATURDAY...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FURTHER IN SOME AREAS AND IMPROVE SOMEWHAT. BASED ON A LOW TRACK OVER NORTHERN INDIANA THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW NOW APPEARS TO BE FOCUSED ON FAR NW COUNTIES WHERE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF AS YOU PROGRESS SOUTHEAST AS WARM AIR ALOFT AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES APPROACH OR RISE ABOVE FREEZING. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO TO COLUMBIA CITY TO WAUSEON OHIO LINE THE PRECIP WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO A MIX OF PRECIP TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 32 TO 34 DEGREES...ALLOWING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IN MANY AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN MANY SURFACES REMAIN VERY COLD FROM THE RECENT COLD SNAP. THE CURRENT HEADLINES ARE BASED ON A BLEND OF SEVERAL MODELS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE THREAT HIGHLY VARIABLE. SMALL SHIFTS TO THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE GREAT IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND TOTALS. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS EVOLVING STORM SYSTEM. INZ003-MIZ077-010430- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.140201T0600Z-140202T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0004.140201T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 322 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 /222 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVIER BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES AREA EXPECTED. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-MIZ078-079-010430- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.140201T0600Z-140202T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.140201T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 322 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ006>008-013-015-016-MIZ080-081-010430- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.140131T2022Z-140201T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 322 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS INCH IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ012-014-010430- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.140201T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER 322 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 /222 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS INCH IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ009-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-010430- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.140131T2022Z-140201T1500Z/ DE KALB-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...AUBURN...GARRETT...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 322 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY CHANGE TO RAIN SATURDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
961 WWUS43 KIWX 010150 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 850 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...MIXED BAG OF WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY SATURDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES IN SATURDAY...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FURTHER IN SOME AREAS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. BASED ON A LOW TRACK OVER NORTHERN INDIANA THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW NOW APPEARS TO BE FOCUSED FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA TO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF AS YOU PROGRESS SOUTHEAST AS WARM AIR ALOFT AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES APPROACH OR RISE ABOVE FREEZING. FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO TO COLUMBIA CITY TO WAUSEON OHIO LINE THE PRECIP WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO A MIX OF PRECIP TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 32 TO 34 DEGREES... ALLOWING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IN MANY AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN MANY SURFACES REMAIN VERY COLD FROM THE RECENT COLD SNAP. SMALL SHIFTS TO THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE GREAT IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND TOTALS. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS EVOLVING STORM SYSTEM. INZ003-MIZ077-011000- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 850 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 /750 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVIER BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES AREA EXPECTED. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-012-014-MIZ078-079-011000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 850 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 /750 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ006>008-013-015-016-MIZ080-081-011000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 850 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND MAY BECOME HEAVY BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS INCH IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ009-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-011000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1500Z/ DE KALB-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...AUBURN...GARRETT...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 850 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY CHANGE TO RAIN SATURDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
945 WWUS43 KIWX 010951 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 451 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN MISSOURI WILL RACE NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...WITH MAINLY JUST RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EARLY TONIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS FARTHER SOUTH. AS WARM AIR ALOFT DEEPENS...A TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN MANY SURFACES REMAIN VERY COLD. BY AFTERNOON...MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO TO WARSAW TO ANGOLA INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN LINE...BEFORE RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING ONCE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO A MUCH LIGHTER WINTRY MIX. INZ003-MIZ077-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 451 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /351 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVIER DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES AREA EXPECTED. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-012-014-MIZ078-079-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 451 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /351 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ006>008-013-015-016-MIZ080-081-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 451 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP AND MAY BECOME HEAVY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS INCH IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ009-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-011500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1500Z/ DE KALB-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...AUBURN...GARRETT...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 451 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND RAPIDLY CHANGE TO RAIN. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE TRANSITION. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
053 WWUS43 KIWX 011510 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN MISSOURI WILL RACE NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...WITH MAINLY JUST RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EARLY TONIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER QUICKLY AS YOU PROGRESS SOUTHEAST AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CHANGES THE SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN MANY SURFACES REMAIN VERY COLD. BY AFTERNOON...MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A MONTICELLO TO WARSAW TO ANGOLA INDIANA TO HILLSDALE MICHIGAN LINE...BEFORE RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING ONCE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO A WINTRY MIX. MIZ080-012315- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLDWATER...BRONSON 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY RAIN FOR A COUPLE HOUR PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-012-014-MIZ078-079-012315- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /910 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY RAIN FOR A COUPLE HOUR PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ INZ003-MIZ077-012315- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /910 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVIER DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES AREA EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ009-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-011800- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ DE KALB-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...AUBURN...GARRETT...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 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WHILE MANY AREAS ARE ABOVE FREEZING...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE MIDDLE 30S AND POSSIBLY UPPER 30S BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY SLIPPERY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ006>008-013-015-016-MIZ081-011800- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP AND MAY BECOME HEAVY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS INCH IS POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. * ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND UNTREATED ROADS...CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
379 WWUS43 KIWX 011805 AAC WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 105 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THIS LOW WILL SEE A CONTINUATION OF SNOW INTO TONIGHT WITH A BRIEF MIX WITH RAIN OR SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EITHER SIDE OF THE LOW TRACK A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL OCCUR UNTIL COLDER AIR SWEEPS BACK IN BEHIND THE LOW TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW...ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED UNTIL EVENING AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO LOWER 40S. THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WITH A RAPID REFREEZING OF ANY LIQUID ON SURFACES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. INZ006>008-013-015-016-MIZ081-011915- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 105 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALL RAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. UNTREATED SECONDARY ROADS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR MOVED BACK IN...ALLOWING FOR A CHANGE TO SNOW AND REFREEZING OF MELTED WATER. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ009-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024- 025-011915- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140201T1800Z/ DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY... TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU... GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 105 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALL RAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. UNTREATED SECONDARY ROADS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR MOVED BACK IN...ALLOWING FOR A CHANGE TO SNOW AND REFREEZING OF MELTED WATER. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ003-MIZ077-020215- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 105 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /1205 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON. * AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-012-014-MIZ078>080-020215- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 105 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /1205 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
044 WWUS43 KIWX 012053 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 353 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO TONIGHT. LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THIS LOW WILL SEE A CONTINUATION OF SNOW INTO TONIGHT WITH A BRIEF MIX WITH RAIN OR SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EITHER SIDE OF THE LOW TRACK A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL OCCUR UNTIL COLDER AIR SWEEPS BACK IN BEHIND THE LOW TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW...ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED UNTIL EVENING AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO LOWER 40S. THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WITH A RAPID REFREEZING OF ANY LIQUID ON SURFACES. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. INZ003-MIZ077-020500- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0600Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 353 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /253 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER * SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...WITH A BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.IMPACTS... IMPACTS * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-012-014-MIZ078>080-020500- /O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0600Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 353 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /253 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...WITH A BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO 6 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES. * SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
116 WWUS43 KIWX 020001 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 701 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINTRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT... .COLDER AIR PUSHING SOUTHEAST WILL ALLOW FOR PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. INZ003-MIZ077-020600- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0600Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 701 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /601 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. IMPACTS * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. * FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-012-014-MIZ078>080-020600- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0600Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON 701 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /601 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. IMPACTS * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. * FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
152 WWUS43 KIWX 020316 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1016 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 INZ003>005-012-014-MIZ077>080-020430- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140202T0600Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON 1016 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /916 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL TOTAL LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN INCH. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS MAY PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT MAY RESULT IN SOME REFREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
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 31, 12:56 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 12:56 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1256 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 519 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK NORTH THROUGH THE
AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 6. A SIGNIFICANTLY
STRONGER SYSTEM WILL LIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA IS EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE SNOW WILL
TRANSITION TO MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AS TEMPERATURES
WARM...AN EVENTUAL CHANGE TO RAIN IS EXPECTED...PRIMARILY ALONG
AND SOUTHEAST OF ROUTE 24...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW AGAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1245 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014
UPDATE NUMBER 2 FORTHCOMING TO CONTINUE TO SPEED UP ARRIVAL OF
SNOWFALL WHICH HAS NOW MOVE INTO FORT WAYNE. THIS AREA WILL EXPAND
NORTH WITH TIME...BUT WILL BEGIN TO FIGHT SOME DRIER AIR THAT IS
TRYING TO ENTRAIN IN AS DEPICTED BY DECREASING LOW LEVEL CLOUD
COVER AT SOUTH BEND AS WE SPEAK. BY MID EVENING MOST AREAS SHOULD
BE SEEING SOME LIGHT SNOW AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO GO
DOWNHILL FROM THERE WITH BEST PERIOD OF ACCUMULATIONS AFTER 6Z
SAT.
OTHER MINOR TWEAKS WITH UPDATE TO GET GRIDS IN LINE WITH TRENDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 515 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014
TRANSIENT SHORTWAVE EJECTIONS THROUGH STRONG UPSTREAM ZONAL MID
TROPOSPHERIC FLOW TO EXUDE EWD FM NRN MO/NRN KS...WITH MID LEVEL
700-600MB FGEN RESPONSE/UVM WITHIN HIR SEEDER/FEEDER MOISTURE
THROUGH THE DAY. DIFFICULT TEMP FCST TDY WITH MARKED SHALLOW CAA
ACRS NWRN CWA WITH FALLING TEMPS THIS AM AND ONLY PARTIAL RECOVERY
THIS AFTN...TRANSITIONING TO NEUTRAL ADVECTION/NEAR NORMAL
DIURNALS ACRS FAR SERN CWA. FOCUS ON 3 HRLY TEMP CURVE TO
DERIVED MAX TEMP GRID. RAMPED POPS BYND LATE MORNING WHENCE DRY
5-10KFT WEDGE THINS/HASTENS EWD RETREAT. OPTED FOR LIGHT SNOW
WORDING WITH RATHER THIN DENDRTIC ZONE AND OVERALL WEAK VERTICAL
MOTION PROFILES. A MORE EFFICIENT REGIME...COLLOCATED
DYNAMICS/SATURATION WITHIN A DEEPER DGZ SHOULD REMAIN ACRS NCNTL
IL. HEREAFTER...MODEL TRENDS CONT TO EVOLVE INTO DEEPER/LEFT TRACK
SHIFTING IN MID TROPOSPHERE WITH ASSOCD WARMER/MOISTURE SHUNT IN
LOW LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS. SIG MORE ROBUST/LOWERED 925-850MB FGEN
RESPONSE EJECTS FM SRN PLAINS THROUGH OZARKS AND THROUGH HEART OF
CWA BY DAYBREAK SAT WITH OPEN GOMEX FEED WITH 6-7 G/KG 1000-850MB
LYR STREAMING INTO LWR OHIO VLY. ASSERTIVE I285-290K MOISTURE FLUX
CONVERGENCE/STRONG LOW LEVEL KINEMATIC FIELD TO LIKELY SUPPORTS
FLOURISHING REFLECTIVITY EXPANSION ACRS ENTIRE CWA NEATH
BAROCLINIC LEAF/PRODUCTIVE WARM CONVEYOR BELT. ARRIVAL OF MARKEDLY
WARMER MAX TW ALOFT SUPPORTS MORE RAPID TRANSITION TO MIXED PRECIP
WITH SWRN CWA POTNLY FEW HRS OF ENTIRELY ZR BEFORE SFC TEMPS RISE
ABOVE FZG. HAVE TRENDED IN THIS REGARD THROUGH 12 UTC SAT WITH SFC
TEMPS ABOUT 3-5 WARMER SWRN/FAR SRN TIER CWA...THOUGH NOT AS MUCH
AS LATEST NAM SUGGESTS.
&&
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 515 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014
TWO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THIS PERIOD FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE INITIAL SYSTEM WILL BE ONGOING
SATURDAY MORNING. IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE FLUX AND WARM AIR ADVECTION
WILL CAUSE SNOW TO BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...AND
THEN JUST RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. FOR THIS
FORECAST...HAVE FAVORED THE GFS MODEL WHICH HAS TRENDED WARMER AND
FARTHER NORTHWEST WITH THE SFC LOW TRACK. THE GFS IS SUPPORTED BY
THE ECMWF WITH THIS TREND. AS A RESULT...HAVE SHIFTED THE WINTRY MIX
FARTHER NORTHWEST FROM THE ONGOING FORECAST. GFS/BUFKIT SOUNDINGS
WERE STILL SHOWING SBN WITH AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS
WILL BE MUCH LESS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT LOGANSPORT TO
WARSAW TO HILLSDALE WHERE THERMAL PROFILES SUPPORT A MIX OF SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN...OR JUST RAIN AT TIMES SATURDAY. CONCERN FOR A NARROW
BAND OF FREEZING RAIN IN THIS TRANSITION ZONE WHERE SFC TEMPS WILL
BE BELOW FREEZING AND VERY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL EXISTS. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR AN AREA SOUTHEAST
OF THE WATCH.
THE SECOND WEATHER SYSTEMS APPEARS ON TRACK TO SPREAD SNOW NORTH OF
THE OHIO RIVER. THE SURFACE LOW TRACK IS FAVORABLE TO SPREAD HEAVY
SNOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GFS HAS
TRENDED SLOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LINGERING SNOW MORE PROBABLE
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1245 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014
FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN FAVORABLE AT BOTH SITES
WITH A LOT OF VARIABLES TO CONSIDER FOR IMPACTS. LIGHT SNOW WAS
RAPIDLY EXPANDING EASTWARD AND HAS NOW MOVED INTO KFWA AND SHOULD
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT IN VARYING DEGREES OF INTENSITY. BAND OF
MDERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED MID-LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE A BRIEF TAPER
OFF UNTIL ARRIVAL OF MAIN SYSTEM WITH VSBYS ONCE AGAIN DROPPING
OVERNIGHT. IFR CIGS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LIFR CIGS
EXPECTED DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. MODEL DATA ALL POINT TOWARDS AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAIN
LATE AM INTO MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AT KFWA WITH TAFS REFLECTING
THIS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FZRA COULD OCCUR DURING THE TRANSITION
BUT LOOKS TO BE PRETTY QUICK.
TOUGHER FORECAST AT KSBN WHERE NEW OB JUST ARRIVED WITH VFR
CIGS/VSBYS WHICH WILL LIKELY BE SHORT LIVED AS UPSTREAM OBS/RADAR
TRENDS SUGGEST DETERIORATING CONDITIONS LATE AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. SNOW SHOULD BE THE MAIN PRECIP ELEMENT EXPECTED THROUGH
18Z WITH DROP INTO IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS MID EVENING TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CHANGE TO RAIN MUCH MORE UNCERTAIN AT KSBN
WITH INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR MORE IN THE WAY OF SN/IP/FZRA. FOR
NOW HAVE OPTED TO GO SNOW/RAIN MIX AFTER 15Z WITH LATER REFINEMENT
NEEDED.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR INZ003>005.
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR MIZ077>079.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...FISHER/NG
SYNOPSIS...MURPHY
SHORT TERM...MURPHY
LONG TERM...SKIPPER
AVIATION...FISHER
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 6:27 AM EST, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 627 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 INZ003>005-MIZ077>079-011130- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 627 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 /527 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. AROUND 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...WHICH WOULD REDUCE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION TYPE REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-011130- 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-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...COLDWATER... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 627 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 /527 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF ROUTE 6 THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF ROUTE 24. A BAND OF ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. WINTRY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY MORNING...BUT WILL IMPROVE OVER AREAS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE FREEZING. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES REGARDING THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION TYPE REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-011130- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 627 AM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 22 hr |
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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.