Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2014, 3:51 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Feb 4, 2014, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 60 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
- Feb 4, 2014, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 32 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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 4, 5:56 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | Hartford City, IN | |
| Feb 4, 6:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 S Huntington, IN | |
| Feb 4, 6:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 W Lima, OH | MEASURED AT WLIO STUDIOS SINCE SNOW BEGAN AROUND 4 PM |
| Feb 4, 6:48 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Columbus Grove, OH | |
| Feb 4, 6:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Wsw Peru, IN | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Akron, IN | IN PAST 90 MINUTES |
| Feb 4, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | OFFICIAL STORM TOTAL THRU 7 PM. 0.11 INCH SWE |
| Feb 4, 7:12 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Feb 4, 7:20 PM EST | SNOW 1.1 | Columbia City, IN | |
| Feb 4, 7:50 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 W Lima, OH | STORM TOTAL THRU 750 PM AT WLIO. 1.5 INCHES SINCE 630 PM |
| Feb 4, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Mexico, IN | |
| Feb 4, 8:14 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Columbia City, IN | |
| Feb 4, 8:55 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 S Hamilton, IN | |
| Feb 4, 9:08 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Columbia City, IN | |
| Feb 4, 9:20 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Bluffton, IN | |
| Feb 4, 9:20 PM EST | SNOW 5.6 | Marion, IN | RELAYED BY RTV6 |
| Feb 4, 9:25 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Plymouth, IN | |
| Feb 4, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 W Lima, OH | UPDATED STORM TOTAL AT WLIO |
| Feb 4, 9:45 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Hartford City, IN | |
| Feb 4, 10:25 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Fort Wayne, IN | 1 INCH SINCE 8PM |
| Feb 4, 10:26 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Kalida, OH | SEVERAL REPORTS OF AROUND 5 INCHES FROM KALIDA TO COLUMBUS GROVE RELAYED BY WLIO |
| Feb 4, 10:41 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Feb 4, 10:47 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ese Westchester, IN | |
| Feb 4, 10:57 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Columbia City, IN | |
| Feb 4, 11:05 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Mexico, IN | |
| Feb 4, 11:43 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 1 W Lima, OH | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 5, 12:05 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Convoy, OH | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON |
| Feb 5, 12:15 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Columbia City, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. WINDS OF 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ALSO REPORTED. |
| Feb 5, 12:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.1 | 7 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 1230AM EST. LIQUID EQUIVALENT WAS .20 INCHES. |
| Feb 5, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.9 | Fort Wayne, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 1 AM EST AT AIRPORT. SNOW DEPTH IS 6 INCHES. |
| Feb 5, 1:10 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Mexico, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 5, 4:12 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Moscow, MI | |
| Feb 5, 4:18 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Ene Lagrange, IN | SNOWFALL TOTAL THROUGH 415 AM EST. SLEET ALSO BEING REPORTED. |
| Feb 5, 4:35 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Akron, IN | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 430 AM EST. |
| Feb 5, 5:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.8 | Plymouth, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 5 AM. |
| Feb 5, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Wauseon, OH | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 AM. |
| Feb 5, 6:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 W Chalmers, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 AM. |
| Feb 5, 6:20 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Columbus Grove, OH | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 620 AM EST |
| Feb 5, 6:36 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5.7 | Nappanee, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 AM EST |
| Feb 5, 6:38 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Bippus, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 6 AM EST |
| Feb 5, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.4 | Paulding, OH | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 7 AM. |
| Feb 5, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.4 | Angola, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 7 AM. |
| Feb 5, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 N Marion, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 7 AM. |
| Feb 5, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.2 | Columbia City, IN | STORM TOTAL SINCE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON |
| Feb 5, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | 8.5 INCHES IS STORM TOTAL SINCE SNOW BEGAN TUESDAY AT 414PM. SNOW ON THE GROUND IS 11 INCHES. SNOWFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT IS 5.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 5, 7:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 N Decatur, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 7 AM. |
| Feb 5, 7:27 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | Huntington, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 5, 7:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Hartford City, IN | |
| Feb 5, 7:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Napoleon, OH | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 5, 7:51 AM EST | SNOW 5.7 | 1 Wsw Montpelier 1wsw, OH | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 751 AM. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Constantine, MI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 8 AM. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.1 | 10 E Lagrange, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 8 AM. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.1 | 1 Nne Butler, IN | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 N Medaryville, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 8 AM. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Se Bluffton, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 8 AM. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 1 Ese Galveston, IN | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 8 AM. |
| Feb 5, 8:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Pleasant Lake, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 8 AM EST |
| Feb 5, 8:06 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Columbia City, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 8 AM EST |
| Feb 5, 8:45 AM EST | SNOW 4.4 | 4 Nnw Hudson, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Feb 5, 8:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Pennville, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 845 AM EST |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818 WWUS43 KIWX 040851 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 351 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING AND INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. FARTHER NORTHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BECOMES SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS...IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-041700- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0005.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 351 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-041700- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0005.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 351 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /251 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-041700- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 351 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /251 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
010 WWUS43 KIWX 041122 CCA WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 618 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING AND INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. FARTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BECOMES SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS...IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-041945- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0005.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 618 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-041945- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0005.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 618 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /518 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-041945- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0003.140204T1800Z-140205T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 618 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /518 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CORRECTED TYPO
022 WWUS43 KIWX 041612 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1112 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT OUR AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OFF THE TEXAS COAST WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO PENNSYLVANIA ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. FARTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BECOMES SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS...IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-050015- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1112 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-050015- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1112 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /1012 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-050015- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.140204T1800Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1112 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /1012 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
398 WWUS43 KIWX 042030 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 330 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT OUR AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LOUISIANA WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO PENNSYLVANIA ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD OUR AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO GENERALLY BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. FARTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS...IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-050430- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 330 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-050430- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 330 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /230 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * A VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-050430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 330 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /230 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
423 WWUS43 KIWX 050312 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO PENNSYLVANIA ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO GENERALLY BE IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. FARTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS... IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-051115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ROUGHLY EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO COLUMBIA CITY TO DEFIANCE LINE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-051115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /912 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * A VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-051115- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /912 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
427 WWUS43 KIWX 050859 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 359 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL TRACK INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY...ALTHOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY SHOULD BE GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. FARTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...INCLUDING THE COMMUTE THIS MORNING. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-051700- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 359 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END TODAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ROUGHLY EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO COLUMBIA CITY TO DEFIANCE LINE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-051700- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 359 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /259 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. * A VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS COMMUTE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-051700- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 359 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /259 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. * A DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED TODAY. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
911 WWUS43 KIWX 051342 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 842 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TODAY CAUSING SNOW OVER OUR AREA TO TAPER OFF...ALTHOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER FAR NORTHEAST INDIANA... NORTHWEST OHIO... AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-052100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 842 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY OF 6 TO 11 INCHES. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-052100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 842 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /742 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-052100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 842 AM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /742 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. * NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
262 WWUS43 KIWX 051718 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1218 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WRAP-AROUND SNOW BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON....ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-052100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1218 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 12 INCHES. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH FALLING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-052100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1218 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /1118 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 8 INCHES. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-052100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1218 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /1118 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
040 WWUS43 KIWX 052113 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 413 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 .COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL COMBINE WITH 5 TO 15 MPH WINDS TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. INZ012>016-020-022>025-032-060515- /O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0004.140206T1000Z-140206T1900Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI- WABASH-HUNTINGTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND 413 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /313 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ TO 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ TO 2 PM EST /1 PM CST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES WHEN WIND CHILLS LESS THAN 15 BELOW OCCUR. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ005>009-017-018-026-027-033-034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-052215- /O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WELLS- ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE... SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 413 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LINGERING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY DRIFTING SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * MANY ROADS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK DUE TO EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ003-060515- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0004.140206T1000Z-140206T1900Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 313 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES WHEN WIND CHILLS LESS THAN 15 BELOW OCCUR. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ004-MIZ077-078-052215- /O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 413 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY DRIFTING SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK DUE TO EARLIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
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 Feb 4, 1:06 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 1:06 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
106 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 100 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING WINTER
STORM THAT WILL IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. UNDER
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS WITH SOME OUTLYING AREAS POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW ZERO.
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW OVERSPREADING
THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED.
&&
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 837 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014
WILL CONTINUE WITH WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALL LOCATIONS FOR TUE 18Z-
WED 18Z. WATER VAPOR INSPECTION THIS EVENING COMPARED WITH 00Z NAM
INITIALIZATION SEEMS TO SUPPORT A SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVELY
DIGGING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS SOUTHWEST CONUS. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE
VERY SLIGHTLY SUPPRESSED LOW LEVEL SFC REFLECTION TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WITH A MORE MATURE SFC LOW DEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH A MORE
PRONOUNCED TROWAL AS LOW/MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE PIVOTS ACROSS
THE REGION. SOME CONCERN OF INITIAL MID LEVEL FGEN BAND INTEGRITY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO LOCAL AREA WITH
INITIALLY VERY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS AND STRENGTHENING EASTERLY
LOW LEVEL FLOW. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW STILL APPEARS IN STORE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST THIRD WITH ISENTROPIC SURGE TUESDAY
NIGHT...TRANSITIONING TO DEFORMATION TROWAL FORCING LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. ONLY CHANGE TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME WILL
BE TO SLIGHTLY SMEAR GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CWA AND
KEEP MAX AMOUNTS IN THE 5-8 OR 5-9 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
THIRD. BIG FACTOR IN STORM ACCUMS WILL BE EVOLUTION OF POTENTIAL
INITIAL MID LEVEL FGEN BAND AND SUBCLOUD MOISTURE CONSIDERATIONS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH LIMITED CONFIDENCE IN ACCUMS AT THE
BEGINNING THIS EVENT...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HEADLINE UPGRADES AT
THIS TIME.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 309 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014
ALL EYES FOCUSED ON IMPRESSIVE PV ANOMALY WRAPPING EWD THROUGH NRN
BAHA THIS AFTN. IMPRESSIVE DEEP GOMEX MSTR PLUME NOTED IN PWAT
ANALYSIS THIS MORNING W/SECONDARY SUB TROPICAL MSTR ENTRAINMENT
NOTED IN VAPOR ACRS NRN MEXICO. THUS EC/GEM/UK CONSENSUS BLEND
PREFERRED W/HIGH CONTINUITY TRACK LIFTING SFC WAVE FM TX COASTAL
PLAIN NEWD INTO SWRN PA BFR COASTAL HANDOFF TAKES PLACE. DETAIL
REFINEMENT HWVR RELEGATED TWD HIGHRES TRENDS ESP WRT LIKELY
MESOBANDING EARLY IN THE EVENT.
GROSS SYNOPTIC SIGNALS INCLUDING 150M+ H5 HFC AND COMPOSITE H7-H85
TRACK POINT TO HEAVIEST STRIPE OF SNOW FALLING SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO
DEFIANCE LINE W/STG MESOBANDING SIGNALS NOTED ALG A KCMI-KFDY LINE
TUES EVENING AS DEEP AGEO CIRC DVLPS UNDERNEATH STG 180KT JET STREAK
POSITIONED OVR SE CANADA. TIMING OF LL MSTR SURGE KEY TO FINAL AMTS
BUT CERTAINLY CAN NOT RULE OUT HIGHER QPFS NOTED IN MANY INDIVIDUAL
HIGHRES SOLUTIONS GIVEN 12Z RAOBS/GOES SOUNDER IMAGERY DOWN SOUTH.
BEST ALIGNMENT OF FTRS FITTING WITHIN WARNING SNOWFALL CRITERIA
WOULD LOOK TO BE ALG/SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR...HWVR GIVEN
EXTREME MODEL SPREAD STILL PRESENT ALOFT WILL HOLD W/PRIOR WATCH
ISSUANCE FOR ANOTHER MODEL CYCLE AS COASTAL HANDOFF TIMING
PROBLEMATIC TO BOOT.
TRAILING MID LVL COMMA HEAD TO DIMINISH ON WED ESP AS COASTAL LOW
DVLPS. SEWD BLDG 1050+MB RIDGE COMING OUT OF CANADA WILL PROMOTE A
PD OF GUSTY WINDS LATE TUE NIGHT INTO WED AFTN W/BLOWING AND
DRIFTING.
&&
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 309 PM EST MON FEB 3 2014
COLD AND GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF
THE WEEK AS HIGHLY CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SETS UP OVER THE EASTERN
CONUS...MAINTAINING BROAD SUBSIDENCE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. A
FEW LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN OUR FAR NORTHWEST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT LOW INVERSION HEIGHTS...MODEST INSTABILITY...AND
BACKING LOW LEVEL WINDS SUGGEST LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. YET
ANOTHER ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL THEN SETTLE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THU/FRI
WITH 925MB TEMPS NEAR -15C. THIS YIELDS HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER
TEENS THURSDAY...MODERATING SLIGHTLY TO THE MID TEENS ON FRIDAY.
THURSDAY NIGHT HAS THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR DECOUPLING AS SURFACE
RIDGE AXIS SETS UP ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. INCREASING CLOUDS MAY
STIFLE RADIATIVE LOSSES BUT STILL EXPECT LOWS BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL
VALUES CURRENTLY LOOK TO BE IN THE -5 TO -15F RANGE BOTH WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHTS.
SEVERAL SOUTHERN STREAM VORTICITY SHREDS WILL PASS THROUGH THE
REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BUT AFOREMENTIONED CONFLUENCE ALOFT AND
STUBBORN LOW LEVEL RIDGING WILL LIMIT PRECIP POTENTIAL UNTIL MORE
SUBSTANTIAL TROUGH ARRIVES ON SUNDAY. TYPICAL DAY7 UNCERTAINTIES
REGARDING TRACK/TIMING REMAIN IN PLACE BUT DOES APPEAR THE OHIO
VALLEY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS...SIMILAR TO TOMORROW NIGHT'S EVENT...AS ROBUST PV
ANOMALY EJECTS OUT OF SOUTHWEST CONUS AND POTENTIALLY PHASES WITH
NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SYSTEM DURING
THE COMING DAYS AS DETAILS WILL ALMOST ASSUREDLY CHANGE AS THE
EVOLVING PATTERN COMES BETTER INTO FOCUS. 6-10 DAY TEMPS STILL LOOK
TO REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE THOUGH.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1258 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
FOCUS ON TIMING OF IFR/LIFR MET CONDS AS UPSTREAM DEEPENING SFC CYCLONE
MOVES FM SERN TX COAST INTO ERN KY BY END OF FCST PD. PROXIMITY OF
MOISTURE SOURCING SUGGESTS GREATEST VSBY/CIG REDUCTIONS AT
KFWA...THOUGH CONCEDE LONG DURATION IFR MET CONDS PERSISTING ACRS
NRN INDIANA FOR EXNTDED PD...LIKELY UNTIL AT LEAST 15 UTC WED. &&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...MARSILI
SYNOPSIS...CEO
SHORT TERM...T
LONG TERM...AGD
AVIATION...MURPHY
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 6:46 AM EST, 21 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 646 AM EST MON FEB 3 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-041200- 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 646 AM EST MON FEB 3 2014 /546 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. REFER TO THE LATEST WSWIWX FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-041200- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 646 AM EST MON FEB 3 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2014Winter 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.