Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Mar 11, 2014, 3:57 PM EDT for 21 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 12, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 11, 2014, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 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, Cass 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 5:10 AM EDT | SNOW 1.6 | 1 Se Knox, IN | 1.6 INCHES IN LAST 30 MINUTES WITH THUNDERSNOW. |
| Mar 12, 6:40 AM EDT | SNOW 3.1 | Nappanee, IN | 0.7 INCHES IN LAST 40 MINUTES |
| Mar 12, 6:45 AM EDT | SNOW 2.3 | Colon, MI | |
| Mar 12, 6:45 AM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | Akron, IN | |
| Mar 12, 6:45 AM EDT | SNOW 3.8 | Tyner, IN | HALF INCH IN LAST 15 MINUTES. EXPERIENCED TWO POWER HITS |
| Mar 12, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 2.2 | Huntington, IN | IN LAST 75 MINUTES |
| Mar 12, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 3.3 | Wakarusa, IN | |
| Mar 12, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 12, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | 3.5 INCHES IN 105 MINUTES |
| Mar 12, 7:00 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Nne Saint Joe, IN | |
| Mar 12, 7:30 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | Delta, OH | |
| Mar 12, 7:30 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | 7 Nw Wauseon, OH | |
| Mar 12, 7:30 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Dowagiac, MI | |
| Mar 12, 7:49 AM EDT | SNOW 4 | 3 W Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 12, 7:54 AM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | Bryan, OH | 1.5 INCHES IN LAST HOUR |
| Mar 12, 8:00 AM EDT | SNOW 4.9 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 12, 8:50 AM EDT | SNOW 5 | 7 Nw Wauseon, OH | |
| Mar 12, 8:50 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 1 Wsw Montpelier 1wsw, OH | |
| Mar 12, 9:00 AM EDT | SNOW 4.1 | 4 Nnw Hudson, IN | 3 INCHES SINCE 6 AM |
| Mar 12, 9:20 AM EDT | SNOW 5.8 | 7 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | 2.3 INCHES IN PAST 2 HOURS |
| Mar 12, 9:23 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Defiance, OH | 4 SEMIS JACKKNIFED ON US24 AT BALTIMORE RD EXIT. VEHICLES IN DITCHES ALL OVER THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 12, 9:35 AM EDT | SNOW 4 | Van Wert, OH | NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ACROSS COUNTY. ONE WITH INJURIES |
| Mar 12, 9:50 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 7 Nw Wauseon, OH | 1.5 INCHES IN LAST HOUR |
| Mar 12, 10:00 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Tyner, IN | |
| Mar 12, 10:00 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Sw Millersburg, IN | |
| Mar 12, 10:15 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Bass Lake, IN | |
| Mar 12, 10:26 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Dowagiac, MI | |
| Mar 12, 10:26 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Antwerp, OH | |
| Mar 12, 10:27 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Winamac, IN | |
| Mar 12, 10:30 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | 5 N Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 12, 10:30 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Churubusco, IN | |
| Mar 12, 10:39 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Napoleon, OH | |
| Mar 12, 11:00 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | Logansport, IN | |
| Mar 12, 11:00 AM EDT | SNOW 5 | 4 Wsw Hillsdale, MI | |
| Mar 12, 11:15 AM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Akron, IN | |
| Mar 12, 11:22 AM EDT | SNOW 5 | Sw Elkhart, IN | |
| Mar 12, 11:30 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Nappanee, IN | |
| Mar 12, 11:34 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Ese Wallen, IN | |
| Mar 12, 11:40 AM EDT | SNOW 5 | Van Wert, OH | |
| Mar 12, 11:55 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | S Delta, OH | |
| Mar 12, 12:00 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Star City, IN | |
| Mar 12, 12:00 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Defiance, OH | |
| Mar 12, 12:15 PM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Colon, MI | |
| Mar 12, 12:15 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.9 | 7 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | 5.2 INCHES IN LAST 4.5 HOURS |
| Mar 12, 12:30 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Churubusco, IN | |
| Mar 12, 12:50 PM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | 3 Wnw Wabash, IN | |
| Mar 12, 12:58 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | E New Haven, IN | |
| Mar 12, 1:00 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Huntington, IN | |
| Mar 12, 1:05 PM EDT | SNOW 3.7 | 2 Nw Rochester, IN | |
| Mar 12, 1:29 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 2 Ese Wallen, IN | THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM AN EARLIER REPORT |
| Mar 12, 1:38 PM EDT | SNOW 5.3 | 4 Nnw Hudson, IN | |
| Mar 12, 2:00 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | 5 Sw Fort Wayne, IN | OFFICIAL STORM TOTAL THRU 2 PM. |
| Mar 12, 2:00 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 5 N Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 12, 2:05 PM EDT | SNOW 7.5 | Florida, OH | |
| Mar 12, 2:26 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 E Wallen, IN | |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 2 E Hamilton, IN | 3 INCHES SINCE 7AM |
| Mar 12, 2:50 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | New Haven, IN | STORM TOTAL |
| Mar 12, 3:00 PM EDT | SNOW 4.5 | 1 W Lima, OH | STORM TOTAL. |
| Mar 12, 3:00 PM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 3 Ne Fort Wayne, IN | 8.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SINCE 7 AM EDT. |
| Mar 12, 3:50 PM EDT | SNOW 5.5 | Slabtown, OH |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
508 WWUS43 KIWX 111957 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 357 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS EAST THROUGH FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. A PERIOD OF SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE TRANSITION. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-120400- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0005.140312T0400Z-140312T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0006.140312T0400Z-140312T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... 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...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE... SWANTON 357 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /257 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 9 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025-OHZ004-005-015-016-120400- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0005.140312T0600Z-140312T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0006.140312T0600Z-140312T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD... HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING... ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 357 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF A INCH PER HOUR... AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ024-025-120400- /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0006.140312T0600Z-140312T2100Z/ WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 357 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF A INCH PER HOUR... AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
5 follow-up statements
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WWUS43 KIWX 120051
WSWIWX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
851 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
.HEAVY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS EAST
THROUGH FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. A PERIOD
OF SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE TRANSITION.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE.
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE
TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW
POWER OUTAGES.
INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-120930-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.140312T0400Z-140312T2100Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
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...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...
JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...
SWANTON
851 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /751 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT
/11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND
CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 9 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER
HOUR...AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40
MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES
TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES.
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.
&&
$$
INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-
025-120930-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.140312T0600Z-140312T2100Z/
NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-
CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
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...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...
HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
851 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. THE SNOW
IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF A INCH PER HOUR...
AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH
WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO
BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$375 WWUS43 KIWX 120916 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 516 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT LATE WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. EXTREME SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA...FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO TO WABASH TO PORTLAND INDIANA LINE WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS...GENERALLY IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE DUE TO A LATER CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-121745- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... 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...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE... SWANTON 516 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 /416 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 10 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NEAR THE INDIANA/MICHIGAN/OHIO STATE LINES. * IMPACTS...EXTREME SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR...AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT AT BEST. 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. && $$ INZ008-009-015>018-024>027-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-121745- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH- HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 516 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR... AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT AT BEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ013-020-022-023-032>034-121745- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ PULASKI-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER... PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK 516 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF A INCH PER HOUR... AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW. THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT AT BEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
557 WWUS43 KIWX 121648 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1248 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN... .SNOWFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED BAND OF HEAVY SNOW EXITS THE REGION. AS OF 1230 PM...LIGHT SNOW IS STILL FALLING ALONG AND EAST OF THE US-31 CORRIDOR. THIS SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EVERYWHERE BY 5PM. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. INZ003-004-012>014-020-MIZ077-078-121800- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-WHITE-BERRIEN- CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...CULVER...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS 1248 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 /1148 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ INZ005>009-015>018-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-122100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS- GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...ROCHESTER... AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1248 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL END AROUND 4 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT... GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-122100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE... NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP... MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 1248 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL END AROUND 5 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
587 WWUS43 KIWX 121953 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 353 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM EXITING... .LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO BUT WILL EXIT BY 6 PM. A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OHIO THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. INZ005>009-015>018-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-122100- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS- GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...ROCHESTER... AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE... COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... NEW HAVEN...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB... MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE... BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY... UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 353 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-122100- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE... NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP... MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 353 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
624 WWUS43 KIWX 122126 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 526 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-122230- /O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T2100Z/ WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE... NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP... MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 526 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END EARLY THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SHARPLY TONIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE FREEZING OF SOME OF THE MELTED SNOW ON ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...SOME PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OPEN AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WIND GUSTS SUBSIDE. ANYONE TRAVELLING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
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 Mar 11, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
144 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 523 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL TODAY...HOWEVER MUCH COLDER
AIR WILL BEGIN TO INFILTRATE THE REGION LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST FROM THE PLAINS
AND INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA OVERNIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN
TO THE REGION THAT WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
BLOWING SNOW AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA DURING
THE DAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 523 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
INTENSE 150-160KT 3H JETSTREAK INTO NRN BC THIS AM LEADING TO ENERGY
BIFURCATION WITH STRONG/PROGRESSIVE MID TROPOSPHERIC TROF CONTG EWD
THROUGH CNTL ROCKIES TODAY AND WELL TUCKED REX DROPPING SWD INTO SRN
NV INTO WED. MEANWHILE A NRN SPLIT OF EPAC ENERGY HAS ALIGHTED NRN
PERIPHERY OF WRN RIDGE AND WILL SOON PHASE WITH WRN SPOKE OF NERN
CANADIAN VORTEX AS THE SECONDARY DROPS SWD THROUGH NRN
ALBERTA...OFFERING POTENTIAL TRIFECTA PHASING AS DEEP TROF MOVES
INTO WRN GRTLKS BY 12 UTC WED. LEESIDE CYCLOGENETIC STRETCHING
ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH EMERGENT WRN KS LOW TRACKING EWD TO WRN MO BY
EVENING. THEREAFTER CONSTERNATION MOUNTS WITH QUITE SKEPTICAL 00 UTC
NAM IDENTIFYING LOW LEVEL THERMAL DISCONTINUITY MUCH FARTHER NWD
THAN CONSENSUS AND PRIOR NAM ITERATIONS. NAM ALSO DEEPER/SLOWER/MORE
ROBUST THAN SEEN PRIOR WITH STRONG 7H CLOSED CIRCULATION TRACKING
ACRS NRN CWA FM NWRN IN ON KVPZ TO KDTW LINE 12-18 UTC WED WHILE
DEEPENING 65M. THIS WITH STRONG TROWAL PRESENCE...IF VERIFIED COULD
EFFECTIVELY NEARLY DOUBLE MAX SNOW SWATH AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN
LIGHT OF STEEP MID/UPR LEVEL LAPSE RATES/PRESENCE OF CONVECTIVELY
UNSTABLE PARCELS IN FAR NRN CWA. WHILE NAM DISCOUNTED...HAVE HELD
ONTO MID/LATE SECOND PERIOD WATCH IN DEFERENCE TOWARD NEED FOR 12
UTC MODEL ANALYSIS TO FINE TUNE WARNING/ADVISORIES AND AMOUNTS.
LARGE SPREAD OF POTENTIAL OUTCOMES DENOTED WITH CONTINUATION OF SREF
PLUME MEMBERS WELL SCATTERED ABOUT THE MEAN AND INHERENT
CONDITIONALITY ON UPSTREAM PHASING. SLIGHT MOD TO GRIDS/TOTAL
QPF/SNOW AMNTS FARTHER NORTH GIVEN EFFICIENT MOISTURE TAP PRESENTED
WITH INITIAL 6 G/KG 1000-850MB MOISTURE LAID OUT ALONG OLD FNTL
BNDRY SW-S FOLLOWED BY INTENSE MFLUX CONVERGENCE WITH BROAD GT 8
G/KG AIRMASS REACHING I70 CORRIDOR.
&&
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 523 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
LONG TERM PERIOD TO BEGIN WITH DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL LIKELY LINGER ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING WITH SOME LINGERING LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES STILL A POSSIBILITY. VERY COLD AIR TO
ADVECT INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL SET UP. FRESH SNOW COVER
AND MAGNITUDE OF THIS AIR MASS SHOULD YIELD LOWS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO MOST LOCATIONS WITH MAIN LIMITING FACTOR TO THE
BOTTOM REALLY DROPPING OUT BEING FAIRLY WELL MIXED LOW LEVELS UNDER
THIS COLD ADVECTION. COULD APPROACH RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOWS FOR
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING (FWA/1 SET IN 1960...AND SBN 1/SET IN 1896).
THE APPROACH OF LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS THURSDAY WILL ALLOW FOR BACKING
LOW LEVEL WINDS AND THE ONSET OF A PERIOD OF STRONGER WARM ADVECTION
THAT WILL EXTEND THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD SET THE STAGE
FOR RESPECTABLE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE SWINGS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST WITH THE EARLIER ONSET OF LOW LEVEL WAA WHERE HIGHS OF
AROUND 30 OR LOWER 30S ARE POSSIBLE. ONGOING WARM ADVECTION THURSDAY
NIGHT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE TENDENCIES WITH
RISING TEMPS. EVEN WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FRESH SNOWCOVER TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY...MAY STILL BE A BIT TOO COOL DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS ON THURSDAY GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THIS WARM ADVECTION AND WILL
JUST SLIGHTLY NUDGE TEMPERATURES UP AT THIS TIME.
FRIDAY STILL SHAPING UP TO BE A RELATIVELY MILD DAY WITH LOW LEVEL
THERMAL RIDGING IN PLACE IN ADVANCE OF NEXT PROGRESSIVE SHORT WAVE
DIVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH MEAN WESTERN CONUS/WESTERN CANADIAN RIDGE.
SOME WEAK FRONTAL RESPONSE POSSIBLE AS THIS SHORT WAVE
APPROACHES...ALTHOUGH TIMING QUITE DIFFICULT AT THIS FORECAST
DISTANCE DUE TO PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PATTERN. THUS...HAVE GONE
CONSERVATIVE ON POPS AND WILL LIMIT MENTION TO SLIGHT CHANCE -RA
FRIDAY NIGHT.
FOR SATURDAY...UPPER VORT LOBE ROTATING AROUND WESTERN FRINGE OF
HUDSON BAY UPPER LOW SHOULD BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR BACK TO
THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. AS ZONE OF STRONGER DPVA DROPS INTO THE
REGION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE A POSSIBILITY BUT EXPECTED
MAGNITUDE OF LOW/MID LEVEL DRY AIR ADVECTION SHOULD LIMIT THIS
POTENTIAL AND WILL MAINTAIN JUST SLIGHT/LOW CHANCE SNOW SHOWER
MENTION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. WHILE RETURN TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES STILL LOOKS REASONABLE FOR THE END OF THE
PERIOD...OVERALL PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PATTERN SHOULD ALLOW FOR
MODERATION JUST AFTER THIS FORECAST VALID PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 144 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014
CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE LATER TONIGHT AS PHASED PV
ANOMALIES APPROACH THE OHIO VALLEY. ABUNDANT WARM/MOIST AIR
ADVECTION WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG FGEN FORCING TO GENERATE A
PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AROUND 09Z AND
CONTINUING THROUGH ROUGHLY 15Z. PRECIP MAY BEGIN AS RAIN OR SLEET
BUT EXPECT A QUICK CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO
THE SYSTEM. LIFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AND VISIBILITIES MAY DROP
BELOW 1/2 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. TOTAL ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED TO BE 5-8 INCHES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS SURFACE CYCLONE RAPIDLY
STRENGTHENS.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>025.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR INZ003>007-012-014.
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MIZ077>081.
OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR OHZ004-005-015-016.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR OHZ001-002.
LM...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MURPHY
SHORT TERM...MURPHY
LONG TERM...MARSILI
AVIATION...AGD
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 5:16 AM EDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 516 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-120930- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 516 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /416 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN INDIANA AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A PERIOD OF A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM...THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ROUGHLY NORTH OF US ROUTE 6 BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS NORTH WINDS STRENGTHEN. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS (INDWSWIWX). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS (INDWSWIWX). MELTING SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME RIVER RISES THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 14 days |
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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.