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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm watch at Nov 18, 2014, 4:08 PM EST for Elkhart County, LaGrange County, Indiana; Branch County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Nov 19, 2014, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2014, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2014, 4:23 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Nov 18, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 5:39 AM EST, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 539 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2014 INZ003>005-MIZ077>080-191045- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER 539 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2014 /439 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT INDWSWIWX FOR DETAILS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING OVER MAINLY FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SNOWFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-191045- 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-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 539 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2014 /439 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 LMZ043-046-191045- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 539 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...PLEASE SEE PRODUCT INDMWWIWX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 18, 10:37 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 66 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2014Winter Storm Watches in Indiana, 2014Every winter storm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.