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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 4, 20159 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm watch at Jan 4, 2015, 3:46 PM EST for 9 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 5, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2015, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 5, 2015, 3:47 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 4, 3:41 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 3:41 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 6:42 AM EST, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
642 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-051145-
VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
642 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW TODAY. WIND CHILLS NEAR 0 ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

HAZARDS: SNOW. COLD WIND CHILLS.

TIMING: SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. COLD WIND CHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER WAVE WILL BRING CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW TO
THE AREA TODAY. COLD AIR WILL BLOW IN BEHIND THIS WAVE AND BRING
NEAR ZERO WIND CHILLS WITH IT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY
MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING...AND WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO ARE
EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS
POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY.

DISCUSSION: A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ON
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING CHANCES FOR SNOW TO CENTRAL
INDIANA. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM
PLUNGING LOW TEMPERATURES TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO AND BRINGING IN WIND
CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. ANOTHER WAVE WILL BRING A CHANCE
FOR SNOW SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-051145-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
642 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW TODAY. WIND CHILLS BELOW 0 ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT.

HAZARDS: SNOW. COLD WIND CHILLS.

TIMING: SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. COLD WIND CHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER WAVE WILL BRING CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW TO
THE AREA TODAY. AROUND A HALF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. COLD AIR WILL
BLOW IN BEHIND THIS WAVE AND BRING BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WITH IT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY
MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING...AND WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO ARE
EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS
LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

DISCUSSION: A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ON
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING CHANCES FOR SNOW TO CENTRAL
INDIANA. AT THIS TIME AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW LOOKS POSSIBLE
WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE
IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM PLUNGING LOW TEMPERATURES TO NEAR OR
BELOW ZERO AND BRINGING IN WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.
ANOTHER WAVE WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SNOW SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

CP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington5 days
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike4 days
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike7 days
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox8 days
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren53 hr
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo3 days
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan4 days
Jan 4, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan4 days
Jan 4, 4:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.