Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Watches in 2015
Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 5 days |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 4 days |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 8 days |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 53 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 4 days |
| Jan 4, 9:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 4 days |
| Jan 4, 4:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 7 days |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Indiana, 2015Every winter storm watch in 2015
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.