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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this freezing rain advisory at Dec 27, 2015, 4:13 PM EST for 11 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2015, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Dec 27, 4:11 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 4:11 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 5:31 AM EST, 10 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 531 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-281045- 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 531 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015 /431 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TODAY... HOWEVER RUN-OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT MAY STILL RESULT IN SOME FLOODING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MONDAY MAY RESULT IN SLICK ROADS AND SIDEWALKS... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ROUTE 30. IT WILL ALSO BE VERY WINDY MONDAY WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME TREE LIMB DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED... BUT REPORTS OF ANY OBSERVED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-281045- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 531 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY 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, Dec 27, 11:06 AM EST, 5 hours 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 4:21 AM EST | Gale Warning | IWX | 42 hr | |
| Dec 27, 9:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Wells | 5 days |
| Dec 27, 9:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 6 days |
| Dec 27, 10:23 AM EST | River Flood Watch | IWX | Adams, Wells | 4 days |
| Dec 27, 4:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant and 11 more | 29 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:23 AM EST | River Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Paulding, Putnam | 3 days |
Nearby
Freezing Rain Advisories in Indiana, 2015Freezing Rain Advisories in Ohio, 2015Freezing Rain Advisories in Michigan, 2015Every freezing rain advisory 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.