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Gale Watch 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 5, 2015

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale watch at Jan 5, 2015, 5:15 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2015, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 6, 2015, 4:00 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Jan 5, 4:01 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 4:01 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 6:17 AM EST, 10 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 5, 12:05 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 5, 5:10 PM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
510 PM EST MON JAN 05 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     SNOW             BERRIEN SPRINGS         41.95N  86.34W
01/05/2015  M5.0 INCH        BERRIEN            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STORM TOTAL.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 4:10 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant and 10 more	33 hr
Jan 5, 5:01 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		12 hr
Jan 5, 5:15 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	IWX		11 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Indiana, 2015 Every gale watch in 2015

Sources

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