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Gale Watch 3, NWS Northern Indiana

April 9, 2015

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale watch at Apr 9, 2015, 4:23 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2015, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2015, 10:28 AM EDT
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 Apr 9, 1:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 7:11 PM EDT, 9 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
711 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-091000-
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
711 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015 /611 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THURSDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-091000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
711 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER
IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY EVENING.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

&&

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, Apr 9, 1:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 9, 1:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 9, 2:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:02 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte49 min
Apr 9, 12:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXStarke51 min
Apr 9, 12:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaPorte41 min
Apr 9, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Saint Joseph48 min
Apr 9, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange43 min
Apr 9, 10:28 AM EDTGale WarningIWX25 hr
Apr 9, 10:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXAllen, Putnam52 min
Apr 9, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXDefiance, Henry37 min
Apr 9, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXFulton46 min
Apr 9, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Henry36 min
Apr 9, 1:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien34 min
Apr 9, 4:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXHillsdale58 min
Apr 9, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph37 min
Apr 9, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXBranch, Saint Joseph36 min

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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.