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Gale Watch 8, NWS Northern Indiana

November 20, 2015

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale watch at Nov 20, 2015, 4:01 PM EST. It took effect at Nov 21, 2015, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 2015, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 21, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 21, 2015, 4:05 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 Nov 20, 12:26 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 12:26 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 20, 4:29 AM EST, 11 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
429 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-210930-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE
429 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015 /329 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY... IS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>026-032-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-210930-
NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
MARION...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...
NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP
429 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015 /329 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015/

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WITH ACCUMULATIONS FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

INZ027-033-034-OHZ016-024-025-210930-
ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
415 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015415 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015HWEST OHIO
AND NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR TWO AT MOST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-210930-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
429 AM EST FRI NOV 20 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 TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY... WITH NORTHWEST GALES POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 10:03 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX18 hr
Nov 20, 3:54 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Steuben12 hr
Nov 20, 4:03 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIWXAllen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 13 more30 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Indiana, 2015Every gale 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.