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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 31, 201521 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2015, 4:08 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jan 31, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2015, 4:08 AM EST (09:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 2, 2015, 6:36 AM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
All 33 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 1, 2:20 AM ESTSNOW 1.3Akron, IN
Feb 1, 5:00 AM ESTSNOW 22 Nw Rochester, IN
Feb 1, 5:37 AM ESTSNOW 2.3Akron, INSTORM TOTAL SNOW SO FAR SINCE LAST NIGHT
Feb 1, 6:00 AM ESTSNOW 24 N Angola, INSTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 6 AM EST.
Feb 1, 6:39 AM ESTSNOW 2Argos, IN
Feb 1, 6:45 AM ESTSNOW 3.8Nappanee, IN
Feb 1, 7:00 AM ESTSNOW 2.25 Sw Fort Wayne, INSTORM TOTAL AS OF 7 AM EST
Feb 1, 7:29 AM ESTSNOW 5Knox, IN
Feb 1, 7:30 AM ESTSNOW 3.5Akron, IN0.5 INCHES PER HOUR RATE CURRENTLY...AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY
Feb 1, 7:30 AM ESTSNOW 4Plymouth, INTOTAL SO FAR. SNOW PICKING UP IN INTENSITY.
Feb 1, 7:31 AM ESTSNOW 2.14 Nnw Hudson, INSTORM TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 7:35 AM ESTSNOW 2.2Lagrange, IN
Feb 1, 7:50 AM ESTSNOW 2.82 E Constantine, MISTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 1, 8:05 AM ESTSNOW 3.25 S Columbia City, INTOTAL SNOW SO FAR. SNOW HAS CHANGED TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.
Feb 1, 8:15 AM ESTSNOW 2.5Coldwater, MI
Feb 1, 8:22 AM ESTSNOW 3Elkhart, INSTORM TOTAL. HEAVY WET SNOW
Feb 1, 8:26 AM ESTSLEET 0Elida, OHMIX OF RAIN AND SLEET BEING REPORTED
Feb 1, 8:30 AM ESTSNOW 4North Judson, INTOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 8:31 AM ESTSNOW 1Hartford City, INTOTAL SO FAR. TEMPERATURE 33 WITH NO SNOW FALLING AT THIS TIME
Feb 1, 8:48 AM ESTSNOW 3Logansport, IN
Feb 1, 8:55 AM ESTSNOW 0Aboite, INRAIN AND SNOW MIX
Feb 1, 8:55 AM ESTSNOW 2Decatur, IN
Feb 1, 9:00 AM ESTSNOW 2.92 W Paulding, OH
Feb 1, 9:05 AM ESTSNOW 1Berne, ININCH OF SNOW... MELTING AND TURNING TO SLUSH
Feb 1, 9:19 AM ESTSNOW 3Angola, IN
Feb 1, 9:21 AM ESTSNOW 5Albion, IN4 TO 5 INCHES SO FAR
Feb 1, 9:30 AM ESTSNOW 3.9Elkhart, IN
Feb 1, 9:34 AM ESTSNOW 3.5Pleasant Lake, INTOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 9:45 AM ESTSNOW 4.8Nappanee, IN1 INCH IN LAST HOUR. STORM TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 9:45 AM ESTSNOW 4.8Nappanee, INSTORM TOTAL AS OF 945 AM EST
Feb 1, 9:47 AM ESTSNOW 3Delta, OH
Feb 1, 9:50 AM ESTSNOW 2.5Delphos, OH
Feb 1, 9:57 AM ESTSNOW 12 Wsw Peru, INNOTHING FALLING AT THIS TIME.
Feb 1, 10:05 AM ESTSNOW 4.32 E Constantine, MIADDITIONAL 1.5 INCHES IN LAST 2 HOURS. STORM TOTAL OF 4.3 SO FAR.
Feb 1, 10:07 AM ESTSNOW 52 Se Helmer, IN
Feb 1, 10:20 AM ESTSNOW 4Constantine, MITOTAL SO FAR. MODERATE SNOW FALLING
Feb 1, 10:21 AM ESTSNOW 42 E Niles, MITOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 10:29 AM ESTSNOW 1.52 S Fort Wayne, IN
Feb 1, 10:30 AM ESTSNOW 5E Elkhart, IN5 INCHES SO FAR. 1 INCH IN LAST HOUR
Feb 1, 10:30 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 6Tyner, INSTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 1, 10:36 AM ESTSNOW 2Columbus Grove, OH
Feb 1, 10:36 AM ESTSNOW 3North Adams, MI
Feb 1, 10:42 AM ESTSNOW 3Spencerville, IN
Feb 1, 10:51 AM ESTSNOW 6.4Nappanee, IN1.6 INCHES IN LAST HOUR. TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 10:55 AM ESTSNOW 2.3Monticello, IN
Feb 1, 11:07 AM ESTSNOW 2.8Auburn, INTOTAL SO FAR.
Feb 1, 11:10 AM ESTSNOW 6Middlebury, IN5 TO 6 INCHES SO FAR
Feb 1, 11:12 AM ESTSNOW 6.31 Sw Millersburg, INTOTAL SO FAR. 2.5 INCHES IN LAST 2 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH OF 7
Feb 1, 11:19 AM ESTSNOW 4.5Akron, INTOTAL SO FAR. SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF BUT WAS INCREASING
Feb 1, 11:22 AM ESTSNOW 2Lima, OH
Feb 1, 11:26 AM ESTSNOW 5Angola, INTOTAL SO FAR. WINDS PICKING UP
Feb 1, 11:26 AM ESTSNOW 6Three Rivers, MI
Feb 1, 11:27 AM ESTSNOW 6E Elkhart, INTOTAL SO FAR. 2 INCHES IN PAST HOUR
Feb 1, 11:30 AM ESTSNOW 3Defiance, OH
Feb 1, 11:30 AM ESTSNOW 4Garrett, IN
Feb 1, 11:45 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 7.8Nappanee, IN1.4 INCHES IN LAST HOUR. STORM TOTAL SO FAR
Feb 1, 11:50 AM ESTSNOW 7E Elkhart, IN
Feb 1, 12:15 PM ESTSNOW 4Delta, OH
Feb 1, 12:15 PM ESTSNOW 5Moscow, MIAVERAGING BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES.
Feb 1, 12:18 PM ESTSNOW 4Leipsic, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-01-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

426 
WWUS43 KIWX 310908
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
408 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
024-025-311715-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
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-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...
HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
408 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015 /308 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST /3 AM
CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...SPREADING FROM WEST TO
  EAST. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN END SUNDAY NIGHT FROM
  WEST TO EAST. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM
  SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 11 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE WITH SOME UNPLOWED ROADS
  BECOMING IMPASSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>081-311715-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE
408 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
   SNOW EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 
   EVENING. 

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM TO HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR... 
   HOWEVER THERE IS LOWER CONFIDENCE IN EXACT AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

IMPACTS...

 * SNOW COVERED ROADS WITH VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$
8 follow-up statements
719 
WWUS43 KIWX 311302
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
802 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

MIZ077>081-312200-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
/O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE
802 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW
   EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO
   SUNDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. THE
   SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN END SUNDAY NIGHT FROM WEST TO
   EAST. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE
   DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR... HOWEVER THERE
   IS LOWER CONFIDENCE IN EXACT AMOUNTS AND THE EXACT LOCATION OF
   THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&


$$

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
024-025-312200-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
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-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...BRYAN...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...
HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
802 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015 /702 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
  
 * HEAVY SNOW...6 TO 12 INCHES. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW
   EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO
   SUNDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. THE
   SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN END SUNDAY NIGHT FROM WEST TO
   EAST. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE
   DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR... HOWEVER THERE
   IS LOWER CONFIDENCE IN EXACT AMOUNTS AND THE EXACT LOCATION OF
   THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
313 
WWUS43 KIWX 312027
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-010430-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY INTO
   SUNDAY EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND
   BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AS IT SPREADS FROM WEST TO
   EAST. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN TAPER LATE SUNDAY
   NIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-010430-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T1200Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...8 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
   SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
   EVENING. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND
   BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AS IT SPREADS FROM WEST TO
   EAST. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN TAPER LATE SUNDAY
   NIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. 

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ020-022>027-032>034-010430-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...7 TO 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. 
   THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN END SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 
   WEST TO EAST. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING 
   THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. 

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003>009-012>018-010430-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015 /227 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. 
   THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN END SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 
   WEST TO EAST. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING 
   THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. 

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER THERE IS
   MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE EXACT
   LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>080-010430-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...8 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW
   AND BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. THE
   SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN TAPER SUNDAY NIGHT FROM WEST
   TO EAST. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE
   DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO EXACT AMOUNTS AND
   THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
990 
WWUS43 KIWX 010256
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
956 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

INZ020-022>027-032>034-011100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
956 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...7 TO 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

TIMING...

 * SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO
   EAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003>009-012>018-011100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
956 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015 /856 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM
CST/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN END FROM WEST TO
   EAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
   DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER THERE 
   IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE EXACT 
   LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>080-011100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON
956 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...8 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND
   THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST
   TO EAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS
   EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO EXACT AMOUNTS AND 
   THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-011100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
956 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY 
   INTO SUNDAY EVENING. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND 
   BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING... AND THEN
   CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY... WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE SUNDAY
   NIGHT.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-011100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T1200Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
956 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...8 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY 
   INTO SUNDAY EVENING. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
   SUNDAY NIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND 
   BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
   SUNDAY... WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
181 
WWUS43 KIWX 010923
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
423 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

INZ020-022>027-032>034-011730-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
423 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...7 TO 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
   EXPECTED TODAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TIMING...

 * SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY...THEN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO
   EAST LATE TONIGHT.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003>009-012>018-011730-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
423 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 /323 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM
CST/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. HEAVY SNOW IS
   EXPECTED TODAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST
   LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER THERE 
   IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE EXACT 
   LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>080-011730-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON
423 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TODAY.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
   LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO EXACT AMOUNTS AND 
   THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-011730-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
423 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND 
   BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND THEN TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-011730-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
423 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...7 TO 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST
   SNOW EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND 
   BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER 
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE 
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
014 
WWUS43 KIWX 011731
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1231 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

INZ020-022>027-032>034-020145-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
1231 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...7 TO 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS 
   EXPECTED TODAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE
   TONIGHT./PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003>009-012>018-020145-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
1231 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 /1131 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM
CST/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. HEAVY SNOW IS 
   EXPECTED TODAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND THEN END FROM WEST TO 
   EAST LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>080-020145-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON
1231 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TODAY. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY 
   SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
   LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-020145-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
1231 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND 
   BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND THEN TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-020145-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
1231 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...7 TO 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF 
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
   TONIGHT. 

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING 
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL 
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND 
   BLOWING SNOW. 

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
451 
WWUS43 KIWX 020002
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
702 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

INZ020-022>027-032>034-020815-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
702 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...6 TO 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
   BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT.

TIMING...

 * OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF
   LATE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN
   THIS EVENING FROM MARION EAST.

PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003>009-012>018-020815-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
702 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 /602 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST /3 AM
CST/ MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
   AMOUNTS.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
   BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST
   LATE TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>080-020815-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON
702 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
   BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST
   TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-020815-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
702 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING
   SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND THEN TAPER OFF LATE
   TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-020815-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
702 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...6 TO 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL
   DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL BECOME
   IMPASSIBLE.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING
   SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF LATE
   TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THIS
   EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
302 
WWUS43 KIWX 020859
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

INZ032>034-021000-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0900Z/
GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA WILL ALLOW THE
WINTER STORM WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST.

LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END ALONG WITH PATCHY DRIFTING
SNOW...BUT WINTER STORM WARNING CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

&&

$$

INZ020-022>027-021200-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
   TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS ARE
   LIKELY IMPASSIBLE.

TIMING...

 * UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.

PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

INZ003>009-012>018-021200-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 /259 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ THIS MORNING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...


 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
   TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS ARE
   LIKELY IMPASSIBLE.

TIMING...

 * UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ077>080-021200-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
   TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS ARE
   LIKELY IMPASSIBLE.

TIMING...

 * UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-021200-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...


 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
   TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS ARE
   LIKELY IMPASSIBLE.

TIMING...

 * UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING.  ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

OHZ024-025-021200-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON
359 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
   TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS ARE
   LIKELY IMPASSIBLE.

TIMING...

 * UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING.  ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
746 
WWUS43 KIWX 021136
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
636 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-021245-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T1200Z/
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-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...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...
HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...
HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
636 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 /536 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING LESSENING THE THREAT
OF BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY AND MANY UNPLOWED SECONDARY ROADS WILL REMAIN
IMPASSABLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX 
   FOR MORE INFORMATION. 

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 31, 1:15 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 1:15 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
115 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 405 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY PROVIDING FAIR WEATHER ACROSS OUR AREA. LOWS TONIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM 11 TO 17... WITH HIGHS SATURDAY IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 30S. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED MOVE FROM THE THE PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT TO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM
WILL CAUSE SNOW... POSSIBLY HEAVY... IN OUR AREA SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 405 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

BENIGN WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS
ACROSS THE REGION. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND FLURRIES HAVE
BEEN STEADILY CONTRACTING PAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THIS TREND
LIKELY TO INCREASE AS WE CLOSE IN ON THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE
CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW LOWS TO DROP INTO
THE TEENS AS THE HIGH DRIFTS OVERHEAD.

THE REGION WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE HIGH ON SATURDAY
ALLOWING AFTERNOON HIGHS TO CLIMB TO NEAR OR ABOVE
FREEZING...ALLOWING FOR TEMPORARILY IMPROVING ROAD CONDITIONS
PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SNOW SATURDAY EVENING.

&&

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 405 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

12 UTC MODELS/COBB OUTPUT ALONG WITH 09/15 UTC SREF ENSEMBLE
PLUMES LENDING INCREASED CONFIDENCE FOR SIG EVENT SAT NIGHT
THROUGH SUN NIGHT...LEADING TO PRIOR MIDDAY ISSUANCE OF WINTER
STORM WATCH FOLLOWING WPC/INTEROFFICE COORD. SW/BAJA VORTEX
PUMPING EXTREME MOISTURE TRANSPORT NWD. 4-6 G/KG PLUS WITHIN
850-500 MB EXTRUDED NWD FM SWRN MEXICO INTO INTMTN/CENTRAL ROCKIES
TO HARMONIOUSLY MELD WITH HIGH MOISTURE LADEN WRN VANCOUVER WAVE
INTO SAT. PRESENCE OF HUDSON BAY AND SWRN VORTEX TO AID IN PHASING
TO SHARPLY HEWN SEWD DIVING SHORTWAVE THROUGH NRN PLAINS INTO MID
MS VLY. INCREASINGLY RAMPED HGHT FALLS WITH LONG DURATION TO AID
IN LARGE SCALE ASCENT. PROLONGED EWD REACH OF HGHT ADJUSTMENTS
NOTED AS HFC IN EXCESS OF 100M/12HR SUN AM INTENSIFIES UPWARDS OF
180M/12 HR AS IT INTO SWRN OH/NRN KY BY 12 UTC MON.
EXTREME/PROLONGED MFLUX CONVERGENCE IN E-W FASHION THROUGH NRN IL
INTO NWRN OH PER I285/I290K NAM ISENTROPIC SFCS. 50 KT SWRLY
JETLET ORTHOGONAL TO ISENT SFCS MOVES EWD FM SERN MO UP OHIO BASIN
SUN AM TO NEAR KCVG BY 00 UTC MON. 7H TRACK IN LARGELY
OPEN/POSITIVE TILT TO WEAKLY CLOSED ALONG ROUTE 6 CORRIDOR AND
HINT OF TROWAL AT I285K JUST SOUTH...ALONG WITH TIGHTER ENSEMBLE
SPREAD LENDS HIR CONFIDENCE TO FARTHER NWD SWATH OF HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL. WHILE CONFIDENCE OF SIG EVENT/6 PLUS INCHES IS VERY
HIGH...EVENTUAL PLACEMENT AND DETAILS ALONG N/S GRADIENT EDGES
STILL EVOKE HESITANCE/UNCERTAINTY. THEREFORE ENTIRE CWA UNDER WSW
FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH LATER RUNS PROVIDING SUFFICIENT
CONFIDENCE FOR UPG WARNING/ADV DECISIONS...LIKELY EARLY AM SUN AND
CERTAINLY BY NOON SHOULD DEFERENCE BE MADE TO 12 UTC SUN MODEL
OUTPUT. WHAT COULD GO WRONG...INCLUSION OF PLATES/NEEDLES IN DEEP
SUPERSATURATION ABOVE THE DGZ COULD LEAD TO MORE GRANULAR FLAKES
AND ANY FARTHER NWD TREND WOULD BEGIN TO GREATLY LESSEN FAR SRN
CWA SLR AS COLUMN WARMS...THOUGH SRN CWA NAM BUFKIT SITES FIRM IN
FROZEN/SNOW PTYPE PER ENERGY NOMOGRAM. RAMPED GRADIENT FLOW TO
BRING PD OF BLSN ESP LATE SUN AFTN/EVE AS OH VLY SFC LOW DEEPENS
ALONG TRACK THROUGH MID INTO UPR OH VLY.

BRIEF LES IN WAKE OF SYSTEM...THOUGH INITIAL BAND MAY SET WEST OF
CWA UNTIL BACKING FLOW BY DAYBREAK MON. THEREAFTER DRY AIR
INTRUSION ALONG WITH LOWERING/STRENGTHENING SUBSIDENCE INVERSION
SHOULD GREATLY MITIGATE NWRN CWA ACCUMS. WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM INTO
GRTLKS TUE NIGHT/WED...FOLLOWED AGAIN BY AT LEAST WEAK LES
RESPONSE AS PRIMARY TROF AXIS SHARPENS FM HUDSON BAY INTO LWR
GRTLKS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1239 AM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL RIDGE
AXIS CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.
SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL WAA CLOUDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND
SCT-BKN HIGH CLOUDINESS...BUT MVFR CIGS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL
TONIGHT. LEAD UPPER VORT MAX ASSOCIATED WITH NEXT SIGNIFICANT
SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE AREA COMBINED WITH ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL
ALLOW SNOW TO OVERSPREAD TERMINALS IN THE EVENING AND HAVE
INTRODUCED IFR VSBYS TOWARD THE END OF THIS PERIOD. SNOWFALL
INTENSITY/CIGS/VSBYS TO DETERIORATE MORE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THIS
FORECAST VALID PERIOD AND ESPECIALLY AFTER 12Z SUNDAY AS PRIMARY
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
     INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034.

MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
     MIZ077>081.

OH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
     OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.

LM...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...JT
SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM...MURPHY
AVIATION...MARSILI

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 11:45 AM EST, 16 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1145 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-
002-004-005-015-016-024-025-311645-
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-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
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
1145 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015 /1045 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS
OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY
EVENING FOR THE THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW AS WELL AS BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT FROM
OUR OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

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

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.