Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Feb 14, 2015, 4:07 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2015, 4:07 AM EST (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2015, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2015, 3:24 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Starke County, IN, Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119 WWUS43 KIWX 140907 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-141715- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0005.150214T1300Z-150215T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /307 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY MID MORNING ALONG AN ARCTIC FRONT...WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-141715- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.150214T1300Z-150215T0000Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A QUICK BURST OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ006-008-MIZ079-141715- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.150214T1300Z-150215T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-NOBLE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A QUICK BURST OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-141715- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ OHZ015-016-141715- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ005-012>016-141715- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.150214T1300Z-150215T1200Z/ ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE 407 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /307 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY MID MORNING ALONG AN ARCTIC FRONT...WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
839 WWUS43 KIWX 141520 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-142330- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /920 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-142330- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ006-008-MIZ079-142330- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ LAGRANGE-NOBLE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A QUICK BURST OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ005-012>016-142330- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /920 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-142330- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ OHZ015-016-142330- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 1020 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
573 WWUS43 KIWX 141608 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 INZ005-150015- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-150015- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /1008 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ OHZ015-016-150015- /O.EXA.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-150015- /O.EXA.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-150015- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ006-008-MIZ079-150015- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ LAGRANGE-NOBLE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING A QUICK BURST OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ012>016-150015- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE 1108 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /1008 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
926 WWUS43 KIWX 141740 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 INZ003>005-MIZ077-078-150145- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /1140 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-150145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ006-008-MIZ079-150145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ LAGRANGE-NOBLE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ OHZ015-016-150145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-150145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ012>016-150145- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /1140 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
374 WWUS43 KIWX 141945 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 INZ012-014>016-150345- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /145 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ INZ003>005-MIZ077-078-150345- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /145 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT. BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && $$ INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-150345- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ006-008-MIZ079-150345- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ LAGRANGE-NOBLE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ OHZ015-016-150345- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-150345- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ013-150345- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE 245 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
857 WWUS43 KIWX 142024 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 INZ003>005-MIZ077-078-150430- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.BZ.W.0001.150214T2024Z-150215T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0006.150215T0300Z-150215T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /224 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. EVEN LOCATIONS WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. * DANGEROUS COLD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ INZ012-014>016-150430- /O.CAN.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.BZ.W.0001.150214T2024Z-150215T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0006.150215T0300Z-150215T1200Z/ STARKE-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 /224 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ INZ007-009-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-150430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ STEUBEN-DE KALB-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...AUBURN...GARRETT... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ006-008-MIZ079-150430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ LAGRANGE-NOBLE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ OHZ015-016-150430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-150430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T0200Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.150215T0200Z-150215T1600Z/ WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO FALLING SNOW... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ013-150430- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150215T1200Z/ PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE 324 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... WITH BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHILE ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * BITTER COLD: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY LEAD TO FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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 Feb 14, 12:13 AM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 12:13 AM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1213 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 1210 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015
A QUICK INCH OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY AN
ARCTIC FRONT THAT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A BLAST OF BRUTALLY COLD AIR
BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL SUPPORT GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS...AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. SUNDAY WILL FEATURE DRY AND COLD CONDITIONS...WITH MUCH
OF THE SAME EXPECTED INTO NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 304 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL CENTER ON ARCTIC FRONT AND ASSOCIATED
SNOW/LAKE EFFECT SNOW/AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS FROM EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL
REPLACE THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BERRIEN/CASS MICHIGAN AND LA
PORE/ST.JOSEPH INDIANA...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA OUTSIDE
OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
WESTERLY LOW/MID LEVEL WAA REGIME WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING
WITH SHARP LOW LEVEL THETAE GRADIENT ADVECTING INTO THE FORECAST
AREA CLOSER TO 00Z. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN/NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH
LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. OTHERWISE ATTENTION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL SHIFT TO THE TIGHTENING LOW LEVEL
BAROCLINIC ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH A POTENT AND DEEP UPPER PV ANOMALY
DROPPING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. FRONTALLY
ENHANCED SNOW AND STRONGER DPVA JUST AFTER DAYBREAK SHOULD BEGIN TO
ENHANCE SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. SOME CONCERN
GIVEN INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH ARCTIC FRONT AND A ZONE OF
ENHANCED FRONTOGENESIS FORCING (PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE
NORTH/NORTHEAST)...THAT NARROW BANDS OF ENHANCED SNOW MAY ACCOMPANY
THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH QUITE PROGRESSIVE THROUGH THE AREA. STRONG
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IS ALSO EXPECTED AS CWA BECOMES LOCATED IN
FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 140 KNOT JET STREAK DIGGING THROUGH
THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH.
AFTER SHOT OF SNOW WITH THE ARCTIC FRONT SATURDAY
MORNING...DEEPENING LAKE INDUCED INSTABILITY AND NORTHWEST
TRAJECTORIES SHOULD FAVOR RAPID TRANSITION TO MULTIBAND LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SETUP...WITH SOME PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW GIVEN
PERIOD OF SYNOPTIC ENHANCEMENT AND MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY. AS WAS
THE CASE YESTERDAY...THESE BANDS WILL LIKELY HAVE SIGNIFICANT INLAND
PENETRATION. THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF A BROAD SOUTH CENTRAL
CANADIAN LOW LEVEL ANTICYCLONE SHOULD ALLOW FOR VEERING WIND
PROFILES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS THAT SHOULD
ALLOW A MORE DOMINANT SINGLE BAND TO DEVELOP AND SHIFT INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATER SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION MENTIONED...INVERSION HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO
LOWER AS MORE FAVORABLE NORTHERLY TRAJECTORIES DEVELOP SATURDAY
NIGHT...BUT A GOOD LAKE SUPERIOR CONNECTION SHOULD EXIST ONCE AGAIN
WITH STRONG LAKE AGGREGATE TROUGHING ANTICIPATED. GIVEN ALL THE
ABOVE FACTORS FEEL THAT PREVIOUS 3 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE
WINTER STORM WATCH COUNTIES ARE REASONABLE. THE OTHER BIG CONCERN
WILL BE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE POST FRONTAL WINDS. RAPID DEEPENING OF
THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND PRESSURE RISES BUILDING INTO THE AREA WILL
SUPPORT NORTHWEST GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH
HIGHER END GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKESHORE AREAS.
WHILE LOW TO MEDIUM CONFIDENCE STILL EXISTS WITH EXACT PLACEMENT OF
HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS...CONFIDENCE IS MUCH HIGHER OF
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THUS...WILL REPLACE THE
WINTER STORM WATCH WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING. HAVE OPTED TO PAD
THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
APPROXIMATELY NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA TO CAPTURE SNOW/BLOWING
SNOW WITH INITIAL ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED
BY INLAND PENETRATION OF LAKE EFFECT BANDS ACROSS THE WEST LATER
SATURDAY. FAR NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHICH WILL BE UNDER THE
ADVISORY MAY ONLY RECEIVE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW AS ARCTIC FRONT
QUICKLY PUSHES THROUGH...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING ISSUES MAY PERSIST
INTO THE AFTERNOON. DID CONSIDER EXTENDING THIS ADVISORY ACROSS THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BUT WITH STRONGEST FGEN FORCING ANTICIPATED
ACROSS THE NORTH...AND UNCERTAINTIES IN SNOW AMOUNTS...WILL DEFER
ANY ADDITIONAL EXPANSION FOR NOW.
LAKE EFFECT BAND SHOULD BEGIN TO SHIFT OUT OF IWX FORECAST AREA
TOWARD 12Z SUNDAY...AND MAIN CONCERN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY
MORNING WILL BE WIND CHILLS. AREAS OUTSIDE OF LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS
WILL SEE WIND CHILLS DROP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW BY EVENING...WITH
15 TO 25 BELOW WIND CHILLS EXPANDING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA OVERNIGHT AS MAIN LAKE PLUME SHIFTS WESTWARD. AT THIS POINT
FEEL IT WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING TO ALSO DEFER WIND CHILL HEADLINES
AT THESE IMPACTS WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE SECOND PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 304 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015
THIS LONG TERM PERIOD CAN BE CHARACTERIZED AS QUIET BUT COLD. LAKE
EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL SHIFT WEST OF OUR CWA BY SUNDAY MORNING AS LOW
LEVEL WINDS GRADUALLY VEER. GRADIENT ALSO RELAXES AS HIGH
PRESSURE...SUPPORTED BY AVA FROM DECENT SHORTWAVE MIDLEVEL
RIDGE...SLIDES OVER THE AREA. MAIN STORY WILL BE THE VERY COLD
CONDITIONS. 925MB TEMPS NEAR -20C WILL KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS AT OR
BELOW 10F. LATEST RAW AND STATISTICAL GUIDANCE CAME IN A TOUCH LOWER
AND HAVE TRENDED THE FORECASTED HIGHS IN THAT DIRECTION BUT AM A BIT
CONCERNED MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE COULD TACK ON
AN EXTRA DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE GUIDANCE...AS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL
TIMES RECENTLY. STILL GOING TO BE BITTERLY COLD THOUGH WITH WIND
CHILL VALUES LIKELY STAYING BELOW ZERO. SUNDAY NIGHT LOWS MAY NOT BE
QUITE AS COLD GIVEN SOME WEAK WAA/AIRMASS MODIFICATION BUT STILL
EXPECT VALUES NEAR ZERO AND WIND CHILLS IN THE -5 TO -15F RANGE.
STEADY MODERATION THEN EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY BUT ANOTHER COLD
FRONT WILL USHER IN ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR FOR THE MIDWEEK
PERIOD. TEMPS REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE
WEEK WITH PERSISTENT RIDGING OVER THE WEST COAST MAINTAINING N/NW
FLOW DOWNSTREAM.
THIS PATTERN WILL ALSO MAINTAIN PREDOMINATELY DRY CONDITIONS
(OUTSIDE OF LAKE EFFECT). NO GOOD CHANCES FOR SYNOPTIC SNOW THROUGH
NEXT WEEK WITH MAIN STORM TRACK AND MOISTURE REMAINING LOCKED WELL
TO OUR SOUTH. BEST CHANCE FOR MEANINGFUL LAKE EFFECT SNOW LOOKS TO
BE ON WEDNESDAY WITH PASSAGE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH. MAINTAINED BROAD
LOW CHANCE POPS IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES FOR MUCH OF THE OTHER DAYS
BUT AMOUNTS APPEAR LIGHT GIVEN LACK OF SYNOPTIC SUPPORT AND DRY NW
FLOW.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1210 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015
HIGH MVFR TO LOW VFR CIGS AND A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE IN "WARM"
SECTOR EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON ALONG AND BEHIND A VERY STRONG
ARCTIC FRONT. A NARROW BAND OF INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THE ARCTIC FRONT TOWARD MIDDAY WITH PERIODS OF LIFR VIS
RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED. STRONG NNW WINDS AND TRANSITION TO LAKE
EFFECT SNOW POST-FRONTAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SBN WILL
RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF THE ACCUMULATIONS AND VIS/CIG RESTRICTIONS
WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF CYCLE
(03-06Z). LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS AND VARIABLE CONDITIONS WILL
REACH WELL INLAND POTENTIALLY IMPACTING FWA INTO THE EARLY EVENING
(LOW CONFIDENCE).
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR
INZ006>009.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM
EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR INZ003-004.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY TO 7
AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR INZ005-012>016.
MI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR
MIZ079>081.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY FOR
MIZ077-078.
OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR
OHZ001-002-004-005.
LM...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...STEINWEDEL
SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...AGD
AVIATION...STEINWEDEL
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:08 AM EST, 23 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 408 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-140915- 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 408 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 /308 AM CST FRI FEB 13 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ALONG AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE LIGHTER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... BUT SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS OF -10 TO -30 ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:07 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 14, 10:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Adams, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Jay, Wells | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:24 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Starke | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Starke | 15 hr |
| Feb 14, 8:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.