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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm warning at Feb 18, 2015, 12:22 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 31 hr. 9 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
- Feb 18, 2015, 12:22 PM EST (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Cass County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:21 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Se Marcellus, MI | VISIBILITY AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE. TOTAL SNOW SINCE ONSET THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 18, 7:01 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 Se Marcellus, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE 7AM. |
| Feb 18, 8:27 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Marcellus, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 7.5 TO 8 INCHES. |
| Feb 18, 8:39 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Edwardsburg, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 18, 10:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 E Niles, MI | STORM TOTAL 7 TO 8 INCHES. |
| Feb 19, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 9.2 | Barron Lake, MI | COCORAHS STATION NILES 3.5 E /MI-CS-5/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Feb 19, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Barron Lake, MI | COCORAHS STATION NILES 3.5 E /MI-CS-5/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
| Feb 19, 8:33 AM EST | SNOW 3.6 | 1 Ese Magician Lake, MI | COCORAHS STATION DOWAGIAC 5.3 NNW /MI-CS-2/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Feb 19, 8:33 AM EST | SNOW 11.4 | 1 Ese Magician Lake, MI | COCORAHS STATION DOWAGIAC 5.3 NNW /MI-CS-2/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS. |
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 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037 WWUS43 KIWX 181722 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1222 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 MIZ077-078-190200- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0007.150218T1722Z-150220T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1222 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ INZ004-005-190200- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 1222 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ006-MIZ079-190200- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1222 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ003-190200- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 1122 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-190200- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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 1222 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /1122 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
707 WWUS43 KIWX 181726 CCA WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1225 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 MIZ077-078-190215- /O.UPG.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ /O.COR.KIWX.WS.W.0007.150218T1725Z-150220T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1225 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-190215- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 1225 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ006-MIZ079-190215- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1225 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ003-190215- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 1125 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-190215- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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 1225 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /1125 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. 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. && $$
683 WWUS43 KIWX 181951 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 MIZ077-078-190300- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ008-009-016-190300- /O.EXB.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE 251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 6 CORRIDOR WITH AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ004-005-190300- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ006-MIZ079-190300- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ003-190300- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 151 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ007-012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002- 004-005-015-016-024-025-190300- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ STEUBEN-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...COLUMBIA CITY... TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU... GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON... ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION... GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND... DUNKIRK...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON... DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER... LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA... PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /151 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
425 WWUS43 KIWX 182035 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 MIZ077-078-190500- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INDIANA...MICHIGAN STATE LINE WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ007-190500- /O.EXA.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ STEUBEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 6 CORRIDOR. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ INZ008-009-016-190500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 6 CORRIDOR WITH AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND 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. && $$ INZ004-005-190500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ006-MIZ079-190500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ003-190500- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 235 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-190500- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.150218T2100Z-150219T1700Z/ STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN- MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN... CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...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...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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 335 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /235 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. 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. && $$
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WWUS43 KIWX 190254
WSWIWX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
954 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
INZ007>009-016-191100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150219T0300Z/
/O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150219T1700Z/
STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-KOSCIUSKO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...
SYRACUSE...MENTONE
954 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW
ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
&&
$$
MIZ077-078-191100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS
954 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE INDIANA...MICHIGAN STATE LINE WHERE LOCALIZED
HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE
NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP.
* WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL
RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.
* WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
* VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
&&
$$
INZ004-005-191100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/
ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE
954 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...
EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE
HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP.
* WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
* VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
&&
$$
INZ006-MIZ079-191100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/
LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON
954 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...HEAVIEST ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON
WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP.
* WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.
* WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
* VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
&&
$$
INZ003-191100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/
LA PORTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE
854 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... MAINLY
ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS
SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON
WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP.
* WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
* VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
&&
$$
INZ012>015-017-018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-191100-
/O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150219T1700Z/
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-
MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...
CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...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...COLDWATER...
BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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
954 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /854 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM
CST/ THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25
BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS.
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.
&&
$$807 WWUS43 KIWX 190831 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 331 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 MIZ077-078-191645- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 331 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-191645- /O.EXT.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1600Z/ STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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 331 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 /231 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-191645- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 331 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ006-MIZ079-191645- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 331 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ003-191645- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 231 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
458 WWUS43 KIWX 191947 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 247 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 MIZ077-078-200000- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 247 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW... EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ004-005-200000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE 247 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ006-MIZ079-200000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 247 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ INZ003-200000- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ LA PORTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE 147 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST LA PORTE COUNTY. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF LA PORTE COUNTY...TO NOTHING ACROSS SOUTHWEST LA PORTE COUNTY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...EXACT TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS SET UP. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-200000- /O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1600Z/ STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...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 247 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 /147 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS. 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. && $$
556
WWUS43 KIWX 200005
WSWIWX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
705 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015
MIZ077-078-200900-
/O.EXP.KIWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1600Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS
705 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST FRIDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25
BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST INTO MID EVENING BEFORE
ENDING. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE
BUT THIS SHOULD BE EARLY THIS EVENING AND ONLY IN ISOLATED
LOCATIONS.
IMPACTS...
* PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS.
* ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS.
USE CAUTION DRIVING OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
&&
$$
INZ003>006-MIZ079-200900-
/O.EXP.KIWX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1600Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON
705 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 /605 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM
CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST INTO MID EVENING BEFORE
ENDING. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE
BUT THIS SHOULD BE EARLY THIS EVENING AND ONLY IN ISOLATED
LOCATIONS.
IMPACTS...
* VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE
LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
* ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS.
USE CAUTION DRIVING OVERNIGHT.
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.
&&
$$
INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-200900-
/O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150220T1600Z/
STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...
SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...
FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...
LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...COLDWATER...
BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...
NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...
DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
705 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 /605 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015/
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM
CST/ FRIDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 BELOW ZERO AND 25
BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS EXTREME COLD CAN LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
&&
$$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 18, 5:49 AM EST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 5:49 AM EST, 6 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
549 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 425 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015
PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...HEAVIEST ACROSS FAR NORTH-CENTRAL
INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE TEENS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM A FEW DEGREES ABOVE ZERO NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TO ZERO TO TEN
BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM THE LAKE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED BY LATER TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...GENERALLY
RANGING BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO. SNOW CHANCES RETURN
TO THE ENTIRE AREA LATER THIS WEEKEND AS A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM
MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 423 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015
ARCTIC VORT LOBE SHARPENING THROUGH THE LOWER LAKES/OH VALLEY
FORCES ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT THROUGH THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY
BITTERLY COLD NNW FLOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AS STRONG
MID LEVEL JET ENERGY DIVING THROUGH BASE OF MEAN TROUGH CARVES OUT
A NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY INVOF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. RESULTING
310-320 DEGREE 925-750 MB LAYER TRAJECTORIES (EXHIBITING LESS
SHEAR WITH TIME) AND EXTREME POST-FRONTAL LAKE INDUCED INSTABILITY
(700 MB INTO THE -30S WITHIN TROUGH AXIS) IN WAKE OF FRONT WILL
SET UP A PROLONGED LAKE EFFECT EVENT FOR FAVORED NW LE BELTS TODAY
INTO THURSDAY. STRONG AGGREGATE TROUGHING WILL NO DOUBT ENHANCE
CONVERGENCE AND DEEP/FOCUSED OMEGA WITH/BEHIND MESOLOW LATE THIS
MORNING/AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING IN
THESE AREAS. THIS DEEP/NARROW CONVERGENT PLUME SHOULD FOCUS A
STRONGER BAND INTO SW LOWER MI/FAR NC INDIANA...WITH 1-2" SNOWFALL
RATES/WHITEOUTS POSSIBLE FOR A TIME. SYNOPTIC SCALE
DRYING/SUBSIDENCE AND DIURNAL COMPONENT WILL HOPEFULLY DISRUPT
BAND BACK INTO A MORE MULTIBANDED/DISORGANIZED LOOK BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. AREAS FARTHER INLAND (NE IN/NW OH) LIKELY TO
SEE A BRIEFER BURST OF SNOW AND VIS RESTRICTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS
TROUGH AUGMENTED BY LAKE MI MOISTURE FLUX TRANSLATES THROUGH.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE A SIMILAR TYPE 6 MESOLOW/TROUGH EXPECTED TO
RE-FOCUS ANOTHER MORE INTENSE BAND INTO THESE SAME AREAS (FAR
NORTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND SW LOWER MI) LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT PARAMETERS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE FOR
ROUND 2 AS DRY ARCTIC WEDGE DEEPENS...YET STILL MORE THAN
SUFFICIENT FOR IMPACTS/ACCUMS...WITH HINTS OF ADDITIONAL SHEARED
VORTICITY DIVING THROUGH THE LOWER LAKES DURING THIS TIME.
LIMITING FACTORS FOR WIDESPREAD WARNING LEVEL ACCUMULATIONS
RATIOS TODAY-THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE FIGHT WITH DRY AIR (SFC
DEWPOINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ACROSS WI/MN), STRONGEST
UVM AND SATURATION WRT ICE FOCUSED ABOVE THE DGZ BRINGING FLAKE
SIZE INTO QUESTION, AND POTENTIAL FOR BANDS TO BE
TRANSITORY/CELLULAR. GIVEN THE LINGERING UNCERTAINTY AND LONG
DURATION OPTED FOR AN ADVISORY TO REPLACE PREVIOUS WATCH. COULD
EASILY SEE BERRIEN/ST JOE IN/CASS NEEDING A WARNING UPGRADE BUT
PER ABOVE CONCERNS AND COLLABORATION HELD OFF FOR NOW.
&&
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 423 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015
ONGOING/TRAILING LIMB OF LES EVENT INTO THU NIGHT. INITIAL LK/8H
DIFFERENTIALS STILL QUITE STRONG AT 00 UTC FRI IN THE MID 20C
RANGE...THOUGH SHARPLY LOWERING INVERSION HEIGHTS/BACKING CBL
FLOW TO SQUELCH RESPONSE...ESPCLY BYND 06 UTC. UNDERCUT OF
UPSTREAM RIDGE WITH DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT TO WHITTLE CLOUD
DEPTH/COVERAGE TO IMMEDIATE LES NWRN CWA REGION OVERNIGHT. MIN
TEMPS DIFFICULT FRI AM YET WITH ANTICIPATED FRESH SNOWCOVER FROM
A FEW TENTHS TO SEVERAL INCHES IN LES REGION. HAVE TRENDED EVEN
COLDER SOUTHWEST THIRD CWA GIVEN POTNL FOR NEAR OPTIMAL LONGWAVE
THERMAL LOSS. WEAK NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCD CLIPPER SYSTEM
BRINGS CHC LIGHT SNOW BY LATE FRI AFTN INTO FRI NIGHT. HEREAFTER
MODELS STILL QUITE DIVERGENT ON WEEKEND SYSTEM...THOUGH SOME
UNITY IN SEMBLANCE OF WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO PUSH NEWD THROUGH
OHIO VALLEY. GFS STRONGEST/SLOWEST WITH MORE SUPPRESSED HEIGHTS
ACRS INTMTN REGION THIS WEEKEND...BODING FOR PAC PLUME INJECTION
THROUGH SRN SPLIT FLOW. GEM DISREGARDED FOR FAST EJECTION FROM
NRN TX PANHANDLE. LATEST ECMWF TREND OF SLIGHTLY SLOWER/DEEPER
AND MORE LEFTWARD TREND SHUNTS IT MORE TOWARD OPERATIONAL GFS.
ADDITIONALLY GOOD GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBER CLUSTERING LENDS ENOUGH
CREDENCE FOR SLIGHT UPTICK IN POPS/QPF/SNOWFALL THROUGH SRN/SERN
CWA SAT AFTN/SAT NIGHT TIMEFRAME WITHOUT BEING TOO FIRMLY
COMMITTED TO LATER DEVIANT TRENDS. AT LEAST MODEST LES RESPONSE
IN SYSTEMS WAKE SUN/SUN NIGHT AS IT PULLS INTO NEW ENGLAND ON
SUNDAY WITH RESIDUAL LAKE AGGREGATE TROFFING AS ARCTIC SFC RIDGE
HELD WELL WEST INTO NRN PLAINS. LITTLE DEVIATION FROM BLENDED
APPROACH THROUGH REMAINDER OF FORECAST...THOUGH WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPS ASSURED THROUGH DY10 STRONGLY FAVORED WITH PERSISTENT ERN
CAN/GRTLKS TROFFING/SNOW COVER.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 549 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BRING VARIABLE FLIGHT CONDITIONS TO KSBN
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...ESPECIALLY BY LATE MORNING-EARLY
AFTERNOON WHEN A MORE DOMINANT SINGLE BAND MAY EDGE IN FOR A TIME.
LAKE AGGREGATE TROUGH WILL EXTEND WELL INLAND TO NEAR KFWA BY
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING SUPPORTING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW
SHOWERS AND TIMES OF IFR/MVFR RESTRICTIONS. OTHERWISE...WIND GUSTS
OF 25-30 KTS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON EST /11 AM CST/ THURSDAY FOR INZ007>009-012>018-020-
022>027-032>034.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR
INZ003>006.
MI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST
THURSDAY FOR MIZ080-081.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR MIZ077>079.
OH...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST
THURSDAY FOR OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025.
LM...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...STEINWEDEL
SHORT TERM...STEINWEDEL
LONG TERM...MURPHY
AVIATION...STEINWEDEL
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 5:04 AM EST, 7 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 504 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 INZ003>006-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>079-191130- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 504 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /404 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. REFERENCE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL INTO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ007>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-191130- STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS- GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 504 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /404 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TODAY INTO TONIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. EXACT TIMING AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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Special weather statement, Feb 18, 11:22 AM EST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1122 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 MIZ077>079-181800- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON 1122 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY... A BAND OF INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER AT TIMES. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH TEMPORARY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM EST. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND TRAFFIC THAT MAY QUICKLY SLOW OR STOP COMPLETELY.
Local storm report, Feb 18, 11:23 AM EST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1123 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0812 AM SNOW 1 ESE MAGICIAN LAKE 42.06N 86.14W
02/18/2015 M7.8 INCH CASS MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION DOWAGIAC 5.3 NNW /MI-CS-2/
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS.
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NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:56 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IWX | Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 55 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 39 hr |
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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.