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Gale Watch 8, NWS Northern Indiana

December 16, 2016

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale watch at Dec 16, 2016, 4:39 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2016, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2016, 4:39 AM EST (09:39 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 17, 2016, 4:32 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Dec 16, 12:16 AM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 12:16 AM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:57 AM EST, 23 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
457 AM EST THU DEC 15 2016

INZ004>009-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-161100-
ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...
WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...
SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...
BENTON HEIGHTS...BUCHANAN...PAW PAW LAKE...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...JONESVILLE...LITCHFIELD...BRYAN...
MONTPELIER...EDGERTON...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...SWANTON...DELTA...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER
457 AM EST THU DEC 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MINOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY,
ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE ABOUT AN INCH TO
LOCALLY 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

IT WILL REMAIN COLD THROUGH MIDDAY WITH WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
OF 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, AND RAIN MAY CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

INZ003-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ015-016-024-025-161100-
LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...MONON...
BROOKSTON...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...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...PAYNE...OTTAWA...LEIPSIC...COLUMBUS GROVE...CONTINENTAL...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
457 AM EST THU DEC 15 2016 /357 AM CST THU DEC 15 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

IT WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD THROUGH MIDDAY WITH WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, AND RAIN MAY CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-161100-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
457 AM EST THU DEC 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING. FREEZING SPRAY IS
ALSO EXPECTED TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL
CRAFT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

Nearby

Gale Watches in Indiana, 2016Every gale watch in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.