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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 1, NWS Northern Indiana

January 3, 2016Elkhart County, Indiana; Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 3, 2016, 4:06 AM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 3, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2016, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 4, 2016, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow advisory 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Jan 3, 12:50 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 12:50 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 3:48 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	IWX		19 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Indiana, 2016 Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Michigan, 2016 Every lake effect snow advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.