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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 3, 2016

NWS Northern Indiana issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 3, 2016, 3:48 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 3, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2016, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 4, 2016, 11:00 AM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

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, 11:46 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 11:46 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 9:53 AM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
953 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2016

INZ007-009-013-015-018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-041000-
STEUBEN-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-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...AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...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
953 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

INZ006-008-012-014-016-017-MIZ079-041000-
LAGRANGE-NOBLE-STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE...
LIGONIER...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
953 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2016 /853 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE OVERNIGHT. A
GENERAL 1 TO 2 INCH ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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>005-MIZ077-078-041000-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS
953 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2016 /853 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE OVERNIGHT. GENERAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE
SNOW BANDS PERSIST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

LMZ043-046-041000-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
953 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXIST THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:06 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryIWXElkhart31 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Indiana, 2016Every 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.