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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

February 10, 2016Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2016, 2:20 AM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2016, 2:20 AM EST (07:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2016, 2:45 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 10, 12:50 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:50 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 5:33 AM EST, 20 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
533 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016

INZ003>005-MIZ077>079-101130-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
533 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 /433 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN SLICK
SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

MORE INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. SEE INDWSWIWX FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SIGNIFICANT...LONG DURATION LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH.

&&

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

INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-101130-
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-
KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-
WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-
DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...
WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...
BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...COLDWATER...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
533 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2016 /433 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN
SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN
PRIMARILY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS AND SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH.

&&

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

LMZ043-046-101130-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
533 AM EST TUE FEB 9 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 PERSIST TODAY INTO
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 9, 11:30 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1130 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1129 PM     SNOW             2 SW LA PORTE           41.59N 86.73W
02/09/2016  E4.2 INCH        LA PORTE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 INCHES SINCE 7 AM ON THE 9TH. 4.2 INCHES
            STORM TOTAL SO FAR.

1120 PM     SNOW             BENTON HARBOR           42.12N 86.45W
02/09/2016  M4.3 INCH        BERRIEN            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCHES FELL ON THE 8TH. ADDITIONAL 2.3
            INCHES HAS FALLEN ON THE 9TH. 4.3 INCHES
            STORM TOTAL.

&&

NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEM
Local storm report, Feb 9, 11:42 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1142 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1142 PM     SNOW             3 WSW SIMONTON LAKE     41.73N 86.03W
02/09/2016  E3.0 INCH        ELKHART            IN   PUBLIC

            3 INCHES SO FAR. 1 INCH NEW SNOW IN THE LAST
            HOUR. RELAYED THROUGH TWITTER BY ABC57.

&&

LWF
Local storm report, Feb 10, 12:32 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1232 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     SNOW             1 SSW SUMNERVILLE       41.90N 86.22W
02/10/2016  E7.0 INCH        CASS               MI   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL SNOW

&&

NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
IRIS SYSTEM
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 12:48 AM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1248 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016

INZ004-005-MIZ077-078-100645-
ST. JOSEPH-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS-
1248 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016

...MODERATE TO LOCALLY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT
NORTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH...ELKHART... SOUTHEASTERN BERRIEN AND
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES...

AT 1243 AM EST...A INTENSE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WAS
LOCATED FROM NEAR BRIDGMAN SOUTHEAST TO NILES AND WEST OF SIMONTON
LAKE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKHART...MISHAWAKA...GOSHEN...NILES...BUCHANAN...GEORGETOWN...
SIMONTON LAKE...DUNLAP...GRANGER...FAIR PLAIN...MIDDLEBURY...
OSCEOLA...BRIDGMAN...BERRIEN SPRINGS...BRISTOL...EDWARDSBURG...
STEVENSVILLE...MILLERSBURG...ROSELAND AND SHOREWOOD-TOWER
HILLS-HARBERT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 108.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MICHIGAN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 27.

THIS BAND WAS SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH AND WILL LIKELY SETTLE
ACROSSSOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF BERRIEN COUNTY INTO NORTHERN ST.
JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA ALONG THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD AFTER 1 AM EST.
MOTORISTS WILL ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES AND
HAZARDOUSDRIVING CONDITION DRIVING NEAR AND THROUGH THIS BAND.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS DANGEROUS
SNOW SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS
ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4180 8576 4178 8579 4176 8578 4176 8566
      4146 8566 4188 8661 4208 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 309DEG 28KT 4194 8640

FISHER
Local storm report, Feb 10, 1:12 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 2:20 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 12:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart57 min
Feb 10, 5:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXKosciusko, Saint Joseph58 min
Feb 10, 8:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph43 min
Feb 10, 8:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSaint Joseph54 min
Feb 10, 12:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXNoble39 min
Feb 10, 2:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart, Noble51 min
Feb 10, 3:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXElkhart40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2016Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2016Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.