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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2016, 5:17 AM EST for Kosciusko County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 58 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, 5:17 AM EST (10:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2016, 6:15 AM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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, 4:40 AM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 4:40 AM EST, 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 440 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016 INZ003>005-MIZ077>079-110945- 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 440 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016 /340 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL RESULT IN SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE AROUND ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. A SECOND SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. .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- 015-016-024-025-110945- 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 440 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016 /340 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016/ 429 AM EST WED FEB 10 2016 /329 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016/HWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING MAY RESULT IN SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE AROUND ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. A SECOND SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. .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 LMZ043-046-110945- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 440 AM EST WED FEB 10 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 AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && 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, 11:42 PM EST, 5 hours 35 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.
&&
LWFLocal storm report, Feb 10, 12:32 AM EST, 4 hours 45 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 SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Feb 10, 12:48 AM EST, 4 hours 29 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
FISHERLocal storm report, Feb 10, 1:12 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 12:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 2:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 25 min |
| Feb 10, 8:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 43 min |
| Feb 10, 8:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Saint Joseph | 54 min |
| Feb 10, 12:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble | 39 min |
| Feb 10, 2:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Noble | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 40 min |
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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.