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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana

February 10, 2016LaGrange County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2016, 9:46 PM EST for LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2016, 9:46 PM EST (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2016, 10:45 PM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

County LaGrange County, IN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 10, 3:47 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:47 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:40 AM EST, 17 hours 6 minutes before
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.

&&

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CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 8:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXSteuben52 min
Feb 10, 9:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementIWXLaGrange42 min
Feb 11, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIWXElkhart48 hr
Feb 11, 3:52 PM ESTGale WarningIWX36 hr
Feb 11, 3:52 PM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningIWX36 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.