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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT for Jay County, Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Jay County, IN, Allen County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
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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 Mar 31, 6:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 554 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-011000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-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-BERRIEN- CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...MONON...BROOKSTON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...FAIR PLAIN...BENTON HEIGHTS...BUCHANAN...PAW PAW LAKE... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE... JONESVILLE...LITCHFIELD...BRYAN...EDGERTON...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD... SWANTON...DELTA...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...PAYNE...OTTAWA... LEIPSIC...COLUMBUS GROVE...CONTINENTAL...PANDORA...VAN WERT... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 554 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 /454 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 69. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-011000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 554 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
544 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
INZ009-018-OHZ004-015-312215-
ALLEN-DE KALB-DEFIANCE-PAULDING-
544 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DE KALB...
NORTHEASTERN ALLEN...NORTHWESTERN DEFIANCE AND NORTHWESTERN PAULDING
COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GRABILL...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF NEW HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...HICKSVILLE...ANTWERP...WOODBURN...GRABILL...
LEO-CEDARVILLE...FARMER...CECIL...CUBA...MARK CENTER...THE BEND...
WALLEN...SPENCERVILLE IN DEKALB COUNTY AND HARLAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 469 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 30.
INTERSTATE 69 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 310 AND 318.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4119 8448 4105 8516 4117 8521 4136 8479
4142 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 251DEG 49KT 4119 8498
NWSSpecial weather statement, Mar 31, 5:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 551 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 INZ004>006-014-MIZ078>080-312230- MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH-LAGRANGE-ELKHART-BRANCH-ST. JOSEPH-CASS- 551 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH...NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...ELKHART...NORTHWESTERN LAGRANGE... NORTHWESTERN BRANCH...ST. JOSEPH AND SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES... AT 550 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT TO NEAR LAKEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKHART...MISHAWAKA...GOSHEN...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...SIMONTON LAKE...DUNLAP...GRANGER...MIDDLEBURY...OSCEOLA...CONSTANTINE... WAKARUSA...BRISTOL...UNION CITY...WHITE PIGEON...CENTREVILLE... COLON...LAKEVILLE...NEW PARIS AND BENTON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 119. && LAT...LON 4150 8574 4144 8640 4207 8568 4207 8507 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 266DEG 31KT 4205 8562 4151 8624 NWS
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 6:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 3:04 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2016Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.