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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2016, 7:29 AM EDT for LaGrange County, Indiana; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 6, 2016, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI
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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 Apr 6, 6:40 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:40 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 510 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 INZ003>009-012>017-020-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-070915- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON 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... MONTICELLO...MONON...BROOKSTON...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...MONTPELIER...EDGERTON...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...SWANTON...DELTA 510 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 /410 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS AROUND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AROUND 20 TO 25 DEGREES SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE FRUIT TREES AND TENDER CROPS THAT HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT OF BUDS OR BLOSSOMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-070915- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 510 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ018-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-070915- ALLEN IN-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...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...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE... NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...PAYNE... OTTAWA...LEIPSIC...COLUMBUS GROVE...CONTINENTAL...PANDORA... VAN WERT...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 510 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11AM TO 8PM TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS AROUND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AROUND 20 TO 25 DEGREES SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE FRUIT TREES AND TENDER CROPS THAT HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT OF BUDS OR BLOSSOMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
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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 6, 3:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Huntington and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaPorte, Saint Joseph, Starke | 33 min |
| Apr 6, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 6:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 7:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko, Noble | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 8:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Miami | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 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.