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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Northern Indiana

February 23, 201611 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm watch at Feb 23, 2016, 3:57 AM EST for 11 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; Williams County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2016, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 4:11 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, White County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 23, 1:49 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 1:49 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 5:05 PM EST, 10 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 4:50 AM EST	Gale Warning	IWX		24 hr
Feb 23, 4:11 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, LaGrange, Marshall, Miami and 7 more	45 hr
Feb 23, 4:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 6 more	45 hr
Feb 23, 4:16 PM EST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	IWX		48 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Indiana, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2016 Every winter storm watch 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.