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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Northern Indiana

January 11, 201621 counties in Indiana; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 11, 2016, 2:52 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jan 11, 2016, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2016, 2:52 PM EST (19:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 12, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
All 31 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 11, 12:00 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 12:00 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 5:30 AM EST, 9 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
530 AM EST MON JAN 11 2016

INZ004>007-MIZ077>081-121030-
ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...
GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...
THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE
530 AM EST MON JAN 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WATCH PRODUCT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE NEAR ZERO TUESDAY AND THEN FALL TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-
016-024-025-121030-
LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-
GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-
PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...BRYAN...
WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...
OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
530 AM EST MON JAN 11 2016 /430 AM CST MON JAN 11 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND
NORTHERN INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

BLUSTERY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY WITH WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO DURING THE DAY. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 5 BELOW ZERO AND 15 BELOW
ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-121030-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
530 AM EST MON JAN 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH
MUCH OF THIS WEEK. GALE FORCE WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY FREEZING SPRAY
ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 4:07 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Steuben11 hr
Jan 11, 11:10 AM ESTGale WatchIWX8 hr
Jan 11, 2:52 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningIWXCass, Saint Joseph28 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Indiana, 2016Winter Weather Advisories in Ohio, 2016Winter Weather Advisories in Michigan, 2016Every winter weather advisory 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.