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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

January 29, 2017Elkhart County, Indiana; Cass County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this winter storm watch at Jan 29, 2017, 4:09 AM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana; Cass County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 29, 2017, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 312 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2017, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 8, 2017, 3:58 AM EST
In force: 312 days
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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 Jan 29, 12:28 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 12:28 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 4:04 PM EST, 12 hours 5 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
Jan 29, 2:56 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	Elkhart	15 hr
Jan 29, 3:40 PM EST	Gale Watch	IWX		24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Indiana, 2017 Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2017 Every winter storm watch in 2017

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.