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Gale Watch 4, NWS Northern Indiana

January 16, 2020

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale watch at Jan 16, 2020, 3:24 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2020, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2020, 3:24 PM EST (20:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 16, 2020, 10:03 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Jan 16, 3:15 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:15 PM EST, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 5:29 AM EST, 9 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
529 AM EST Thu Jan 16 2020

INZ003-MIZ077-171030-
La Porte-Berrien-
529 AM EST Thu Jan 16 2020 /429 AM CST Thu Jan 16 2020/

...LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and
southwest Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Lakeshore Flood Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Significant beach erosion will be possible starting Saturday
afternoon into at least Sunday morning.

A storm system will bring snow Friday evening. The snow will mix
with then eventually become all rain by noon Saturday with some snow
accumulations. A interim period of freezing rain and sleet is
likely.

Lake effect snow is expected Saturday night into Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LMZ043-046-171030-
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
529 AM EST Thu Jan 16 2020

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of
southeastern Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Gale force wind gusts will be possible Saturday afternoon and night.

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-171030-
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-Cass MI-
St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-
Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH-
529 AM EST Thu Jan 16 2020 /429 AM CST Thu Jan 16 2020/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest
Michigan and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Minor river flooding will continue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A storm system will bring snow Friday evening. The snow will mix
with then eventually become all rain by noon Saturday with some snow
accumulations.  A interim period of freezing rain and sleet is
likely.

Lake effect snow is expected in the counties bordering the
Indiana/Michigan state line Saturday night into Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 2:54 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIWXAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 15 more44 hr
Jan 16, 3:24 PM ESTLakeshore Flood WatchIWX7 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.