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Gale Watch 5, NWS Northern Indiana

February 24, 2020

NWS Northern Indiana issued this gale watch at Feb 24, 2020, 2:57 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 26, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2020, 2:57 PM EST (19:57 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 25, 2020, 3:51 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 Feb 24, 2:31 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:31 PM EST, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 2:46 PM EST, 11 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 24, 2:45 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 14 more	25 hr
Feb 24, 2:57 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	IWX		40 hr
Feb 24, 2:58 PM EST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	IWX		3 days

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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.