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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Northern Indiana

February 7, 202324 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 5 counties in Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind watch at Feb 7, 2023, 2:30 PM EST for 24 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Ohio; 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 9, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2023, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 9, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 8, 2023, 2:26 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

All 37 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, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Feb 7, 12:21 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 12:21 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 4:28 AM EST, 10 hours 2 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 7, 4:03 PM EST	Gale Watch	IWX		23 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Indiana, 2023 High Wind Watches in Ohio, 2023 High Wind Watches in Michigan, 2023 Every high wind watch in 2023

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.