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Small Craft Advisory 21, NWS Northern Indiana

February 28, 2023

NWS Northern Indiana issued this small craft advisory at Feb 28, 2023, 4:06 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2023, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2023, 10:00 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

The text

As transmitted.

528 
WHUS73 KIWX 280906
MWWIWX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
406 AM EST Tue Feb 28 2023

LMZ043-046-281500-
/O.EXP.KIWX.GL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230228T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.SC.Y.0021.230228T0906Z-230228T1500Z/
New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI-
406 AM EST Tue Feb 28 2023

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...Waves 5 to 8 feet, subsiding under 4 feet by late
  morning. Winds northwest 10 to 20 knots gusting to 30 knots
  diminishing under 20 knots by late morning.

* WHERE...Michigan City IN to St Joseph MI.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 11:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXAllen45 hr
Feb 27, 10:57 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Henry56 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.