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Small Craft Advisory 40, NWS Northern Indiana

May 16, 2025

NWS Northern Indiana issued this small craft advisory at May 16, 2025, 9:59 AM EDT. It took effect at May 16, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2025, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 17, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 16, 6:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 7:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 7:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 8:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 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
May 15, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		90 min
May 15, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaPorte, Saint Joseph	34 min
May 15, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Elkhart, Saint Joseph	42 min
May 15, 11:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	LaGrange	42 min
May 16, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	White	51 min
May 16, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Miami	59 min
May 16, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, Wabash	65 min
May 16, 7:23 PM EDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	IWX	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more	3 hr
May 16, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Whitley	46 min
May 16, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	IWX		89 min
May 16, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Adams, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Wells	64 min
May 16, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Whitley	53 min
May 15, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IWX	Berrien, Cass	67 min
May 15, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass, Saint Joseph	36 min
May 15, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Branch, Saint Joseph	47 min
May 16, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	Branch, Hillsdale	60 min

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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.