A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the south side of Mishawaka early Thursday, February 4th. Areas of freezing drizzle created slick roadways during the morning hours of February 4th.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the south side of Mishawaka early Thursday, February 4th. Areas of freezing drizzle created slick roadways during the morning hours of February 4th.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 3, 6:50 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 650 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 637 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO FLURRIES AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE SNOWBELT REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH TOTAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH OR LOCALLY TWO. SNOW SHOWERS WILL END EARLY ON THURSDAY WITH DECREASING AFTERNOON CLOUDS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. THURSDAY HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 356 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 UPR TROUGH AXIS UPSTREAM ACRS WI WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. ATTENDANT EWD SLIDE OF CAA WING WILL SPURN LL THERMAL TROUGH OVR LK MI TO PRODUCE NMRS SHSN GENERALLY TOLL ROAD NORTH THIS EVENING AND PERHAPS UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION PSBL. OTRWS LK EFFECT SHSN FAR NORTH WILL DWINDLE THU AM AS DRY ENTRAINMENT ENSUES AND THERMAL TROUGH WKNS IN RESPONSE TO WK WAA. WILL FOLLOW W/WARMER MOS GUIDANCE TEMPS GIVEN CLDS TONIGHT AND THU AFTN AS INSOLATION PROVIDES A BOOST. && .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 356 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 FIRST HALF OF THE LONG TERM VERY QUIET WITH PREDOMINATELY RIDGING ALOFT. A SPLIT TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY. A FEW MODEL RUNS STILL TRYING TO SPIT OUT SOME LIGHT QPF. VERY LITTLE CVA FORCING LOCALLY THOUGH AND SUSPECT OUR AREA WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY DRY. DID HOWEVER LEAVE IN SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES TO MAINTAIN SOME CONSISTENCY WITH INHERITED FORECAST. TEMPS SLOWLY MODERATE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH STEADY...ALBEIT WEAK...WAA. MORE INTERESTING STORY IN LONG TERM IS POTENTIAL FOR MUCH COLDER AIR TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. LARGELY MERIDIONAL 150 KT UPPER JET WILL CARVE OUT A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH STRONG RIDGING OVER THE WEST COAST. STILL EXPECT A PERIOD OF RAIN/SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS OUTSIDE OF LAKE EFFECT WILL BE LIGHT BUT WILL SIGNAL THE ARRIVAL OF MUCH COLDER AIR. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH EXACT TIMING/EVOLUTION OF POLAR LOW AND LATEST GFS AND ECMWF STILL OFFERING SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE DEGREE AND LONGEVITY OF ARCTIC AIR. FOR NOW HAVE STUCK CLOSE TO CONSENSUS GUIDANCE WHICH HAS HIGHS IN THE LOW 20S ON WEDNESDAY AND AROUND 10F WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 637 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 DEEPER COLD AIR ADVECTION FINALLY TAKING PLACE WITH PCPN BEGINNING TO TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS AROUND KSBN AND A MIX AT KFWA. RADAR RETURNS REMAIN LIGHT...ESPECIALLY INLAND AT KFWA WHERE ONLY A FEW HOURS OF LIGHT PCPN EXPECTED. CONDITIONS MARGINAL AT KSBN BUT JUST GOOD ENOUGH FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES TONIGHT. BEST WINDOW LOOKS TO BE 02Z TO 08Z WITH TRAJECTORIES AND THERMAL CONDITIONS COMING TOGETHER. INSTABILITY NOT GREAT BUT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME MULTIBANDS AND BRIEF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS. THE QUESTION IS IF AND WHEN THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH ACTUAL TERMINAL SITE. TRIED TO ADD LOWER VIS TEMPO GROUP FOR BEST WINDOW AND WILL LIKELY NEED LATER REFINEMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT. FLOW BACKS ON THURSDAY WITH PCPN ENDING AND EVENTUAL PARTIAL CLEARING AND VFR. && .IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY FOR LMZ043-046. && SYNOPSIS...LASHLEY SHORT TERM...T LONG TERM...AGD AVIATION...LASHLEY VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IWX (ALL LOWER CASE) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSIWX WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 754 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 INZ003>008-012>017-020-022>025-MIZ077>081-041000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI- MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH- HUNTINGTON-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...MONTICELLO... BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER... HUNTINGTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER... HILLSDALE 754 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 /654 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ009-018-026-027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-041000- DE KALB-ALLEN IN-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...GARRETT...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER... PORTLAND...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 753 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016753 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016RTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-041000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 754 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1147 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-040900- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE 1147 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 /1047 PM CST WED FEB 3 2016/ ...ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT... FLURRIES AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE SOME LIGHT ICING...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING OVERNIGHT OVER FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN OR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA...WATCH OUT FOR ICY SPOTS.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Areas of freezing drizzle allowed roads to become slick in spots during the morning hours of February 4th. This contributed to a single-vehicle crash in Mishawaka that killed a man (41 years old). Numerous other crashes were reported across the region.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, St. Joseph | 2016-02-04 | 41 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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