Light freezing drizzle created slick roadways during the morning hours of January 24th. Numerous accidents were reported across the region.
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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.
Light freezing drizzle created slick roadways during the morning hours of January 24th. Numerous accidents were reported across the region.
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 Jan 24, 3:07 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 415 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2018 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-251000- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke- Pulaski-Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN- Miami-Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Adams-Grant-Blackford-Jay-Berrien- Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance- Henry-Paulding-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 415 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2018 /315 AM CST Wed Jan 24 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Michigan...northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Runoff from recent rain and snowmelt along with isolated ice jams may result in a few instances of minor flooding of creeks and streams this week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter reports of any snow accumulations will be appreciated today. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx LMZ043-046-251000- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 415 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of The Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Conditions hazardous to small craft for ice free areas are expected this morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Conditions hazardous to small craft are possible again for Friday through Saturday morning. && Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio for further details or updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/iwx
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Northern Indiana 556 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2018 INZ003>005-008-012-014-016>018-241300- La Porte-St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Noble-Starke-Marshall-Kosciusko- Whitley-Allen IN- Including the cities of Michigan City, La Porte, South Bend, Mishawaka, New Carlisle, Walkerton, Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, Kendallville, Ligonier, Albion, Knox, North Judson, Bass Lake, Plymouth, Bremen, Culver, Warsaw, Winona Lake, Syracuse, Mentone, Columbia City, Tri-Lakes, South Whitley, Fort Wayne, and New Haven 556 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2018 /456 AM CST Wed Jan 24 2018/ ...Slick roads possible this morning... Patchy freezing drizzle was developing this morning and is resulting in slick spots on area roads. Be alert for potential slick spots. Reduce your speed and allow extra time to reach your destination.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light freezing drizzle with temperatures in the upper 20s created difficult travel conditions. A glaze of ice on roads played a part in numerous accidents across the region.
Light freezing drizzle with temperatures in the upper 20s created difficult travel conditions. A glaze of ice on roads played a part in numerous accidents across the region.
Light freezing drizzle with temperatures in the upper 20s created difficult travel conditions. A glaze of ice on roads played a part in numerous accidents across the region.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2018
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 729058, 729059, 729060.