Local NWS: Spotters prepare to report

The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service issued an updated “Hazardous Weather Outlook” at 3:34 p.m. EDT in which it advises SKYWARN storm spotters to “be prepared to send in reports as storms move through the area.” The full text appears below.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
334 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

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015-016-024-025-061945-
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-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...
GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...
COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...
BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...
HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...
ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
334 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014 /234 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP
TO 65 MPH...BUT LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO THE LOWER 90S TODAY. COMBINED
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...THIS WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND
100.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND IN REPORTS AS STORMS MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA. 

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

$$

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LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN
334 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014 /234 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP
TO 65 MPH...BUT LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 90 DEGREES TODAY.
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...THIS WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES
FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH WAVES AND STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE ON
SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND IN REPORTS AS STORMS MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA. 

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

$$

LMZ043-046-061945-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
334 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL...AND
LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES.

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE

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