All posts by Jay Farlow

I'm Jay Farlow. W9LW is my amateur (ham) radio call sign. I've been a ham since 1973. I've been a volunteer storm spotter for the National Weather Service SKYWARN program since the 1970s. I've also been a volunteer EMT and firefighter and member of a disaster medical assistance team. I advise the leadership team of Associated Churches Active in Disaster, a ministry of Associate Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Learn more about w9lw at www.qrz.com/db/w9lw.

Wind Chill Warning issued January 06 at 10:13AM EST until January 08 at 12:00PM EST by NWS

…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ THURSDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * WIND CHILL…PROLONGED DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY.
View the full statement on the NWS website.

NWS N. Ind. cancels Winter Weather Advisory, issues Wind Chill Warning

Map showing locations of wind chill warning and advisory

The storm system that dropped a few inches of snow in northern Indiana, southern Lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio moved on quickly this morning, leading the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service (NWS) to cancel early its Winter Weather Advisories for all but Berrien County, Michigan.

The office issued a new Wind Chill Warning, however, for most of the counties in its coverage area, including Allen County, Indiana (see map above) and a Wind Chill Advisory for several other counties. They both take effect at 10 p.m. EST tonight and run until noon Thursday.

In the area covered by the Wind Chill Warning, the NWS expects prolonged, dangerous wind chill temperatures of -15 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit.  In the advisory area, the NWS expects prolonged wind chill temperatures of -10 to -25 degrees F.

As you can see in the chart below, at a wind chill of -18, frostbite can occur after 15 or fewer minutes of exposure.

Wind chill chart
Source: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc/?n=windchill

 

Wind Chill Warning issued January 06 at 6:10AM EST until January 06 at 10:00AM EST by NWS

…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY… …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER AND END THIS MORNING…THOUGH A DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED.
View the full statement on the NWS website.

Wind Chill Warning issued January 06 at 4:14AM EST until January 08 at 12:00PM EST by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING… …WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
View the full statement on the NWS website.

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 06 at 4:14AM EST until January 08 at 12:00PM EST by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING… …WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
View the full statement on the NWS website.

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 05 at 9:21PM EST until January 06 at 10:00AM EST by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * TIMING…SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES. 4 TO
View the full statement on the NWS website.

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 05 at 3:56PM EST until January 06 at 10:00AM EST by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY 3 TO 5
View the full statement on the NWS website.

NWS N. Ind. downgrades winter storm watch to winter weather advisory

Banner graphic with words, "winter weather advisory"

Updated forecasts this morning indicated that an approaching storm system will create less snowfall than previously forecast. The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service (NWS)  therefore replaced the Winter Storm Watch it issued yesterday with a set of new and less serious Winter Weather Advisories.

The advisories indicate that three to five inches of snow will fall, with snowfall rates of up to one half inch per hour reducing visibilities to one half mile or less.

Below is a list of counties in office’s county warning area (CWA) and the effective times of the Winter Weather Advisory for that county.

State/County Advisory Starts (EST tonight) Advisory Ends (EST Tues.)
Indiana
Adams 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Allen 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Blackford 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Cass 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Fulton 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Grant 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Huntington 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Jay 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Kosciusko 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
LaPorte 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Marshall 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Miami 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Pulaski 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
St. Joseph 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Starke 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Wabash 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Wells 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
White 8 p.m. 7 a.m.
Whitley 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Ohio
Allen 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Paulding 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Putnam 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Van wert 10 p.m. 10 a.m.
Michigan
Berrien 8 p.m. 1 p.m.

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 05 at 9:09AM EST until January 06 at 10:00AM EST by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD MID EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
View the full statement on the NWS website.