URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
307 PM EST THU FEB 6 2014
...BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...
.AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE
EAST TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT CAUSING A BITTER COLD AIRMASS
AND BRISK WINDS ACROSS OUR AREA.
INZ003>005-008-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-070415-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0005.140207T0100Z-140207T1700Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-NOBLE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-
FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-
HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
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...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING COMBINED WITH CONTINUED BRISK
WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO THE 15 BELOW TO 25
BELOW RANGE TONIGHT... AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN
IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
Category Archives: SKYWARN
Allen County drops travel advisory
The Winter Weather Travel Advisory for Allen County was dropped this afternoon. (1/3)
— Allen County INfo (@allencountyinfo) February 6, 2014
Though conditions have improved, motorists are reminded that secondary streets and rural roads could still be slick from snow & ice. (2/3)
— Allen County INfo (@allencountyinfo) February 6, 2014
Motorists should continue to drive with great care if they encounter these conditions. (3/3)
— Allen County INfo (@allencountyinfo) February 6, 2014
How much snow did the area get?
The map above from the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service shows snowfall totals throughout the office’s 37-county area of responsibility. Here’s a link to an NWS Web page that includes a table of all the actual measurements.
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| Travel advisories as of 8:20 a.m. EST Feb. 6. See the color key and level descriptions. |
As of 8:20 a.m. EST, most northern Indiana counties remained under some level of travel advisory. Here’s a link to a state Web page that shows a current map and descriptions of the three levels.
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| Conditions of state, U.S. and Interstate highways as of 8:30 a.m. EST Feb. 6. Blue indicates “fair.” Gray indicates “good.” |
As of 8:30 a.m. EST, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) reported almost all state, U.S. and Interstate highways in the Fort Wayne area in “fair” condition, with icy patches. Here’s a link to a current map on the INDOT website.
The National Weather Service forecasts no storms for the next seven days, although light snow accumulation is possible over the weekend.
Snow crews work around the clock at Fort Wayne International Airport
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| Snow removal equipment on a Fort Wayne International Airport runway. (News-Sentinel photo) |
Craig Williams, Director of Operations & Facilities, was managing the snow removal crew Wednesday morning at Fort Wayne International Airport.
Using two radios, one for the tower, and one for his crew, he managed to keep his men working and still allow aircraft to come and go. Two long radio cords stretched across his leg to his lap where two identical radio mikes for transmitting and receiving rested.
“I already called the wrong radio twice,” Williams said with a laugh.
All joking aside what the crew was doing is serious business, they were working on keeping the runways open. The crew, whose shift started at 3 a.m., was using three snowplows, three brushes and two blowers. In a staggered formation, snowplow, brush, snowplow, brush, snowplow, brush, they roared up and down the landing strips.
Southwest Allen County Schools close Feb. 6
All SACS schools will be closed tomorrow, Feb. 6. The make-up day for this will be June 10.
— SACS SACS (@sacsk12tweets) February 5, 2014
Winter Storm Warning expires
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
413 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014
ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WELLS-
ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...
LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...
WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...
LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...
SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...
OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
413 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LINGERING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY DRIFTING SNOW WILL
DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.
IMPACTS...
* MANY ROADS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND
SLICK DUE TO EARLIER SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* SEND REPORTS TO NWS NORTHERN INDIANA OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Record daily maximum snowfall set at Fort Wayne
According to a 4:20 p.m. statement from the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service, through 4 p.m. EST today, a record snowfall for Feb. 5 of 6.1 inches had fallen at Fort Wayne. This breaks the old record of 5.0 inches set on Feb. 5, 1967. This record is subject to change as snow was currently falling in Fort Wayne at the time of the statement..
Many crashes and slide-offs in storm
Between 6pm Tuesday and 2pm today, @FortWaynePolice reporting 23 property damage & 5 injury accidents plus 91 slide offs. Stay safe driving!
— Audra Streetman WFFT (@audrastreetman) February 5, 2014
Allen County continues travel advisory
Allen County government issued the following statement at 3:01 p.m.
A Winter Weather Travel ADVISORY remains in effect for all of Allen County.An advisory means that routine travel or activities may be restricted in areas because of a hazardous situation, and individuals should use caution or avoid those areas.
Motorists should be aware of blowing and drifting snow, especially along east-west roads, and that some areas may still be impassable. If travel is necessary, please drive slowly and have emergency supplies in vehicles, along with a cell phone.
County highway crews continue to work to remove snow from roads through the early evening hours and will resume early Thursday morning.
NWS issues storm total snowfall report
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0300 PM EST WED FEB 5 2014 /0200 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014/
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
INDIANA
...ADAMS COUNTY...
DECATUR 8.0 930 AM 2/05
...ALLEN COUNTY...
S FORT WAYNE 10.0 148 PM 2/05
5 SW FORT WAYNE 9.6 100 PM 2/05
MONROEVILLE 9.6 1130 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL
3 ESE HUNTERTOWN 9.0 900 AM 2/05
2 N WOODBURN 9.0 955 AM 2/05
...BLACKFORD COUNTY...
HARTFORD CITY 8.0 730 AM 2/05
...CASS COUNTY...
1 ESE GALVESTON 7.8 800 AM 2/05
...DE KALB COUNTY...
1 NE AUBURN 5.0 1000 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
1 NNE BUTLER 4.1 800 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
...DEKALB COUNTY...
AUBURN 10.0 1120 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL
...ELKHART COUNTY...
NAPPANEE 5.7 636 AM 2/05
...FULTON COUNTY...
AKRON 8.0 955 AM 2/05
...GRANT COUNTY...
2 N MARION 7.0 700 AM 2/05
...HUNTINGTON COUNTY...
BIPPUS 8.0 638 AM 2/05
HUNTINGTON 7.0 1030 AM 2/05
...JAY COUNTY...
PENNVILLE 9.0 845 AM 2/05
...KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...
2 SW NORTH WEBSTER 13.6 242 PM 2/05
1 S WINONA LAKE 13.0 1200 PM 2/05 STORM TOTAL
WARSAW 12.0 925 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL AT 845 AM
4 ENE LEESBURG 12.0 154 PM 2/05
2 SW LEESBURG 12.0 1041 AM 2/05
CLAYPOOL 10.0 850 AM 2/05
...LA PORTE COUNTY...
2 SW LA PORTE 6.4 1000 AM 2/05
2 SW LAPORTE 6.4 1000 AM 2/05
5 N LA PORTE 5.0 1055 AM 2/05
...LAGRANGE COUNTY...
TOPEKA 8.0 1120 AM 2/05
10 E LAGRANGE 4.1 800 AM 2/05
...MARSHALL COUNTY...
BOURBON 12.0 1130 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
CULVER 10.0 1235 PM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
4 W PLYMOUTH 9.0 1130 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
PLYMOUTH 5.8 500 AM 2/05
...MIAMI COUNTY...
2 NW PERU 9.6 141 PM 2/05
MEXICO 8.5 1211 PM 2/05
AMBOY 5.0 937 AM 2/05
...PULASKI COUNTY...
5 N MEDARYVILLE 5.5 800 AM 2/05
...ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...
LAKEVILLE 6.0 953 AM 2/05
2 S ROSELAND 4.9 1158 AM 2/05
...STARKE COUNTY...
4 SW NORTH JUDSON 6.5 900 AM 2/05
...STEUBEN COUNTY...
METZ 9.0 1015 AM 2/05
4 NNW HUDSON 8.7 1140 AM 2/05
PLEASANT LAKE 8.0 800 AM 2/05
5 N HUDSON 6.2 900 AM 2/05
ANGOLA 5.4 700 AM 2/05
...WABASH COUNTY...
NORTH MANCHESTER 9.0 130 PM 2/05
1 NW LA FONTAINE 5.0 900 AM 2/05
...WELLS COUNTY...
1 SE BLUFFTON 7.0 800 AM 2/05
...WHITE COUNTY...
5 W CHALMERS 7.0 600 AM 2/05
...WHITLEY COUNTY...
COLUMBIA CITY 12.0 1241 PM 2/05
LARWILL 9.5 1140 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL
MICHIGAN
...BERRIEN COUNTY...
1 WNW BUCHANAN 6.0 1000 AM 2/05
BENTON HARBOR 5.5 921 AM 2/05
SAINT JOSEPH 4.5 700 AM 2/05
...CASS COUNTY...
5 NNW DOWAGIAC 6.2 900 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
...HILLSDALE COUNTY...
W READING 6.0 130 PM 2/05
5 E PITTSFORD 4.5 1220 PM 2/05
LITCHFIELD 4.3 1235 PM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
...ST. JOSEPH COUNTY...
2 E CONSTANTINE 4.0 800 AM 2/05
OHIO
...ALLEN COUNTY...
3 NE LIMA 8.1 900 AM 2/05
SPENCERVILLE 8.0 849 AM 2/05
...DEFIANCE COUNTY...
1 E DEFIANCE 8.7 1000 AM 2/05
...FULTON COUNTY...
WAUSEON 5.0 600 AM 2/05
...HENRY COUNTY...
NAPOLEON 8.0 745 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL SO FAR
...PAULDING COUNTY...
GROVER HILL 9.5 1115 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL.
ANTWERP 8.5 1100 AM 2/05
PAULDING 4.4 700 AM 2/05
...PUTNAM COUNTY...
COLUMBUS GROVE 8.0 919 AM 2/05
...VAN WERT COUNTY...
VAN WERT 7.5 907 AM 2/05 STORM TOTAL SO FAR
CONVOY 4.0 1205 AM 2/05
...WILLIAMS COUNTY...
1 NW BRYAN 8.0 859 AM 2/05
1 WSW MONTPELIER 1WS 5.7 751 AM 2/05