From wx9rub at yahoo.com Tue Feb 10 17:22:20 2009 From: wx9rub at yahoo.com (William Lower WX9RUB) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:22:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [GARC Announce] GARC MEETING TONIGHT &PM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED TOMARROW Message-ID: <489552.68933.qm@web57701.mail.re3.yahoo.com> SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY. Don't Forget the meeting tonight GARC 7pm ? FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...MORE FLOODING EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SURGE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY AT TIMES IN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ATOP SATURATED GROUND. ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A LOGANSPORT TO WARSAW TO COLDWATER MICHIGAN LINE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF THAT WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. MODERATE FLOODING OF LARGER STEM RIVERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS WEEK. SHOULD HIGHER FINAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BE REALIZED...THEN MAJOR FLOODING OF SOME RIVERS BY LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE KANKAKEE...SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN MAUMEE BASIN...AND LONGER TERM LAKE STORAGE FLOODING WOULD ALSO OCCUR. FURTHERMORE...ICE FLOWS AND POTENTIAL JAMS MAY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-110045- /O.CON.KIWX.FA.A.0001.090211T0900Z-090212T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /1034 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB... ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI... HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH... DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * RECENT SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL LAST NIGHT HAVE SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL ATOP THIS WET GROUND IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FLOOD POTENTIAL. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- High Wind Watch URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-110045- /O.EXT.KIWX.HW.A.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T1000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /1034 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hazardous Weather Outlook HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-111345- 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- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /745 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...INCLUDING THE KANKAKEE RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY OVER PRIMARILY NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE MAIN HAZARD IS DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS FROM STORMS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN ATOP SATURATED SOILS WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER AND MORE RIVERS WILL LIKELY FLOOD BY MID TO LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN MAUMEE RIVER BASINS. ICE FLOWS AND POTENTIAL JAMS MAY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. LONGER TERM LAKE STORAGE FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR BY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY FOR MORE SPECIFIC WITH RESPECT TO THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER A HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENT DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ ? WX9RUB- William Lower IN God I Trust ? and in Jesus I Believe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wx9rub at yahoo.com Tue Feb 10 17:22:20 2009 From: wx9rub at yahoo.com (William Lower WX9RUB) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:22:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [GARC Announce] GARC MEETING TONIGHT &PM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED TOMARROW Message-ID: <489552.68933.qm@web57701.mail.re3.yahoo.com> SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY. Don't Forget the meeting tonight GARC 7pm ? FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...MORE FLOODING EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SURGE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY AT TIMES IN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ATOP SATURATED GROUND. ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A LOGANSPORT TO WARSAW TO COLDWATER MICHIGAN LINE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF THAT WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. MODERATE FLOODING OF LARGER STEM RIVERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS WEEK. SHOULD HIGHER FINAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BE REALIZED...THEN MAJOR FLOODING OF SOME RIVERS BY LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE KANKAKEE...SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN...AND NORTHERN MAUMEE BASIN...AND LONGER TERM LAKE STORAGE FLOODING WOULD ALSO OCCUR. FURTHERMORE...ICE FLOWS AND POTENTIAL JAMS MAY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-110045- /O.CON.KIWX.FA.A.0001.090211T0900Z-090212T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /1034 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN INDIANA...ADAMS...ALLEN IN...BLACKFORD...CASS IN...DE KALB... ELKHART...FULTON IN...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...JAY...KOSCIUSKO... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MARSHALL...MIAMI...NOBLE...PULASKI...ST. JOSEPH IN...STARKE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS...WHITE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...BERRIEN...BRANCH...CASS MI... HILLSDALE AND ST. JOSEPH MI. IN NORTHWEST OHIO...ALLEN OH... DEFIANCE...FULTON OH...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND WILLIAMS. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * RECENT SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL LAST NIGHT HAVE SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL ATOP THIS WET GROUND IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FLOOD POTENTIAL. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- High Wind Watch URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-110045- /O.EXT.KIWX.HW.A.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T1000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE... NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT... DELPHOS...LIMA 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /1034 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hazardous Weather Outlook HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-LMZ043-046-MIZ077>081-OHZ001- 002-004-005-015-016-024-025-111345- 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- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...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...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA... PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /745 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING RIVER FLOODING...INCLUDING THE KANKAKEE RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY OVER PRIMARILY NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THE MAIN HAZARD IS DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS FROM STORMS...DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN ATOP SATURATED SOILS WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER AND MORE RIVERS WILL LIKELY FLOOD BY MID TO LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN MAUMEE RIVER BASINS. ICE FLOWS AND POTENTIAL JAMS MAY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. LONGER TERM LAKE STORAGE FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR BY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY FOR MORE SPECIFIC WITH RESPECT TO THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER A HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENT DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ ? WX9RUB- William Lower IN God I Trust ? and in Jesus I Believe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: