000 FLUS43 KIWX 101030 HWOIWX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 530 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 INZ003-004-012>014-MIZ077-111030- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 530 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 /430 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD MIDDAY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH...TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...AND THEN SHIFT EASTWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTY INTO LA PORTE AND STARKE COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH THESE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED THROUGH SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ INZ005>009-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-111030- ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT- BLACKFORD-JAY-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... ANGOLA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...ROCHESTER... WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING... ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 530 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD MIDDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN INTO FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED THROUGH SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$ LMZ043-046-111030- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 530 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT MAY PERSIST INTO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX $$