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WWUS73 KIWX 161743
NPWIWX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
143 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
INZ006>009-017-116-216-170545-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FR.Y.0006.261017T0800Z-261017T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.FZ.A.0003.261018T0700Z-261018T1300Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO-
SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO-
143 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FOR THE FROST ADVISORY, TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 34 WILL
RESULT IN FROST FORMATION. FOR THE FREEZE WATCH, SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 31 POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...DE KALB, LAGRANGE, NOBLE, NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO, SOUTHERN
KOSCIUSKO, STEUBEN, AND WHITLEY COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE FROST ADVISORY, FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY. FOR
THE FREEZE WATCH, FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
VEGETATION. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT
UNCOVERED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
INZ005-014-104-204-MIZ078>081-170545-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FR.Y.0006.261017T0800Z-261017T1300Z/
ELKHART-MARSHALL-EASTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-WESTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-CASS
MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
143 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 33 WILL RESULT IN FROST FORMATION.
* WHERE...IN INDIANA, EASTERN ST. JOSEPH IN, ELKHART, MARSHALL, AND
WESTERN ST. JOSEPH IN COUNTIES. IN MICHIGAN, BRANCH, CASS MI,
HILLSDALE, AND ST. JOSEPH MI COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
INZ103-203-MIZ177-277-170300-
/O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.261016T1800Z-261017T0300Z/
NORTHERN LA PORTE-SOUTHERN LA PORTE-NORTHERN BERRIEN-SOUTHERN
BERRIEN-
143 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026 /1243 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026/
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED.
* WHERE...IN INDIANA, NORTHERN LA PORTE AND SOUTHERN LA PORTE
COUNTIES. IN MICHIGAN, NORTHERN BERRIEN AND SOUTHERN BERRIEN
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
INZ018-023>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-170545-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FZ.A.0003.261018T0700Z-261018T1300Z/
ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN
OH-
143 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 31 POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO.
* WHEN...FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
MARSILI
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