National Weather Service Northern Indiana

National Weather Service Northern Indiana (IWX) is a National Weather Service forecast office located between the towns of Syracuse and North Webster in Kosciusko County, Indiana. It provides weather and emergency information to twenty-four counties in northern Indiana, eight counties in northwest Ohio, and five counties in the southwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
Northern Indiana

The Northern Indiana NWS office's county warning area, bordered in dark red. A total of 37 counties (24 in Indiana, 8 in Ohio, and 5 in Michigan) receive weather information, forecasts, watches, and warnings from the Northern Indiana office
Agency overview
TypeMeteorological
JurisdictionFederal Government of the United States
Headquarters7506 E 850 N, Syracuse, IN 46567
Employees23
Agency executives
  • Meteorologist in Charge
  • Michael Lewis, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Parent agencyNational Weather Service
Websitewww.weather.gov/iwx/

Most counties served by this office are located within the Eastern Time Zone (ET); the exceptions are La Porte, Pulaski, and Starke counties in Indiana, which are located within the Central Time Zone (CT).

History

Prior to the establishment of the Northern Indiana office, the National Weather Service and its predecessor, the U.S. Weather Bureau, operated separate offices in Fort Wayne and South Bend. The Fort Wayne office was established in 1911 and the South Bend office in 1939. In March 1998, the National Weather Service merged the Fort Wayne and South Bend offices together to create the National Weather Service in Northern Indiana.[1] The new office moved into its present facilities between Syracuse and North Webster in August 1999 and assumed full responsibility for its county warning area in September 1999.[2]

NOAA Weather Radio

The Northern Indiana office operates the following six NOAA Weather Radio transmitters to serve northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, southwestern Lower Michigan, and the southern portion of Lake Michigan.

City of licenseCall signFrequency (MHz)Service area of transmitter
La Porte, IndianaKJY62162.500 MHzMichigan City area, southern Lake Michigan
Angola, IndianaKXI94162.425 MHzextreme northeast Indiana, extreme northwest Ohio, extreme south central Michigan
North Webster, IndianaKZZ36162.500 MHzWarsaw area
Mishawaka, IndianaWXJ57162.400 MHzSouth Bend area
Fort Wayne, IndianaWXJ58162.550 MHzFort Wayne area
Marion, IndianaWXM98162.450 MHzMarion area

The North Webster and Marion transmitters operate at 300 Watts; all other transmitters operate at 1000 Watts.[3]

References
  1. "National Weather Service Northern Indiana" (PDF). weather.gov. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. "About Our Office".
  3. "NWR Stations".
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