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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office<br />Northern Indiana
|logo = US-NationalWeatherService-Logo.svg
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|picture = NWS Northern Indiana warning area.jpg
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|picture_caption = 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
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|jurisdiction = [[Federal Government of the United States]]
|headquarters = 7506 E 850 N, [[Syracuse, Indiana|Syracuse, IN]] 46567
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|employees = 23
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|chief1_name =
|chief1_position = Meteorologist in Charge
|chief2_name = Michael Lewis
|chief2_position = Warning Coordination Meteorologist

|agency_type = Meteorological
|parent_agency = [[National Weather Service]]

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|website = {{URL|https://www.weather.gov/iwx/}}
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'''National Weather Service Northern Indiana (IWX)''' is a [[National Weather Service]] forecast office located between the towns of [[Syracuse, Indiana|Syracuse]] and [[North Webster, Indiana|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]].

Most counties served by this office are located within the [[Eastern Time Zone]] (ET); the exceptions are [[La Porte County, Indiana|La Porte]], [[Pulaski County, Indiana|Pulaski]], and [[Starke County, Indiana|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, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] and [[South Bend, Indiana|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Weather Service Northern Indiana |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/iwx/misc/tour.pdf |access-date=June 26, 2023 |website=weather.gov}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weather.gov/iwx/office | title=About Our Office }}</ref>

==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]].

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="margin:1em auto;"
! [[City of license]] !! [[Call sign]] !! Frequency ([[Megahertz|MHz]]) !! Service area of transmitter
|-
| [[La Porte, Indiana]] || [[KJY62]] || 162.500 MHz || [[Michigan City, Indiana|Michigan City]] area, southern [[Lake Michigan]]
|-
| [[Angola, Indiana]] || [[KXI94]] || 162.425 MHz || extreme northeast Indiana, extreme northwest Ohio, extreme south central Michigan
|-
| [[North Webster, Indiana]] || [[KZZ36]] || 162.500 MHz || [[Warsaw, Indiana|Warsaw]] area
|-
| [[Mishawaka, Indiana]] || [[WXJ57]] || 162.400 MHz || [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]] area
|-
| [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] || [[WXJ58]] || 162.550 MHz || [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] area
|-
| [[Marion, Indiana]] || [[WXM98]] || 162.450 MHz || [[Marion, Indiana|Marion]] area
|}

The North Webster and Marion transmitters operate at 300 [[Watt]]s; all other transmitters operate at 1000 Watts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weather.gov/nwr/stations?State=IN | title=NWR Stations }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{List of National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices}}

[[Category:National Weather Service Forecast Offices]]
[[Category:Kosciusko County, Indiana]]

National Weather Service Northern Indiana - Revision history

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