URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1138 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
.SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KNOX TO AUBURN INDIANA AND WAUSEON OHIO. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
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...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR OR SOUTH OF US ROUTE 6 ACROSS INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT... CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW.
* USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AS THIS CAN BE A VERY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
