URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 326 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS THROUGH THIS EVENING...
AROUND AN INCH OF DRY SNOW FELL AS THE FRONT PASSED TODAY. THIS NEW SNOW IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONCERNS AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY IN SPOTS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO BLOWING. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE A CONCERN ON ANY NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING...BUT SOME DRIFTING SNOW COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN PLACES.
* VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED QUICKLY OVER A SHORT DISTANCE WHERE BLOWING SNOW CROSSES THE ROAD.
* DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
