Winter Weather Advisory updated

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1149 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013

...LIGHT SNOW AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING A
QUICK BURST OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO NORTHERN INDIANA...LOWER
MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO. OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6. AS
THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10
TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND
ALREADY EXISTING SNOW PACK IN MAINLY RURAL AREAS. SECONDARY AND
SOME PRIMARY ROADS COULD BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE IN SPOTS DUE
TO THE DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO BLOWING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING...BUT SOME DRIFTING SNOW COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

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STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...
BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...
MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS
1149 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 /1049 AM CST TUE DEC 17 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
/9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6.

* 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.

* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS BOTH IN
HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.

* DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS TO
BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE 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.