URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1007 AM EST TUE DEC 31 2013
...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW GENERALLY NORTH OF ROUTE 30...
.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THAT WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES WITH A QUICK DROP IN ACCUMULATIONS AT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30 WHERE LITTLE OR NO SNOW MAY FALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS MAY NECESSITATE AN EXPANSION OF HEADLINES IN BOTH AREA AND TIME AS THE EVENT NEARS.
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ WEDNESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE LIMITED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
