Winter Weather Advisory issued for accumulating snow

Snowfall forecast maps from NWS.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
432 AM EST TUE DEC 31 2013

...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...

.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 DURING THE EVENING AND PERSIST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME WILL BE BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES. 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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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
432 AM EST TUE DEC 31 2013 /332 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2013/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS 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.