URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 357 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WITH HISTORIC COLD AIR AND WIND CHILLS...
.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DEADLY WIND CHILLS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW SPREADING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NEAR THIS FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA.
A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE AREAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. AS WINDS INCREASE AND COLDER AIR ARRIVES...WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL ISSUES WITH POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PACK EXTRA BLANKETS...FOOD...WATER...A SHOVEL AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK LONG DISTANCES OR SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTSIDE.
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING OF 10 TO 14 INCHES.
* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO AT LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 7 BELOW AND 17 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
