The northern Indiana office of the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for its coverage area. The verbatim text appears below. Read carefully because there are slight differences in the wording, depending on what county you’re in.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014

.AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. A BURST OF MODERATE
SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING A
QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES IN. BEHIND THE
FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST ACROSS BERRIEN AND CASS
COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN WITH ONE OF MORE BANDS OCCASIONALLY DROPPING
INTO THE FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LAPORTE...ST JOSEPH INDIANA AND
ELKHART COUNTIES. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES
ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS
FAR NORTHERN INDIANA. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT LOWS INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 12
TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN
INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

MIZ077-078-230545-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T2100Z/
BERRIEN-CASS MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...
BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS
436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
THURSDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
   WITH 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
   WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
   AFTERNOON BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5
   INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
   BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT CAUSING
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AROUND 15 BELOW
   ZERO.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES
   MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING
   SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

INZ003>005-230545-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T1500Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE
436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 /336 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
/9 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 2
   INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN
   DEVELOP AND MAY IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL
   ROAD INTO THURSDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. LOCALLY
   HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
   CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS TO 10
   TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES
   MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING
   SNOW.

 * EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

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INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-230545-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T1500Z/
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-
KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-
WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...
ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...
GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...
ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...
NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...
MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...
WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...
LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...
SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...
OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE
436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 /336 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
/9 AM CST/ THURSDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 2
   INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS AROUND 15
   BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

IMPACTS...

 * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES
   MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING
   SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$