NWS issues Special Weather Statement for heavy snow. Travel discouraged

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
617 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

INZ017-018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-050300-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-
ALLEN OH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE

617 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING WITH
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT
EST. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN ROADS QUICKLY BECOMING SNOW
COVERED AND SLICK. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TO
LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY
DETERIORATE THIS EVENING.