NWS adds dense fog advisory

Dense fog advisory map
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
514 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS...

.WARM MOIST AIR MOVING OVER THE SNOW COVERED GROUND WAS CAUSING
WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG FROM GAS CITY TO WABASH TO LAPORTE THIS
EVENING. THE DENSE FOG WILL LIFT NORTH ALONG A WARM FRONT EARLY
THIS EVENING... MOVING INTO THE SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE AREAS. A
COLD FRONT WILL SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS OUR AREA LATER THIS EVENING
WITH A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-
KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-
WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...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
514 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /414 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/
THIS EVENING.

* WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATER THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON WEST-EAST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE
DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.