I'm Jay Farlow. W9LW is my amateur (ham) radio call sign. I've been a ham since 1973. I've been a volunteer storm spotter for the National Weather Service SKYWARN program since the 1970s. I've also been a volunteer EMT and firefighter and member of a disaster medical assistance team. I advise the leadership team of Associated Churches Active in Disaster, a ministry of Associate Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Learn more about w9lw at www.qrz.com/db/w9lw.
Another storm this weekend could bring winter weather and travel problems to the nation’s mid section. pic.twitter.com/BYgBYoSElT — NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) December 16, 2013
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 326 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS THROUGH THIS EVENING...
AROUND AN INCH OF DRY SNOW FELL AS THE FRONT PASSED TODAY. THIS NEW SNOW IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONCERNS AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY IN SPOTS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO BLOWING. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE A CONCERN ON ANY NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING...BUT SOME DRIFTING SNOW COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN PLACES.
* VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED QUICKLY OVER A SHORT DISTANCE WHERE BLOWING SNOW CROSSES THE ROAD.
* DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1149 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...LIGHT SNOW AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING A QUICK BURST OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO NORTHERN INDIANA...LOWER MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO. OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6. AS THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND ALREADY EXISTING SNOW PACK IN MAINLY RURAL AREAS. SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS COULD BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE IN SPOTS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO BLOWING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...BUT SOME DRIFTING SNOW COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 180100- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0013.131217T1800Z-131218T0300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM- 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 1149 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 /1049 AM CST TUE DEC 17 2013/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS BOTH IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.
* DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS TO BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
The weather forecast turns “extremely dicey” over the weekend, according to a forecast discussion the northern Indiana National Weather Service office issued early this morning. Forecasters say “significant winter storm” will develop across Texas and turn northeast into the Ohio valley. “This system will wreck many a Christmas travel plan,” forecasters wrote.
I suggest that readers keep an eye on the forecast as the weekend approaches. The closer it gets, the more specific the forecast will be.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 401 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...LIGHT SNOW AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE ADVISORY AREA FROM MID MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6. AS THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND ALREADY EXISTING SNOW PACK IN MAINLY RURAL AREAS. SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS COULD BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE IN SPOTS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO BLOWING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...BUT SOME DRIFTING SNOW COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 171715- /O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0013.131217T1800Z-131218T0300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM- 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 401 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 /301 AM CST TUE DEC 17 2013/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF ROUTE 6.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS BOTH IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.
* DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS TO BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 716 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013
INZ003-008-009-012-014>018-024>027-OHZ001-004-005-015-016-024-025- 170230- LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE- HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MICHIGAN CITY…LA PORTE… KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…KNOX… NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…CULVER… ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…MENTONE… COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE… NEW HAVEN…WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE… BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…BRYAN…MONTPELIER… DEFIANCE…SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…NAPOLEON…DESHLER… LIBERTY CENTER…PAULDING…ANTWERP…MELROSE…OTTAWA… PANDORA…KALIDA…FORT JENNINGS…VAN WERT…DELPHOS… OHIO CITY…LIMA…SPENCERVILLE 716 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013 /616 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013/
…SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING…
A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE…WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT…WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND BETWEEN ROUTES 30 AND 6. DUE TO THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS…ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THIS EVENING.
