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.
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...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.
