URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 115 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2013
INZ005-006-008-015-016-022-MIZ079-080-292300- /O.NEW.KIWX.ZR.Y.0005.131229T2100Z-131229T2300Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-CASS IN-ST. JOSEPH MI- BRANCH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON 115 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2013
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY EVENING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR GLAZING OF ICING EXPECTED.
IMPACTS...
* SLIPPERY SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1014 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>026-032-033-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-292300- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- 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...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...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE... LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN 1014 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 /914 AM CST SUN DEC 29 2013/
...FREEZING DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS THIS ARCTIC COLD FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHEAST...EXPECT TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES.
THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE FORMING ON UNTREATED ROADS. THUS MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
