The National Weather Service (NWS) has extended the Winter Storm Warning for Allen County, Indiana to 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6. Also included in the extended warning are the Indiana counties of Lagrange, Steuben, Noble, De Kalb, Whitley, Huntington, Wells and Blackford, the Ohio counties of Williams, Fulton, Defiance, Henry and Paulding and the Michigan counties of Branch, Hillsdale. Here are highlights of the latest warning statement:

 * HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
   MID EVENING BEFORE ENDING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16
   INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

 * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WIND
   GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL
   CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
   WHICH COULD PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
   TIMES.

 * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY TONIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN
   7 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30
   BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
   TUESDAY.

For other nearby counties, NWS has upgraded to a blizzard warning until 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6. Counties covered by the blizzard warning include the Indiana counties of: La Porte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, Starke, Pulaski, Marshall, Fulton, Kosciusko, White, Cass, Miami, Wabash and Grant.

 * HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH MID EVENING. STORM TOTAL
   ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

 * NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
   WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERE
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

 * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN
   5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30
   BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
   TUESDAY.