URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 334 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014
.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING RESULTING IN A VARIETY OF WINTER HAZARDS. BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING... AND COMBINE WITH THE BITTER COLD AIRMASS TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY... HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 5 TO 10 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN... CAUSING WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHERN INDIANA TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED.
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW THIS MORNING... AND AGAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING.
* EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
