URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014
...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...
.LIGHT SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 25 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL KEEP ROADS SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.
A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST TO PIVOT INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING LATER TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THIS SNOW BAND WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST LAPORTE COUNTY IN INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN.
INZ004>009-014-016>018-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016- 022300- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2300Z/ ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-MARSHALL- KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...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 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.
* NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-022300- /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140102T2300Z/ PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS- ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT... ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN... DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY... MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 257 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.
* NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK...AND HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA DIFFICULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
