URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 401 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...LIGHT SNOW AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE ADVISORY AREA FROM MID MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. 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 IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 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.
