A Wind Chill Warning remains in effect until 7 p.m. EST for all counties covered by the northern Indiana National Weather Service (NWS) office. You can read the full statement on the NWS website, but the highlights are below.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO CAN BE
   EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
   BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO.

IMPACTS...

 * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
   WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF
   PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

Official observation at Fort Wayne International Airport, 7:54 a.m. EST Jan. 7

As of 8 a.m. EST, the temperature at Fort Wayne International Airport was -14 degrees Fahrenheit. When the temperature reached that level at 8:27 p.m. EST Monday night, it set a new record low temperature for Jan. 7. The previous record was -12 in 1970.

During that period of record low temperature Monday evening, the entire city of Auburn had no electricity. According to media reports, power went out at about 6:35 p.m. EST. A close friend who lives in the affected area tells me that power returned to their home at 12:48 a.m. this morning. In its area, Indiana Michigan Power reports no significant power outages this morning. As for REMCs that serve the Fort Wayne area, Northeastern REMC reports five customers out in Whitley County and United REMC reports 14 customers out in Huntington, Wells and Wabash Counties.

According to a report by WANE-TV, PJM Interconnection, the electricity grid operator which supplies power to companies like Indiana Michigan Power, is asking customers to conserve energy usage today. PJM recommends setting thermostats lower than usual, postponing the use of major appliances such as stoves, dishwashers and clothes dryers until midday or after 9 p.m., and turning off electric lights and appliances that you do not need or are not using.

Local travel advisories as of 8:15 a.m. Jan. 7. Red: Travel warning, emergency vehicles only. Orange: Travel watch, only essential travel recommended. Source: IDHS

Travel remained prohibited in most northeastern Indiana counties this morning, according to a map on the website of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Allen County is at a “watch” level, which means “conditions are threatening to the safety of the public. During a ‘watch’ local travel advisory, only essential travel, such as to and from work or in emergency situations, is recommended, and emergency action plans should be implemented by businesses, schools, government agencies, and other organizations.” All surrounding counties are at a “warning” level, which means “travel may be restricted to emergency management workers only.”

While road crews have made considerable progress, travel remains difficult on all state, U.S. and Interstate highways in northeastern Indiana, according to the website of the Indiana Department of Transportation. As an example of how difficult, shortly before 7 a.m. today, a jackknifed semi tractor-trailer blocked both northbound lanes of I-69 at the 291 mile marker, which is in Huntington County between the U.S. 224 exit at Markle and the I-469 exit to the north

Just before 8 a.m., the DOT sent the following series of tweets:

INDOT update: We continue to discourage anyone from non-essential travel in Northeast Indiana. Details here: https://t.co/0XBgVF8SSd
— INDOT Northeast (@INDOTNortheast) January 7, 2014

Crews have been plowing/treating the roads 24 hours a day, thruout this storm, but subzero temps are making the task extremely difficult.
— INDOT Northeast (@INDOTNortheast) January 7, 2014

Road salt & calcium chloride are less effective in these subzero temperatures. ALL ROADS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
— INDOT Northeast (@INDOTNortheast) January 7, 2014

Here’s an update on the winter weather situation in northeastern Indiana as of 4:15 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 6.

The winter storm warning that had been in effect expired at 4 p.m. EST But a wind chill warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 7. You can read the full text of the wind chill warning here, but below are the highlights:

GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
OVERNIGHT...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING ALONG 
NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE
   OVERNIGHT. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 40 BELOW
   ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
   WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF
   PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

A record low temperature of -13 degrees was set at Fort Wayne International Airport at 10:54 a.m. EST today (see screen shot from the NWS website, below). The temperature might fall even lower before midnight. The current -13 low breaks the old record of -12 set in 1970.

Below is a look at how much snow fell in the entire area covered by the northern Indiana National Weather Service office between 9 a.m. EST Sunday and 9 a.m. today.

The travel advisory warning that prohibited non-emergency travel in Fort Wayne, New Haven and unincorporated Allen County will expire at 6 p.m. A “code yellow” travel advisory watch will replace it, until 7 a.m. Tuesday. A Travel Watch means that conditions are threatening to the safety of the public. During a watch, only essential travel, such as to and from work or in emergency situations is recommended. Drivers should be aware that conditions are hazardous. Please drive slowly and have emergency supplies in vehicles, along with a cell phone.

According to the Allen County Facebook page:

Though the travel status has been reduced from a Warning to a Watch, many county roads will continue to be affected by winds and drifting which will make some of those roads impassable. And while main city streets have been cleared, they are still slick and will remain that way with the dangerously cold temperatures.

As of 4;30 p.m. EST, no county served by Indiana Michigan Power had more than 500 customers without power, In Allen County, outages continued to affect 125 customers.

See a larger version of this map, plus a list of locations and snowfall amounts on the NWS website.