A tweet from the Kansas City NWS office:
Another storm this weekend could bring winter weather and travel problems to the nation’s mid section. pic.twitter.com/BYgBYoSElT
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) December 16, 2013
All posts by Jay Farlow
Afternoon update to Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
326 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
AROUND AN INCH OF DRY SNOW FELL AS THE FRONT PASSED TODAY. THIS
NEW SNOW IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONCERNS AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY AND
INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH.
SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY
IN SPOTS DUE TO THE DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS LOCALLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO BLOWING. THIS WILL
ESPECIALLY BE A CONCERN ON ANY NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS
EVENING...BUT SOME DRIFTING SNOW COULD LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
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ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...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
326 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 /226 PM CST TUE DEC 17 2013/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
/9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* 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 IN PLACES.
* VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED QUICKLY OVER A SHORT DISTANCE WHERE
BLOWING SNOW CROSSES THE ROAD.
* DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE SECONDARY AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS TO
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY 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.
NWS tweet seeks snowfall reports
Light to moderate snow falling across portions of area. How much at your location?
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) December 17, 2013
If you have twitter, send your report to @nwsiwx. Alternately, post it on Facebook or send it via email.
Winter Weather Advisory updated
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1149 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013
...LIGHT SNOW AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO LEAD TO TRAVEL CONCERNS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING A
QUICK BURST OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO NORTHERN INDIANA...LOWER
MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO. 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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ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...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
1149 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 /1049 AM CST TUE DEC 17 2013/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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.
Significant winter storm possible over weekend
The weather forecast turns “extremely dicey” over the weekend, according to a forecast discussion the northern Indiana National Weather Service office issued early this morning. Forecasters say “significant winter storm” will develop across Texas and turn northeast into the Ohio valley. “This system will wreck many a Christmas travel plan,” forecasters wrote.
I suggest that readers keep an eye on the forecast as the weekend approaches. The closer it gets, the more specific the forecast will be.
Winter Weather Advisory for blowing snow
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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ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...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
401 AM EST TUE DEC 17 2013 /301 AM CST TUE DEC 17 2013/
...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.
Snow location at 7:30 p.m.
Slick travel conditions this evening
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SPSIWX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
716 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013
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170230-
LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-
WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-WILLIAMS-DEFIANCE-
HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MICHIGAN CITY…LA PORTE…
KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…KNOX…
NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…CULVER…
ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…MENTONE…
COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE…
NEW HAVEN…WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…
BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…BRYAN…MONTPELIER…
DEFIANCE…SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…NAPOLEON…DESHLER…
LIBERTY CENTER…PAULDING…ANTWERP…MELROSE…OTTAWA…
PANDORA…KALIDA…FORT JENNINGS…VAN WERT…DELPHOS…
OHIO CITY…LIMA…SPENCERVILLE
716 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013 /616 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013/
…SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING…
A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE…WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT…WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND BETWEEN
ROUTES 30 AND 6. DUE TO THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY WITH TEMPERATURES
REMAIN IN THE TEENS…ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE
DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION THIS EVENING.
Snow location as of 3:44 p.m.
WPTA-TV posted the above picture to Twitter.
Afternoon update on snowfall forecast
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
315 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013
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LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...
ANGOLA...FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...
GARRETT...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...
FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...
LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE
315 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013
...QUICK BURST OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...
A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. THE MOST
INTENSE SNOWFALL MAY ONLY LAST 2 TO 3 HOURS BUT AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
SLICK.