Category Archives: SKYWARN

Significant snowfall possible Saturday

Warmer weather, but snowfall chances return by the end of the week. Significant snow possible Saturday. pic.twitter.com/ctho3Cccdh
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) January 29, 2014

@TreyHeckaman Current indications are 3 to 5 inches, but that may need to be adjusted upwards if a few of the wetter models verify.
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) January 29, 2014

Bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills into Wednesday

NWS infographic regarding wind chill forecaast

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
957 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS INTO WEDNESDAY...

.BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND
CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT
AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-

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...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM
CST/ WEDNESDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH 10 TO 15 MPH WINDS
WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

* FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN
THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH
PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE
COLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

Bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills into Wednesday

Screen shot of NWS web page showing conditions at 7:54 a.m. EST
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
403 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014

...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS INTO WEDNESDAY...

.BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MINIMUM WIND
CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY... AND AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- 

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...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM
CST/ WEDNESDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS
WILL CAUSE MINIMUM WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY... AND
AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...

* FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN
THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH
PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE
COLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

NWS: Blowing and drifting snow remains possible

Photo of snow drifint on road

The northern Indiana National Weather Service office issued a Special Weather Statement this evening to indicate that blowing and drifting snow remains possible in its forecast area tonight:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
742 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-280600-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
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...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE
742 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 /642 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014/

...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW STILL POSSIBLE...

WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH A FEW GUSTS
TO 25 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
BLOW LIGHT SNOW BACK ONTO ROADS THROUGH THE NIGHT KEEPING THEM
SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SOME RURAL COUNTY ROADS MAY
REMAIN IMPASSABLE OR DOWN TO ONE LANE. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST BE
OUT DRIVING AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH LARGE SNOW DRIFTS
WHERE YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED. WIND CHILLS WILL BE BETWEEN 25
BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO
REMAIN OUTSIDE VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY IF NOT
PROPERLY DRESSED.

Wind chill warning remains in effect

NWS infographic on wind chill warning

Above is an infographic the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service published at 6:03 p.m. EST this evening. Here is a link to the latest statement on the wind chill warning. Below are some tweets that relate to the dangerously cold weather.

I&M customers are asked to conserve energy especially from 6 to 10 a.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. TOMORROW http://t.co/6MZ3iUAg00
— NewsChannel15 (@wane15) January 27, 2014

ACAD asked to help create list of churches for warming centers & shelters. http://t.co/xP5JRFK4lH
— Associated Churches (@AssocChurches) January 27, 2014

No garbage and recycling collection in @CityofFortWayne on Tues. due to cold temps. https://t.co/WvlvJhz9Lt
— Mayor Tom Henry (@MayorTomHenry) January 27, 2014

If it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for your pets. Give outdoor pets warm shelter. Limit indoor pets’ time outside. #inwx
— IN Homeland Security (@IDHS) January 27, 2014

Thank you @FortWayneParks and @SalvationArmyUS for your assistance with warming station and overnight shelter. https://t.co/rNGWv9tiBu
— Mayor Tom Henry (@MayorTomHenry) January 27, 2014

Wind chill warning continues, winter weather advisory ends

Screen shot showng weather at Ft. Wayne airport, 1:54 p.m. EST

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
136 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...OCCASIONAL SNOW... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND BITTERLY
COLD TEMPERATURES...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON CAUSING BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES... LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN DECREASING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS.
STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP WIND CHILLS
BITTERLY COLD THIS AFTERNOON...AND SUBSEQUENTLY FALLING TO
BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW TONIGHT. A VERY SLOW IMPROVEMENT
CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...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...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...
HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM
CST/ WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* WIND CHILLS WILL BE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS
AFTERNOON... FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING.
THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...
WITH SLOW IMPROVEMENT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

IMPACTS...

* DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE IMMINENT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN
THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH
PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE
COLD.

* TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO PREVIOUSLY DRIFTED SNOW ACROSS
MANY ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. USE CAUTION IF
YOU ARE TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

Brutally cold weather to begin week

NWS Infographic: Brutally cold weather to begin week

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
415 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...OCCASIONAL SNOW... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND BITTERLY
COLD TEMPERATURES...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY
CAUSING BITTER COLD... LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS... AND BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE TODAY RESULTING IN DECREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS
THE DAY PROGRESSES. HOWEVER THE COLD WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY WITH
WIND CHILLS 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW IN THE MORNING... FALLING TO 25
BELOW TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT... WITH JUST A VERY SLOW IMPROVEMENT
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...
AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...
COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...
NEW HAVEN...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...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...
HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...
ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...
VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING
MAY CAUSE SOME SECONDARY ROADS TO BE IMPASSABLE. LOCALIZED
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS.

* WIND CHILLS WILL BE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING...
FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING. THESE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY... WITH SLOW
IMPROVEMENT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

IMPACTS...

* DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE IMMINENT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN
THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH
PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE
COLD.

* TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS MORNING DUE TO BLOWING
SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. USE CAUTION IF
YOU ARE TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW.

Bitterly cold with more snow on the way

NWS Infographic

Wind Chill will be -20 to -25 early this morning. Exposure of skin for 30 minutes to this bitter cold will result in frostbite. Dress Warm!
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) January 24, 2014

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
336 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST COMBINED WITH BRISK
WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW IN OUR
AREA THIS MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH FROM
CANADA TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY IN ADVANCE OF
THIS FRONT... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW
WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL
END OVER MOST OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING... HOWEVER LAKE EFFECT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY
NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 INCHES... WITH AMOUNTS A LITTLE
HIGHER OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-
005-015-016-024-025-241645-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0005.140124T1500Z-140125T2100Z/
/O.CON.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140124T1800Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
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...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...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...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE
336 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014 /236 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
BY MIDDAY... CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
SATURDAY MORNING... BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA. TOTAL NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 INCHES INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...
WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY.

IMPACTS...

* DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE SKIN TO
SUFFER FROSTBITE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE. TRAVEL WILL BE
HAZARDOUS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

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.