Updated forecasts this morning indicated that an approaching storm system will create less snowfall than previously forecast. The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service (NWS)  therefore replaced the Winter Storm Watch it issued yesterday with a set of new and less serious Winter Weather Advisories.

The advisories indicate that three to five inches of snow will fall, with snowfall rates of up to one half inch per hour reducing visibilities to one half mile or less.

Below is a list of counties in office’s county warning area (CWA) and the effective times of the Winter Weather Advisory for that county.

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD MID EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
View the full statement on the NWS website.

…BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING… WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING WILL BE BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. OCCASIONAL WIND CHILLS TO BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 20 BELOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM EST AS ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND ZERO DEGREES. ROADS ALSO REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS FROM THE LIGHT SNOW
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…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
View the full statement on the NWS website.

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The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service issued a multimedia briefing this evening on a winter storm that is forecast to affect northern Indiana, southern Lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

The office also sent an email message to alert local emergency managers and news media to the forecast of accumulating snowfall of three to six inches Monday night. Some areas along and south of U.S. 30 could see five to eight inches.

Snowfall is forecast to begin between 7 p.m.  and 10 p.m. Monday and end between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Tuesday.

A winter storm watch remains in place, taking effect at 7 p.m. Monday and ending at 7 a.m., 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Tuesday, depending on location.

…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
View the full statement on the NWS website.

…SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING… SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE PREVIOUSLY WET ROADS TO TURN ICY…ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SPOTS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING…REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID
View the full statement on the NWS website.

The National Weather Service northern Indiana office has issued a Winter Storm Watch for nearly all of the 37 counties it serves, including Allen County, Indiana. The watch takes effect at 7 p.m. Monday evening and runs until 10 a.m. Tuesday. Three to six inches of snow are likely, with five to eight inches possible. Snowfall rates Monday night of up to one inch per hour could reduce visibilities to 1/4 mile or less.

…DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES EXPECTED… TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL RAPIDLY DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS. WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH…WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS DURING THIS TIME FRAME…MAKE SURE TO LIMIT PROLONGED SKIN
View the full statement on the NWS website.

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
View the full statement on the NWS website.