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.
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.
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
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
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.
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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.
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.
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.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 334 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014
.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING RESULTING IN A VARIETY OF WINTER HAZARDS. BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING... AND COMBINE WITH THE BITTER COLD AIRMASS TO CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY... HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 5 TO 10 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN... CAUSING WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHERN INDIANA TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED.
INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-231645- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.Y.0003.140124T0000Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T1500Z/ 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-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...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 334 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 /234 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW THIS MORNING... AND AGAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING.
* EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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.
The northern Indiana office of the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for its coverage area. The verbatim text appears below. Read carefully because there are slight differences in the wording, depending on what county you’re in.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
.AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES IN. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST ACROSS BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN WITH ONE OF MORE BANDS OCCASIONALLY DROPPING INTO THE FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LAPORTE...ST JOSEPH INDIANA AND ELKHART COUNTIES. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA. IN ADDITION...OVERNIGHT LOWS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS OF 12 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
MIZ077-078-230545- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T2100Z/ BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH... BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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INZ003>005-230545- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T1500Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE 436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 /336 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN DEVELOP AND MAY IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TOLL ROAD INTO THURSDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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INZ006>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-230545- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T1500Z/ 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-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...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 436 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 /336 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS AROUND 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 355 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...HARSH WINTER CONDITIONS CONTINUING...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD THIS MORNING...RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 BELOW WHERE SKIES CLEARED OVERNIGHT TO 5 TO 10 ABOVE IN CLOUDY AREAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES... EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MICHIGAN CITY... SOUTH BEND... ELKHART CORRIDOR. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
