Owen County is now part of a newly-issued Ice Storm Warning, per the US National Weather Service Indianapolis Indiana: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FORM PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 1 PM MONDAY... INZ042-045>049-051>057-111700- /O.NEW.KIND.IS.W.0001.150111T2100Z-150112T1200Z//O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0004.150112T1200Z-150112T1800Z/RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 346 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND ICE IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 400 PM. FREEZING RAIN WILL END BY 700 AM MONDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES ON MONDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:03:41 +0000