URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 836 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 .AN ARCTIC FRONT IS QUICKLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ALONG 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. INZ003>005-231030- /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 836 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 /736 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 HAS DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 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.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:54:05 +0000
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