Winter Storm Watch URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 346 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 346 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL OF UP TO 6 INCHES APPEARS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. * TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS ON MONDAY...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM LATE EVENING MONDAY THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY WHICH MAY PROLONG HAZARDS ON AREA ROADWAYS. * WIND CHILL VALUES: SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE SNOW...WHICH MUCH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW. A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK OF THE LOW WOULD RESULT IN LOWER SNOW TOTALS. IF THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH...THIS WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 01:42:27 +0000