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423 WWUS43 KIWX 050312 WSWIWX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO PENNSYLVANIA ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY ARE ANTICIPATED TO GENERALLY BE IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. FARTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...PRIMARILY AFFECTING EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE REGION. INTERSTATES 65...69...75 AND 80 WILL BE IMPACTED. PRIMARY ROADS INCLUDING...6 24 30 31 AND 33 WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS... IF POSSIBLE. INZ008-009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 016-024-025-051115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT- ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION... AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... 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...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 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ROUGHLY EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO COLUMBIA CITY TO DEFIANCE LINE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ005>007-012-014-MIZ079>081-051115- /O.CON.KIWX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE... LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON... HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /912 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * A VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ003-004-MIZ077-078-051115- /O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140205T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS 1012 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /912 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. TRAVEL WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$