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Monday, February 08, 2010 - 10:05 AM
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1125 AM EST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE REGION...
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE
AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS LIKELY
TO BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS WINDS INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY WITH WINDS 15
TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 7 TO 12 INCHES...WITH
POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA INTO SOUTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN.
INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-090030-
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PULASKI-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-
ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
ROCHESTER...AKRON...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
1125 AM EST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND
BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO
SNOW SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM 5
TO 9 INCHES...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER DRIFTS.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND SOME IMPASSABLE ROADS IN RURAL
AREAS. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON INTERSTATE 69 AND ROUTES 24 AND 30
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AND IMPACT TO COMMERCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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.
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