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UPDATE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: GUSTY WIND AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES RETURN... .AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. WINDS GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ARCTIC AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS TO CENTRAL INDIANA WITH THE COLDEST EXPECTED TO BE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS THEN WILL BE FROM 4 BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TO NEAR 20 BELOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW IN THE SOUTH TO NEAR 40 DEGREES BELOW IN THE NORTH ARE EXPECTED. CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE 330 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS OF 30 DEGREES BELOW AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE BITTER COLD. * OTHER IMPACTS...SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE EXTREME COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:04:54 +0000

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