URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 310 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS TURNING NORTHERLY DURING THAT TIME. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT INTENSIFY AND ORGANIZE INTO AN INTENSE BAND LATE MONDAY EVENING. THIS BAND MAY WOBBLE BACK AND FORTH INTO TUESDAY MORNING WHICH WILL MAKE PINPOINTING THE AREA OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DIFFICULT. THERE IS HOWEVER GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT PORTER COUNTY WILL BE IMPACTED BY PERIODS OF MODERATE TO POTENTIALLY VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE MICHIGAN. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SPECIFICALLY PORTER COUNTY AND POINTS JUST TO THE EAST...SHOULD MONITOR FOR UPDATES ON THIS SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT. THIS INCLUDES STRETCHES OF INTERSTATES 80...90 AND 94 AND HIGHWAYS 6...12...20...30...49 AND 421. ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF PORTER COUNTY...WITH AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY VARYING SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE AT A RATE OF 2 OR MORE INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:17:27 +0000
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