URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 421 PM EST MON NOV 11 2013 ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT OF SEASON... .LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH VERY COLD AIR AND NORTHERLY WINDS TO FOLLOW OVERNIGHT. THIS SETUP WILL LEAD TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE MOST INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TOWARD DAYBREAK AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING...IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. INZ003-004-MIZ077-120530- /O.UPG.KIWX.LE.A.0003.131112T0000Z-131113T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.LE.W.0004.131112T0600Z-131112T1800Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-BERRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN 421 PM EST MON NOV 11 2013 /321 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013/ ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH. A MORE INTENSE SINGLE BAND WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS BAND COULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THE BAND BECOMES STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING OR ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO WITHIN THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BAND. THESE BANDS ARE OFTEN VERY NARROW AND DRIVERS ALONG THE TOLL ROAD AND INTERSTATE 94 MAY EXPERIENCE VERY RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES AND RAPIDLY DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS COULD CAUSE CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENTS SO BE CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:59:27 +0000
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