URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 357 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .HEAVY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS EAST THROUGH FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. A PERIOD OF SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE TRANSITION. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN... POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. INZ003>007-012-014-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-120400- /O.UPG.KIWX.WS.A.0005.140312T0400Z-140312T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.WS.W.0006.140312T0400Z-140312T2100Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-STARKE-MARSHALL- BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER... NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON... MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD... JONESVILLE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE... SWANTON 357 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 /257 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ 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 EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 9 INCHES... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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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