National Weather Service Statement:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
420 AM EST WED JAN 6 2010…WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM BY THURSDAY NIGHT. ROADS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES…MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS…ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW.
TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.