The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our area:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1205 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAGRANGE…TOPEKA…SHIPSHEWANA…ANGOLA…FREMONT…KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…ROCHESTER…AKRON…WARSAW…WINONA LAKE…SYRACUSE…MENTONE…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…LOGANSPORT…ROYAL CENTER…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…COLDWATER…BRONSON…HILLSDALE…LITCHFIELD…JONESVILLE…BRYAN…MONTPELIER
1205 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1
AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* RAIN WILL BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN RAPIDLY SWITCH TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS PRODUCING LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES. BY EARLY EVENING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA…WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 69. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING FOR TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT.
IMPACTS…
* SNOW WILL INITIALLY MELT ON WARM ROADS…BUT WILL RAPIDLY BEGIN TO STICK AND ACCUMULATE AS TEMPERATURES FALL…CAUSING SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.* HEAVY WET SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…MIXED WITH SLEET ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.