The National Weather Service has updated the Winter Weather Advisory for our area:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1233 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014…MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO IMPACT EVENING COMMUTE…
LOW PRESSURE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND STRENGTHEN INTO WESTERN LAKE ERIE OVERNIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON…WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDER ALSO POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE…WITH THE HIGHER RATES ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSNOW. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO TO FORT WAYNE TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE WHERE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED SOUTH WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION. HIGHER AMOUNTS…GENERALLY IN THE RANGE OF 4 TO 6 INCHES…IS EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST TUESDAY…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDER ALSO POSSIBLE.
* VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTHWEST OF A MARION INDIANA TO VAN WERT OHIO TO OTTAWA OHIO LINE…WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.