The National Weather Service has now included Allen County in their Winter Storm Watch in effect from March 1, 10:00 PM EST until March 3, 07:00 AM EST:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
415 PM EST FRI FEB 28 2014…HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND…
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND STALL OVER THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THIS STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SUNDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO FORT WAYNE TO PAULDING LINE.
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
IMPACTS…
* HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.