Updated Winter Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service and in effect from March 3, 05:00 AM EST until March 3, 01:00 PM EST:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
453 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2015…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
* A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE BECOMING ALL FREEZING RAIN.
* AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON…ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL END.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS…OVERPASSES AND INTERSECTIONS WILL BE ICY AND DANGEROUS.
* SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS WILL ALSO BE ICY AND DANGEROUS.
* MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY…AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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