The Updated Winter Weather Advisory for today, which expires at noon:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
414 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016INZ003-008-009-012-014>018-022>027-032>034-121700-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160112T1700Z/
LA PORTE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MICHIGAN CITY…LA PORTE…KENDALLVILLE…LIGONIER…ALBION…AUBURN…GARRETT…KNOX…NORTH JUDSON…BASS LAKE…PLYMOUTH…BREMEN…CULVER…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…BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…MARION…GAS CITY…UPLAND…HARTFORD CITY…MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK
414 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 /314 AM CST TUE JAN 12 2016/
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…2 TO 4 INCHES.
* WEST NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH THIS MORNING.
IMPACTS…
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED…SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONG WINDS.
* REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
* WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW ZERO TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.