The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from tomorrow at 4 p.m. until Thursday at 4 p.m.:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
411 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016INZ017-018-023>025-240515-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0006.160224T2100Z-160225T2100Z/WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COLUMBIA CITY…TRI-LAKES…SOUTH WHITLEY…FORT WAYNE…NEW HAVEN…PERU…GRISSOM AFB…MEXICO…WABASH…NORTH MANCHESTER…HUNTINGTON…ROANOKE
411 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE WEDNESDAY…WITH THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OCCURRING DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTES.
* SOME SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WET…HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS. THIS COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WHERE UTILITY LINES ARE IMPACTED.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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