Update of the Winter Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service, in effect until tomorrow, Thursday, at 4 p.m.:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
340 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016…BLIZZARD TO MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA…
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WELLS-ADAMS-BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-PAULDING-VAN WERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BLUFFTON…OSSIAN…DECATUR…BERNE…
HARTFORD CITY…MONTPELIER…PORTLAND…DUNKIRK…DEFIANCE…
SHERWOOD…HICKSVILLE…PAULDING…ANTWERP…MELROSE…VAN WERT…
DELPHOS…OHIO CITY
340 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN OR SLEET EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
* SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY…WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
* 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.