SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 428 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015 …VERY WINDY…COLD AND SNOWY TODAY… AS AN ARCTIC FRONT BLASTS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY…SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS…STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES…ARE EXPECTED. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 74 NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE VISIBILITY COULD BE POOR AT TIMES AND FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY IN THE SNOW SHOWERS DUE TO THE INTENSITY AND WINDS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY TODAY UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL MAKE THE COLD CONDITIONS MUCH MORE UNCOMFORTABLE AND CAUSE BLOWING OF SNOW AS IT FALLS. IN ADDITION…UNSECURED OBJECTS OUTDOORS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN ABOUT…AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY FIND DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. COLD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS AT TIMES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL BE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE WIND CHILL COULD DROP AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT…DRESS IN MULTIPLE LAYERS AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS TO WARM UP. ALSO…ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME AND CARRY EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IN CASE YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN. $$ NIELD ]]>
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