URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
236 PM EST TUE JAN 5 2010
…ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
.AN UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…BRINGING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE
SEASON TO THE AREA.
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAFAYETTE…FRANKFORT…KOKOMO…
CRAWFORDSVILLE…ANDERSON…MUNCIE…INDIANAPOLIS…TERRE HAUTE…
SHELBYVILLE…BLOOMINGTON…COLUMBUS…VINCENNES…BEDFORD…
SEYMOUR
236 PM EST TUE JAN 5 2010
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND
DRIFTS…BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY…TRAVEL MAY BECOME
VERY HAZARDOUS.
* ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING: BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGERING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THURSDAY
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN BEFORE THE
THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY.
Today’s Indiana weather is much like yesterday’s. There could be another 4 inches of snow in a couple of Indiana lake effect counties. One difference early today has been patchy freezing drizzle from north of Marion to around Fort Wayne.
Our next system will probably bring snow by Thursday morning’s rush hour. Biggest snow will come in the morning, maybe letting up a little in the afternoon, with a final push on the way out Thursday night.
The best bet right now is 2-4 inches across Central Indiana. Higher totals may come along the Ohio River and southward.
This will be followed by icy winds blowing around the powdery snow Friday, and another frigid weekend. The next chance of being above freezing is still a week away. Continue your hibernation, and buy bread if it makes ya feel good. I think you’d be better off buying airplane tickets.
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