Get comfortable – there’s a lot to read. First, the latest from the National Weather Service in Indianapolis:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 356 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... ...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A WARM FRONT AND CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE ACCUMULATION TO CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO AROUND 3 INCHES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS TO 20 MPH AND GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ARCTIC AIR FILTERS IN. THE ARCTIC AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS TO CENTRAL INDIANA WITH THE COLDEST EXPECTED TO BE OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS THEN WILL BE FROM 5 BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TO NEAR 20 BELOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. WINDS AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW SOUTH TO NEAR 40 DEGREES NORTH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. INZ021-028>031-035>049-057-260500- /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0007.140126T0900Z-140127T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WC.A.0001.140127T1000Z-140129T1700Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS 356 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL ARRIVE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AND MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...NEAR 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE BITTER COLD. ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED AFTER 4 AM ON SUNDAY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
And here are the advisories for northern Indiana, including 953 MNC listeners:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 316 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 .NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE WIND SPEEDS TAPER. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT LEADING TO WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 15 BELOW ZERO. ANOTHER FAST MOVING SYSTEM WILL ALLOW SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING AS ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT APPROACHES RESULTING IN MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS FRONT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-260430- /O.NEW.KIWX.WC.A.0001.140127T1200Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KIWX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140127T1200Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...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...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 316 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 /216 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING OF UP TO AN INCH ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...CAUSING SOME UNPLOWED ROADS TO BE IMPASSABLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS WINDS STRENGTHEN ONCE AGAIN. * WIND CHILLS TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT...DROPPING TO 20 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING PERIOD.
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