The NWS has officially placed the center of the state under a Winter Weather Advisory for this evening, because of the expected slippery mix. Scroll down for today’s @indystar video chat about what to expect tonight and tomorrow.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 342 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS THE REGION. AS WARMER AIR ALOFT SPREADS INTO THE REGION OVER A SUBFREEZING NEAR SURFACE LAYER...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN AND THE ICING THREAT WILL END. INZ021-028>031-035>049-010445- /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0008.140201T0300Z-140201T1500Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS 342 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED TONIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTHERN WABASH VALLEY EAST THROUGH KOKOMO. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OVERNIGHT WITH FREEZING RAIN BECOMING THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. THE ICING THREAT WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
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