The Weather Service will be issuing a Winter Weather Advisory for Noon-7pm Monday. The problem will be a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow. An inch or two of sleet/snow – and a tenth of an inch of ice – may accumulate right in the rush hours Monday afternoon. For details as the NWS issues them, bookmark this link.
UPDATE: Here’s the official word from the Weather Service:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...WINTRY MIX RETURNS TO CENTRAL INDIANA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA ON MONDAY BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN TO THE AREA. NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA WILL SEE MORE SNOW...WITH FAR SOUTHERN AREAS SEEING MORE RAIN. THIS IS STILL AN EVOLVING SITUATION...A SMALL CHANGE IN THE PATH OF THE LOW COULD HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE AREA. INZ039>049-051>057-170430- /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0011.140217T1700Z-140218T0000Z/ HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON- SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 320 PM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY TO SNOW AND ICE...SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * TIMING: NOON TO 700 PM. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE LOOKS TO BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035>038-170430- /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0011.140217T1700Z-140218T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE 320 PM EST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY TO SNOW AND SLEET...SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: NOON TO 700 PM. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND SLEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
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