Lake Effect Snow Prompts Weather Advisory

AFTERNOON UPDATE
The Advisory now rolls until 12:00pm on Friday. Another 3-5 inches could fall around the Lake.

And so it begins for Michiana, with up to several inches of Lake Effect snow. Check the latest loop via My Huge Radar. Here’s the Advisory:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
757 AM EST THU NOV 13 2014

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THESE
BANDS WILL RESULT IN SUDDEN REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY AND RAPID
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND
SHELTERED ROADWAYS.

INZ003>005-MIZ077>079-132100-
/O.NEW.KIWX.WW.Y.0013.141113T1257Z-141114T0000Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...
DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...
WHITE PIGEON...MENDON
757 AM EST THU NOV 13 2014 /657 AM CST THU NOV 13 2014/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
   AND EARLY EVENING.

 * QUICK ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON
   BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SHELTERD ROADS.

IMPACTS...

 * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON
   BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND IN SHELTERED AREAS.

 * SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DROPS IN VISIBILITY WILL HAMPER TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.