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Reports received at the NWS office: PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 742 PM EST TUE JAN 06 2015 THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION. SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME ------ ----------------------- -- -------------- ------- 7.50 WEST LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 0836 AM TWITTER REPORT 7.00 FRANKTON IN MADISON 0645 AM 6.20 3 SW WESTFIELD IN HAMILTON 0800 AM NEW SNOW FALL 6.00 2 W LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 1140 AM 6.00 LEBANON IN BOONE 1003 AM 6.00 5 SE MUNCIE IN DELAWARE 0930 AM TWITTER REPORT 6.00 FRANKFORT IN CLINTON 0820 AM NEW SNOW FALL. UNIFORM ON SNOW BOARD... SIDEWALKS... AND DRIVEWAY. 6.00 6 W FISHERS IN HAMILTON 0800 AM MEASURED NEAR 104TH STREET. 6.00 FISHERS IN HAMILTON 0610 AM TWITTER REPORT 6.00 3 N ANDERSON IN MADISON 0602 AM VIA TWITTER 6.00 5 NNE FRANKFORT IN CLINTON 0430 AM 6.00 ALEXANDRIA IN MADISON 0357 AM 5.80 WESTFIELD IN HAMILTON 0700 AM VIA TWITTER 5.60 LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 0958 AM VIA TWITTER 5.60 LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 0950 AM 5.60 3 NE FISHERS IN HAMILTON 0504 AM 5.60 CICERO IN HAMILTON 0431 AM VIA TWITTER 5.50 2 NE CARMEL IN HAMILTON 0526 AM 5.50 FISHERS IN HAMILTON 0451 AM 5.50 WESTFIELD IN HAMILTON 0430 AM VIA TWITTER 5.30 ANDERSON IN MADISON 0510 AM 5.30 LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 0352 AM AT WLFI VIA TWITTER 5.30 WESTFIELD IN HAMILTON 0340 AM VIA TWITTER 5.10 KNIGHTSTOWN IN HENRY 0959 AM VIA TWITTER 5.10 KNIGHTSTOWN IN HENRY 0955 AM TWITTER REPORT 5.00 MUNCIE IN DELAWARE 0930 AM BALL STATE GEOGRAPHY DEPT. 5.00 TIPTON IN TIPTON 0900 AM REPORTS RANGED FROM 4.5 INHES TO 6.0 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. 5.00 MUNCIE IN DELAWARE 0720 AM TWITTER REPORT 5.00 WEST LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 0645 AM VIA TWITTER 5.00 ZIONSVILLE IN BOONE 0351 AM 5.0 INCHES AT 300S AND US 421 VIA TWITTER 4.90 LYNN IN RANDOLPH 0539 AM VIA FACEBOOK 4.90 5 NNE FRANKFORT IN CLINTON 0200 AM 4.50 WILLIAMSPORT IN WARREN 0810 AM FOUR TO FIVE INCHES WERE COMMON ACROSS THE COUNTY. 4.50 CRAWFORDSVILLE IN MONTGOMERY 0800 AM FOUR TO FIVE INCHES COMMON ACROSS THE COUNTY. 4.50 YORKTOWN IN DELAWARE 0720 AM 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW 0.31 WATER EQUIVALENT... VIA FACEBOOK 4.50 MUNCIE IN DELAWARE 0650 AM 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF DELAWARE COUNTY AIRPORT IN MUNCIE 4.50 1 E LAWRENCE IN MARION 0351 AM VIA FACEBOOK 4.50 3 NE FISHERS IN HAMILTON 0253 AM 4.50 5 NNE FRANKFORT IN CLINTON 0130 AM 4.00 COVINGTON IN FOUNTAIN 0826 AM 4.00 KOKOMO IN HOWARD 0757 AM 4.00 DELPHI IN CARROLL 0700 AM 4.00 MUNCIE IN DELAWARE 0700 AM 4.00 FLORA IN CARROLL 0700 AM 4.00 3 NE LEBANON IN BOONE 0600 AM MEASURED ON A SNOW BOARD. 4.00 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0400 AM AT FOX 59 4.00 10 N INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0226 AM AT I465 AND MICHIGAN RD AT MARION HAMILTON COUNTY LINE VIA TWITTER 4.00 4 S CASTLETON IN MARION 0216 AM 3.70 LYNN IN RANDOLPH 0239 AM VIA FACEBOOK 3.70 5 NNE FRANKFORT IN CLINTON 0100 AM SNOWFALL RATES NEAR 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR 3.50 AVON IN HENDRICKS 0700 AM 3.50 FISHERS IN HAMILTON 0230 AM 3.50 MCCORDSVILLE IN HANCOCK 0220 AM VIA TWITTER 3.50 3 S KOKOMO IN HOWARD 0130 AM 3.40 WESTFIELD IN HAMILTON 0130 AM VIA TWITTER 3.00 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0959 AM IN DOWNTOWN INDY. VIA TWITTER. 3.00 1 E RUSHVILLE IN RUSH 0707 AM VIA TWITTER 3.00 5 NE INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0252 AM 3 INCHES AT 54TH KEYSTONE COLLEGE VIA FACEBOOK 3.00 CASTLETON IN MARION 0244 AM VIA FACEBOOK 3.00 MUNCIE IN DELAWARE 0219 AM ON BALL STATE CAMPUS VIA TWITTER 3.00 LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 0130 AM AT WLFI 3.00 BATTLE GROUND IN TIPPECANOE 0100 AM VIA FACEBOOK 2.80 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0343 AM AT RTV6 2.60 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0216 AM AT WISHTV 2.50 CUMBERLAND IN HANCOCK 0153 AM VIA TWITTER 2.20 3 NNE WEST LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 1157 PM 2.2 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED IN LAST 4 HOURS. ALSO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. 2.10 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0400 AM STORM TOTAL 2.1 2.00 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0200 AM 2.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL 2.00 GREENFIELD IN HANCOCK 0141 AM 2 INCHES AT HANCOCK COUNTY 911 CENTER 2.00 ANDERSON IN MADISON 0100 AM VIA TWITTER 2.00 WESTFIELD IN HAMILTON 1230 AM VIA TWITTER 1.90 1 W SOUTHPORT IN MARION 0451 AM VIA TWITTER 1.50 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 0115 AM 1.5 INCHES MEASURED AT WISH TV 1.30 2 S CASTLETON IN MARION 1200 AM 1.00 SHELBYVILLE IN SHELBY 0649 AM 1.00 TERRE HAUTE IN VIGO 0515 AM 1.00 GOSPORT IN OWEN 0444 AM VIA TWITTER 0.80 2 SE BLOOMINGTON IN MONROE 0730 AM SPOTTER REPORTS LESS THAN 1 INCH. 0.80 FRANKLIN IN JOHNSON 0220 AM VIA TWITTER 0.80 2 W WEST LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE 1000 PM TOTAL SWOWFALL AS OF 10 PM. NO BLOWING OR DRIFTING WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS. 0.70 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 1200 AM 0.50 4 S DEVORE IN OWEN 0800 AM NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND 0.50 WHITELAND IN JOHNSON 1003 PM 0.40 INDIANAPOLIS IN MARION 1028 PM STORM TOTAL AS OF 1030 PM AT NWS INDIANAPOLIS. 0.30 MARTINSVILLE IN MORGAN 0835 PM STORM TOTAL SO FAR.8:30am 7.5″ West Lafayette 8:20am 3.5″ Avon 8:00am 4.0″ Kokomo 7:25am Updates: 5.0″ Muncie 5.8″ Westfield 0.8″ Bloomington 7:20am From followers: 5.0″ Muncie 4.0″ Connersville
RT @MyObservationWX: 7:00am Measured 5.8" at my location in Westfield (169th & Carey Rd) @NWSIndianapolis #InWx pic.twitter.com/YPf480BsxC
— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) January 6, 2015
7:00am
More totes:
4.0″ Muncie
4.0″ Flora (Carroll Co.)
1.0″ Shelbyville
7.0″ Frankton (Madison Co.)
5.0″ Lafayette
6.0″ Fishers
6.0″ Anderson
3.0″ Rushville
5:45am
5.5″ Carmel
1.0″ Terre Haute
5:30am
This chart estimates precipitation in the last 12 hours. Sorry, it wasn’t I-70 this time…it was I-74. Up to 6 inches north of it, much less to to the south.
5am
New batch of totals:
5.6″ Fishers
5.3″ Anderson
5.0″ Zionsville
5.3″ Lafayette
1.9″ SE Marion County
5.6″ Cicero
6.0″ Alexandria
5.5″ Westfield
6.0″ Frankfort
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS 343 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...3:00am 4.5″ Fishers 4.0″ Lafayette
RT @NancyOlsonn: @NicoleWTHR @SeanWTHR @PaulPoteet Frankfort area pic.twitter.com/JFfZM7ZdKQ
— Paul Poteet Dot Com (@PaulPoteet) January 6, 2015
2:00am
Totals so far via NWS:
4.9″ Frankfort
4.0″ Indy NE Side
3.5″ Kokomo
3.4″ Westfield
3.0″ Lafayette
2.5″ Cumberland (Hancock County)
2.0″ Indy Airport
2.0″ Anderson
2.0″ Greenfield
10:30pm
Half an inch so far from a weather watcher in Johnson County. Indy’s received .4″, and a report of .8″ in West Lafayette.
10:15pm
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1004 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 942 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015 A CLIPPER SYSTEM WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BRINGING THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON BY FAR TO THE AREA...WITH LOWEST WIND CHILLS DURING MID WEEK PUSHING -30. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 1004 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015 SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW DEEP DENRITIC GROWTH LAYER GREATER THAN 200 MILLIBARS PER BUFKIT...AND WITH DEEP FORCING YET TO HIT CENTRAL INDIANA WITH CLIPPER ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN IOWA LATE THIS EVENING...WILL KEEP SNOW AMOUNTS GOING DESPITE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION SO FAR.9:00pm Light snow now reported at Indy. Visibility down to 2 miles. 8:45pm The most likely location for the 6-7″ snow totals should be in west central Indiana. That matches up roughly with where you see the darkest blue here: from around Lafayette down to Crawfordsville. Remember, the numbers you see displayed assume a 10:1 precip:snow ratio. With this particular system the ratio may be closer to 20:1. (Map via weatherbell.com.) 8:30pm You can clearly see the path of the clipper by the orientation of the Winter Advisories and Warnings. 8:00pm Visibility down to a mile in Blooomington and Terre Haute. Half an inch so far reported by the NWS from North Terre Haute. 7:00pm Light snow in Bloomington and Terre Haute. 3:30pm The Advisory has been upgraded to a Warning. Expect a general 4-6″ snowfall with isolated 7″ amounts in warning area. The heaviest snow will accumulate between 10pm and 4am. 1:50pm Here is the short term modeling via weatherbell.com on snow arrival which still looks to be generally after 7pm west of Indy, and after about 9pm in the metro Indy area. 6pm 7pm 9pm 11pm 3am 1:40pm
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 128 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-060230- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0002.150106T0000Z-150106T1500Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE 128 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES APPEARS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. * TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER 7 PM...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM AROUND 10 PM THROUGH AROUND 4 AM TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME IN SPOTS WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE REMOVAL EFFORTS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DURING THAT TIME. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND PROLONG HAZARDS ON AREA ROADWAYS. * WIND CHILL VALUES: SINGLE DIGIT TO LOW TEEN WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE SNOW.10:35am
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— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) January 5, 2015
10:00am
A Winter Weather Advisory is still in place for Indy from 7pm Monday – 10am Tuesday and covers most of northern and central Indiana. Up to five inches could accumulate in most of central Indiana late this evening and overnight into early Tuesday morning. The heaviest snow will fall from around 10pm to 4am.
Bitterly cold air will follow, with lows around zero Tuesday night, highs in the single digits Wednesday, and lows below zero Wednesday night. Chills will fall to around -20 by Wednesday morning, and stay there through Thursday morning.
The heaviest strip of snow from our upcoming clipper should fall from just north of Lafayette over to Kokomo and Marion and just north of Muncie. Up around six inches is possible there. Don’t be jealous. A widespread swath of 3-5 inches is forecast all the way down to about Greenwood and Franklin, and from there amounts should quickly diminish southward.
It’s all being driven by a clipper moving across the state. (Map sequence via weatherbell.com.)
7pm Monday
1am Tuesday
7am Tuesday
7pm Tuesday
7am Wednesday
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