URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 152 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 …ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY… INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LAFAYETTE…FRANKFORT…KOKOMO… CRAWFORDSVILLE…ANDERSON…MUNCIE…INDIANAPOLIS 152 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 …WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING PRIMARILY FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING…SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SLEET MAY PERIODICALLY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS…SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ051>057-060>065-067>072-210300- /O.EXT.KIND.WS.W.0004.150221T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TERRE HAUTE…SHELBYVILLE… BLOOMINGTON…COLUMBUS…VINCENNES…BEDFORD…SEYMOUR 152 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 …WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY… * TIMING…WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SLEET WILL PERIODICALLY MIX IN LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION…RAIN MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN OVER FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WITH POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ICING. * MAIN IMPACTS…ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW… SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ]]>
by Paul Poteet