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Title Winter Weather Advisory
Created 12/15/2010 4:08:00 AM
Refreshed 12/15/2010 8:36:10 AM
Effective 12/15/2010 4:08:00 AM
Expires 12/16/2010 1:00:00 PM
status Actual
Type Alert
Scope Public
Category Met
Event Winter Weather Advisory
Urgency Expected
Severity Minor
Certainty Likely
Publisher NWS Indianapolis (Central Indiana)
Description
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TERRE HAUTE TO BLOOMINGTON TO GREENSBURG LINE.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNSET...BECOMING HEAVIER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END THURSDAY MORNING.

Instructions
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.