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Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1109 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014

...INCREASING CHANCES FOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING
SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE REGION
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS SATURDAY EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH AT
LEAST SUNDAY EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT
SNOW SPREADING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. AT THIS TIME...LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. GREATER CONCERN LIES
WITH LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT
TRACKS FROM ARKANSAS SUNDAY MORNING TO OHIO SUNDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
BY SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS
ARE EXPECTED STARTING SUNDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

AS WINDS INCREASE AND COLDER AIR ARRIVES...WIND CHILLS WILL
QUICKLY DROP BELOW ZERO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. VALUES
IN THE 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
AND BE PREPARED TO ADJUST PLANS ACCORDINGLY.

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LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-BERRIEN-
CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON
1109 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 /1009 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF
6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...

* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE ALL ROADWAYS TO BECOME
PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

* VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS BOTH IN
HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS