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Whitley County Emergency Management/DHS
Sunday January 5th, 2014 :: 06:26 p.m. CST

Advisory

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST \6 AM CST\ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MON

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST \6 AM CST\ MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MON
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST \6 AM CST\ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH MID EVENING. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SEVERE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN
5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30
BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY.

IMPACTS...

* ROADS ARE BECOMING IMPASSABLE IN MANY AREAS. SNOW EMERGENCIES
ARE BEING DECLARED IN MANY COUNTIES.

* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING
SNOW.

* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY\PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

Address/Location
Whitley County Emergency Management/DHS
101 W Market St
Columbia City, IN 46725

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 260-248-3167

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