Full Notification

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED.

* AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY.

IMPACTS...

* SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT.

* DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS


Instructions:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.

Instructions:

Please be careful that your nearby fire hydrant does not get buried in snow which could be hazardous to you or your neighbors in the case of a fire.