URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
346 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
INZ021-028>031-038-040>042-050500-
/O.NEW.KIND.WS.A.0001.150106T0000Z-150106T1500Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-
RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
ANDERSON...MUNCIE
346 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OR IMPASSABLE
DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND DRIFTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY...TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL OF UP TO 6 INCHES APPEARS POSSIBLE AT
THIS TIME.
* TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE EVENING
HOURS ON MONDAY...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL OCCURRING FROM
LATE EVENING MONDAY THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS DURING THE TUESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY
WHICH MAY PROLONG HAZARDS ON AREA ROADWAYS.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED
DURING THE SNOW...WHICH MUCH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA
AFTER THE SNOW ENDS.
* FORECASTER CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS
TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW. A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK OF THE LOW WOULD
RESULT IN LOWER SNOW TOTALS. IF THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER
SOUTH...THIS WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER SNOW TOTALS.
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.
