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Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
341 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

INZ003-012>015-020-022>024-032-050445-
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LA PORTE-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-
WABASH-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...MONTICELLO...
BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...
GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...MARION...
GAS CITY...UPLAND
341 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 /241 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2015/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY EVENING
AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
WITH BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE LOCATION WHERE THESE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND THEREFORE
A WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GIVEN THE POTENTIAL.

* TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS DURING THIS
EVENT. WINDS WILL NOT BE THAT STRONG...LIKELY AROUND 10 MPH.

IMPACTS...

* SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR MAY OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT.
HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED
TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WHICH WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT.


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.