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WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WX MESSAGE
NWS N IN
503A TUE JAN 4 2005

.A FRONT WILL REMAIN NRLY STATIONARY OVER THE OH VALLEY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NE
ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRDCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACRS THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRNG ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH WILL HELP FILTER COLD AIR INTO THE REGION
TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DVLP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL
SET THE STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STRM WITH A WINTRY MIX OF
SNOW SLEET FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. 

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-041739-
BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI-
LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN-
WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANGOLA ARCHBOLD BENTON HARBOR 
BENTON HEIGHTS BRYAN BUCHANAN COLDWATER DOWAGIAC DUNLAP 
ELKHART FAIR PLAIN GEORGETOWN GOSHEN GRANGER 
GULIVOIRE PARK HILLSDALE LA PORTE LAGRANGE MI CITY 
MISHAWAKA MONTPELIER NAPPANEE NILES SIMONTON LK 
S BEND ST. JOSEPH STURGIS SWANTON THREE RVRS 
TRAIL CREEK WAUSEON AND WESTVILLE
503A TUE JAN 4 2005

 WINTER STRM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY
MORNING 

SNOW WILL DVLP TONIGHT AND CNTINU THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY MIX WITH A LTL SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET
TUESDAY NIGHT BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXP TO BE IN
THE FORM OF SNOW. 

THIS STRM IS STILL OVER 24 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE
EXP STRM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN
PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. THE PTNTL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW EXISTS IF THE AIR REMAINS COLD ENOUGH DURING
THE ENTIRE EVENT. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW COULD FALL NR THE IN AND
MI ST LN.   

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WX RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WX
INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY.  

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RPDLY IN WINTER WX SITUATIONS. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES, KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. 

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INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-
041700-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-DE KALB IN-
DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-
KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-
PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-
WHITLEY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUBURN BERNE BLUFFTON BREMEN 
BUTLER COLUMBIA CITY DECATUR DEFIANCE DELPHOS DUNKIRK 
FAIRMOUNT FORT SHAWNEE FORT WAYNE GARRETT GAS CITY 
GRISSOM AFB HARTFORD CITY HICKSVILLE HUNTINGTON 
KENDALLVILLE KNOX LIGONIER LIMA LOGANSPORT MARION 
MONTICELLO NAPOLEON NEW HAVEN NORTH MANCHESTER OSSIAN 
OTTAWA PERU PLYMOUTH PORTLAND ROCHESTER SYRACUSE 
TRI-LKS UPLAND VAN WERT WABASH WARSAW 
WINAMAC AND WINONA LK
503A TUE JAN 4 2005

 WINTER STRM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY
MORNING 

A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DVLP OVER THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT AND CNTINU THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG
AND NORTH OF US RT 30 WILL LIKELY SEE MORE SNOW AND SLEET WITH
SOME FREEZING RAIN PSBL AT TIMES. AREAS TO THE S OF US RT
30 HAVE THE PTNTL TO SEE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. IN
LOCATIONS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING
RAIN SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BTWN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE
INCH WILL BE PSBL.  

THIS STRM IS STILL 24 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE
EXP STRM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON
PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. IF TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST OF THIS EVENT UP TO ONE INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR. THIS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DMG TO
TREES AND POWERLNS WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES LIKELY. IT WILL BE
DNGRS AND NRLY IMPSBL TO TRAVEL.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WX RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WX
INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.   

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RPDLY IN WINTER WX SITUATIONS. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES, KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

A WINTER STRM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND OR
FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION OR ICING. ROADS
COULD BE VERY DNGRS AND TRAVEL DISCOURAGED.

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