[IWX_warnings] WSWIWX

Tue Jan 4 19:35:46 UTC 2005

WWUS43 KIWX 041936
WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WX MESSAGE
NWS N IN
228P TUE JAN 4 2005

 MAJOR WINTER STRM WILL BRING SNOW AND ICE TO THE REGION 

.A FRONT WILL REMAIN NRLY STATIONARY OVER THE OH VALLEY THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NE ALONG
THIS FRONT AND PRDCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACRS THE REGION
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRNG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING INTO THE N GREAT LKS WILL HELP FILTER COLD AIR INTO
THE REGION TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DVLP OVER THE AREA.
THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STRM WITH A WINTRY MIX OF
SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY
AS FREEZING RAIN DMGG ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH OR MORE
ARE LIKELY.

A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXP TRACK OF THE STRM WILL RESULT IN 
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS. STAY 
TUNED TO NOAA WX RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WX INFORMATION 
FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STRM.

INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-050330-
BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN-
LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANGOLA BENTON HARBOR BENTON HEIGHTS 
BUCHANAN COLDWATER DOWAGIAC DUNLAP ELKHART FAIR PLAIN 
GEORGETOWN GOSHEN GRANGER GULIVOIRE PARK HILLSDALE 
LA PORTE LAGRANGE MI CITY MISHAWAKA NAPPANEE NILES 
SIMONTON LK S BEND ST. JOSEPH STURGIS THREE RVRS 
TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE
228P TUE JAN 4 2005

 WINTER STRM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT (11P)
WEDNESDAY TO 6A (5A) THURSDAY 

THE NWS IN N IN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STRM WARNING.

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DVLP 
TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATE 
TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL 
CNTINU WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME 
SLEET AT TIMES. STRM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY 
THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXP TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES.   

ANY TRAVEL IS STRNGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

$$

OHZ001-002-050330-
FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ARCHBOLD BRYAN MONTPELIER 
SWANTON AND WAUSEON
228P TUE JAN 4 2005

 WINTER STRM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 
6A THURSDAY 

THE NWS IN N IN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STRM WARNING.

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DVLP
TONIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CNTINU THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. STRM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE
EXP TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO PSBL.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRNGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

$$

INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-050330-
ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN-
MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN-
WHITLEY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AUBURN BREMEN BUTLER COLUMBIA CITY 
DEFIANCE FORT WAYNE GARRETT HICKSVILLE KENDALLVILLE KNOX 
LIGONIER NAPOLEON NEW HAVEN OTTAWA PLYMOUTH ROCHESTER 
SYRACUSE TRI-LKS WARSAW WINAMAC AND WINONA LK
228P TUE JAN 4 2005

 WINTER STRM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 
6A THURSDAY 

THE NWS IN N IN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STRM WARNING.

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DVLP 
TONIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CNTINU THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT 
THIS TIME AREAS NORTH OF U.S. RT 30 HAVE THE GREATEST PTNTL 
FOR HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. FOR AREAS S OF U.S. RT 30 THERE 
IS A GREATER PTNTL FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL 
IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. STRM TOTAL SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXP TO BE 2 TO 5 
INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF RT 30. STRM TOTAL ICE 
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXP TO BE A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF INCH WITH 
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS S OF RT 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS 
MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN DMG TO TREES AND POWERLNS WITH SOME 
POWER OUTAGES. 

IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A 
GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN 
GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS 
BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN 
PRDCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS.    

ANY TRAVEL IS STRNGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

$$

INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-050330-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-
MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BERNE BLUFFTON DECATUR DELPHOS 
DUNKIRK FAIRMOUNT FORT SHAWNEE GAS CITY GRISSOM AFB 
HARTFORD CITY HUNTINGTON LIMA LOGANSPORT MARION 
MONTICELLO NORTH MANCHESTER OSSIAN PERU PORTLAND UPLAND 
VAN WERT AND WABASH
228P TUE JAN 4 2005

 WINTER STRM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TO 
6A THURSDAY 

THE NWS IN N IN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STRM WARNING.

RAIN IS EXP TO DVLP TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A 
WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR 
FILTERS INTO THE REGION. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CNTINU 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY 
THURSDAY MORNING OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE EXP. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DMG TO
TREES AND POWERLNS WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES PSBL.      

IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A 
GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATERS USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN 
GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS 
BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN 
PRDCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS.    

ANY TRAVEL IS STRNGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

$$

HITCHCOCK
WWWW