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WSWIWX

URGENT - WINTER WX MESSAGE
NWS N IN
338A FRI JAN 21 2005

.AN POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPING OUT OF CANADA WILL
INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS SE TODAY AND INTO THE OH VALLEY
SATURDAY. SNOW WILL DVLP RPDLY THIS EVE ACRS N
IL AND WI AND THEN OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT WITH
HVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING 
BEFORE DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SNOW IN THE PM. IN
ADDITION WINDS WILL RPDLY INCRS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WINDS COMBINED
WITH THE EXISTING SNOWFALL FROM THIS PAST WEEK AND A PTNTL FOR 6
OR MORE INCHES WITH THIS WINTER STRM WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPSBL TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND.

INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ077>080-220700-
ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-DE KALB IN-ELKHART IN-
KOSCIUSKO IN-LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-
ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-STEUBEN IN-WHITLEY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANGOLA AUBURN BENTON HARBOR 
BENTON HEIGHTS BREMEN BUCHANAN BUTLER COLDWATER 
COLUMBIA CITY DOWAGIAC DUNLAP ELKHART FAIR PLAIN 
FORT WAYNE GARRETT GEORGETOWN GOSHEN GRANGER 
GULIVOIRE PARK KENDALLVILLE KNOX LA PORTE LAGRANGE 
LIGONIER MI CITY MISHAWAKA NAPPANEE NEW HAVEN 
NILES PLYMOUTH SIMONTON LK S BEND ST. JOSEPH 
STURGIS SYRACUSE THREE RVRS TRAIL CREEK TRI-LKS 
WARSAW WESTVILLE AND WINONA LK
338A FRI JAN 21 2005

 WINTER STRM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6P (5P)
THIS EVE TO 6P (5P) SATURDAY 

SNOW WILL DVLP BY MID EVE WITH HVY SNOW LIKELY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND CNTINU INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING
IN THE PM.  STRM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXP BY SATURDAY EVE.  IN ADDITION E WINDS THIS EVE
WILL TURN NE TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING AND INCRS RPDLY 
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
EXP BY SATURDAY PM.  THIS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. 

CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RPDLY TONIGHT, SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW
EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES, KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY OR
YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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INZ013-015-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-
025-220700-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON OH-
FULTON IN-GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-
MIAMI IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-
WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ARCHBOLD BERNE BLUFFTON BRYAN 
DECATUR DEFIANCE DELPHOS DUNKIRK FAIRMOUNT FORT SHAWNEE 
GAS CITY GRISSOM AFB HARTFORD CITY HICKSVILLE HILLSDALE 
HUNTINGTON LIMA LOGANSPORT MARION MONTICELLO MONTPELIER 
NAPOLEON NORTH MANCHESTER OSSIAN OTTAWA PERU PORTLAND 
ROCHESTER SWANTON UPLAND VAN WERT WABASH 
WAUSEON AND WINAMAC
338A FRI JAN 21 2005

 WINTER STRM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVE TO SATURDAY
EVE 

SNOW WILL DVLP ACRS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
CNTINU THROUGH SATURDAY. STRM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY
EVE OF 6 INCHES OR MORE REMAIN PSBL. IN ADDITION STRNG
NORTH TO NE WINDS WILL DVLP LATE TONIGHT AND CNTINU INTO
SATURDAY EVE WHICH WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

A WINTER STRM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SVR WINTER WX IS
PSBL, BUT NOT IMMINENT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY MAY BECOME
DIFFICULT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WX RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
THE LATEST STMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS DVLPNG WINTER
STRM.

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