Forecast for Monday 01.27: Update

• WIND CHILL WARNING...

 
Partly cloudy and very cold. Chance for flurries, with blowing snow in some areas.
Afternoon high: 3 (wind chill -20 to -25).
Overnight low: -16, tying the record set in 1963 (wind chill near -35).


Outlook: Temperatures may not rise above zero on Tuesday, which has not happened since 1994. Dangerously cold wind chills are also expected, ranging from -25 to -35. The extreme cold will continue through Wednesday morning.

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For Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and Whitley counties:

• Winter Weather Advisory for blowing snow
• WIND CHILL WARNING

ISSUED AT 12:14 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014
WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY AND BLOWING AND
   DRIFTING SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE DRIFTING SNOW MAY
   CAUSE SOME SECONDARY ROADS TO BE IMPASSABLE. LOCALIZED WHITE
   OUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS.

 * WIND CHILLS WILL BE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON,  
   FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING. THESE
   DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY,   WITH SLOW
   IMPROVEMENT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

IMPACTS...

 * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE IMMINENT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
   FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN
   THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH
   PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE
   COLD.

 * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS MORNING DUE TO BLOWING
   SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITE OUT
   CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. USE CAUTION IF
YOU ARE TRAVELING,   ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW.