Heavy snow with rates of 1-2" per hour at times. Winds will pick up later in the day with near-blizzard conditions and white-outs possible, especially during the afternoon and night. Extremely cold overnight.
Storm total accumulation: 7-15 inches.
Afternoon temperatures: upper 20s falling into the teens (wind chills dropping to near 0).
Overnight temperatures: dropping below 0 (wind chills between as low as -30).
Outlook: Extremely cold Monday through Wednesday morning. Sub-zero temperatures are expected to last from Monday morning through Wednesday morning. This combined with brisk winds will cause wind chills to drop to very dangerous levels, between -35 and -45 at times. Any exposed skin can suffer frostbite within minutes under these conditions. Blowing and drifting snow may also continue.
For up-to-date official weather information, go to weather.gov/NorthernIndiana
For Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties:
- Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow and blowing snow
- Wind Chill Warning
LAST UPDATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 11:50 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM TUESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE T0 BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY TONIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 7 BELOW AND 20 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED, SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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.
Additional information
POSTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 3:57 PM EST SAT JAN 4 2014DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WITH HISTORIC COLD AIR AND WIND CHILLS A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DEADLY WIND CHILLS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW SPREADING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NEAR THIS FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA, WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE AREAS. IN ADDITION, STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES. AS WINDS INCREASE AND COLDER AIR ARRIVES, WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY WINTER STORM AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL ISSUES WITH POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. PACK EXTRA BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, A SHOVEL AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK LONG DISTANCES OR SPEND LONG PERIODS OF TIME OUTSIDE.
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