Chance of snow late this afternoon, becoming likely by evening, with 1 inch per hour snowfall rates at times. Blowing and drifting snow overnight.
Nighttime snow accumulation: 6-9 inches (additional accumulation Wednesday morning).
Afternoon high: 23.
Outlook: A quick 1-3 inches of snow is possible Wednesday morning, leading to storm totals by midday Wednesday of 7-12 inches, with blowing and drifting expected to continue. Colder over the next few days.
Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow & blowing and drifting snow for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 11:12 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * DIFFICULT MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * INCREASING NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING, PRIMARILY ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.
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