Chance of snow late this afternoon, becoming likely by evening. Heavy snowfall is expected overnight with blowing and drifting snow.
Nighttime snow accumulation: 5-8 inches (additional accumulation Wednesday morning will lead to storm totals ranging 6-10 inches).
Afternoon high: 22.
Outlook: Light snow will continue into Wednesday morning with storm totals by midday Wednesday of 6-10 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 6:18 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 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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