Heavy snow with snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour expected at times. Blowing and drifting snow overnight.
Nighttime snow accumulation: 6-9 inches (additional accumulation Wednesday morning).
Outlook: A quick 1-3 inches of snow is possible Wednesday morning; storm totals by midday Wednesday are expected to be 7-12 inches, with blowing and drifting likely 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.
UPDATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 3:30 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY TONIGHT. * AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS EXPECTED. * 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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