Snow in the morning, tapering off by the afternoon. Blowing and drifting through the day.
Morning snow accumulation: 1-3 inches (storm total 7-12 inches, highest south of Fort Wayne, lowest north of Fort Wayne).
Morning low: 16 (wind chill 0 to 5).
Afternoon high: 23 (wind chill around 10).
Outlook: Colder over the next few days. Chance of snow this weekend.
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 10:12 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ROUGHLY EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO COLUMBIA CITY TO DEFIANCE LINE. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE. * 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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