Mixed Precipitation Winter Storm Jan 5 and 6

Significant Winter Storm Affect Parts of the Area

The first big winter storm of 2005 brought a mixed bag of precipitation to the region. The most significant part of this event was a major ice storm in the far southern portions of the forecast area. Some locations received between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain that froze on impact. The weight of the ice combined with winds in the 10 to 15 mph range caused widespread damage in many areas. Hundreds of thousands of people were without power. The following graphics and descriptions will go into more detail on all the precipitation that occurred, and watches/warnings that were in place. The maps are meant to be a rough layout of precipitation amounts. The reports provided below will give greater detail to total amounts.

In the southern portion of the area, the precipitation started in the form of rain as temperatures were just above freezing. As temperatures fell below freezing, the rain began to freeze on metal surface and then eventually trees, power lines and roadways. While the rainfall wasn't overly heavy during the event, it occurred for a prolonged period, still making it as significant as if it would have fallen in a shorter period of time. Figure 1 shows an approximate delineation of the total freezing rain totals in red from the event. Notice how tight the gradient is from north to south.

Figure 1 Map of Snow, sleet and freezing rain accumulations

Across central portions of the forecast area, the precipitations started as freezing rain, but quickly changed to sleet across much of the area. Numerous locations received over an inch of sleet, with the sleet falling heavy at times in many locations. While the sleet posed less problems for trees and power lines, it quickly froze to roads, bridges and overpasses making them extremely treacherous for those trying to travel. Towards the end of the storm, the precipitation changed to light snow. Figure 1 shows an approximate delineation of the total sleet accumulation across the area.
Across northern parts of area, the precipitation started as a brief period of sleet or freezing rain, but transitioned to snow. Pockets of moderate to heavy snow occurred in locations close to Lake Michigan as well along the Michigan/Indiana state line as additionally shown in Figure 1.
Brief Timeline of Outlooks, Watches and Warnings as well as links to actual products for this Event
Hazardous Weather Outlook 410 pm EST Sunday Jan 2 - Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) issued highlighting the potential for a significant winter storm, including significant ice accumulations THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ON AREA ROADS...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER SUNRISE ON MONDAY ENDING THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH FOLLOWING SNOW MELT AND RAIN FROM LAST WEEK. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE UPPER MAUMEE RIVER BASIN. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW OVER EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE US ROUTE 30 A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW ON WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THIS STORM IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY AND IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE WILL FALL. EVEN A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR ANOTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 537 am EST Jan 3 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STARKE COUNTY IN INDIANA TO FULTON COUNTY IN OHIO. RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY WITH UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED. AREAS IN THE WATCH MAY SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN LOW AREAS...CREEKS...STREAMS...CULVERTS...AND UNDERPASSES. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. NO SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME SLICK. USE CAUTION TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO ALL OF THESE HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY OVER NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND LOWER MICHIGAN. THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT LOCATIONS WHERE THE ICE AND SNOW WILL FALL...BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS POINT TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR AND SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30...AND SNOW TO THE NORTH. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS FOR ANY LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR ANOTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 521 am EST Jan 6 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS MORNING... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 24...USE CAUTION AND ALLOW YOURSELF PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH ...WHICH MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES LOADED WITH ICE TO FALL. SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION NEAR THE LAKE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS. Winter Storm Watch 301 pm EST Monday Jan 3 - Winter Storm Watch issued for all 37 counties of the Northern Indiana Forecast Office area of responsibility for Tuesday night through early Thursday morning. Potential for an inch or more of ice accumulations, in addition to sleet and snow. .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-040339- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...BENTON HARBOR... BENTON HEIGHTS...BRYAN...BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP... ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER... GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY... MISHAWAKA...MONTPELIER...NAPPANEE...NILES...SIMONTON LAKE... SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK...WAUSEON AND WESTVILLE 301 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. THIS STORM IS STILL OVER 36 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025- 040339- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-DE KALB IN- DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN- PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN... BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...DELPHOS...DUNKIRK... FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY... GRISSOM AFB...HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HUNTINGTON... KENDALLVILLE...KNOX...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN... OTTAWA...PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SYRACUSE... TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...WABASH...WARSAW... WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 301 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US ROUTE 30 WILL SEE MORE SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS STORM IS STILL OVER 36 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION OR ICING. ROADS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND TRAVEL DISCOURAGED. $$ 911 pm EST Jan 3 .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025- 051300- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-DE KALB IN- DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN- PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN... BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...DELPHOS...DUNKIRK... FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY... GRISSOM AFB...HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HUNTINGTON... KENDALLVILLE...KNOX...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN... OTTAWA...PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SYRACUSE... TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...WABASH...WARSAW... WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 911 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US ROUTE 30 WILL SEE MORE SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS STORM IS STILL OVER 36 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION OR ICING. ROADS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND TRAVEL DISCOURAGED. $$ INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-051300- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...BENTON HARBOR... BENTON HEIGHTS...BRYAN...BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP... ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER... GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY... MISHAWAKA...MONTPELIER...NAPPANEE...NILES...SIMONTON LAKE... SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK...WAUSEON AND WESTVILLE 911 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO TH URSDAY MORNING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THIS STORM IS STILL OVER 36 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ 503 am EST Jan 4 .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH WILL HELP FILTER COLD AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WITH A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-041739- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...BENTON HARBOR... BENTON HEIGHTS...BRYAN...BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP... ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER... GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY... MISHAWAKA...MONTPELIER...NAPPANEE...NILES...SIMONTON LAKE... SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK...WAUSEON AND WESTVILLE 503 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THIS STORM IS STILL OVER 24 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW EXISTS IF THE AIR REMAINS COLD ENOUGH DURING THE ENTIRE EVENT. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW COULD FALL NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025- 041700- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-DE KALB IN- DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN- PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN... BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...DELPHOS...DUNKIRK... FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY... GRISSOM AFB...HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HUNTINGTON... KENDALLVILLE...KNOX...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN... OTTAWA...PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SYRACUSE... TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...WABASH...WARSAW... WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 503 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US ROUTE 30 WILL LIKELY SEE MORE SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS STILL 24 HOURS AWAY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. IF TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST OF THIS EVENT...UP TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR. THIS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES LIKELY. IT WILL BE DANGEROUS AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION OR ICING. ROADS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND TRAVEL DISCOURAGED. $$ 1127 am EST Jan 4 .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH WILL HELP FILTER COLD AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WITH A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-050018- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-HILLSDALE MI- LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...BENTON HARBOR... BENTON HEIGHTS...BRYAN...BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP... ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER... GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY... MISHAWAKA...MONTPELIER...NAPPANEE...NILES...SIMONTON LAKE... SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK...WAUSEON AND WESTVILLE 1127 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW EXISTS IF THE AIR REMAINS COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW DURING THE ENTIRE EVENT. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW COULD FALL NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025- 042300- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-DE KALB IN- DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN- PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN... BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...DELPHOS...DUNKIRK... FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY... GRISSOM AFB...HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HUNTINGTON... KENDALLVILLE...KNOX...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN... OTTAWA...PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SYRACUSE... TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...WABASH...WARSAW... WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 1127 AM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING... A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF US ROUTE 30 WILL LIKELY SEE MORE SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE MORE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. IF TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST OF THIS EVENT...UP TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR. THIS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES LIKELY. IT WILL BE DANGEROUS AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY. $$ Winter Storm Warning 228 pm EST Tuesday Jan 4 - Watch upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning for entire forecast area. Again, potential for significant ice accumulations noted in both the warning as well as ZFP for southern parts of the area, in addition to likelihood of heavy snow and sleet. ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND ICE TO THE REGION... .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL HELP FILTER COLD AIR INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE STORM WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ON PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-050330- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN- LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 228 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST (11 PM CST) WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST (5 AM CST) THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ OHZ001-002-050330- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 228 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-050330- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN- MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...HICKSVILLE...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX... LIGONIER...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...OTTAWA...PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER... SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 228 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME AREAS NORTH OF U.S. ROUTE 30 HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF SNOW. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 30 THERE IS A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 30. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF INCH WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-050330- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DELPHOS... DUNKIRK...FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB... HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND... VAN WERT AND WABASH 228 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATERS USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ HITCHCOCK 1012 pm EST Jan24 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND ICE TO THE REGION... .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CAUSE COLDER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH OR MORE IS LIKELY. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-051100- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN- LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 1012 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST (5 AM CST) THURSDAY... A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ OHZ001-002-051100- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 1012 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-051100- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN- MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...HICKSVILLE...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX... LIGONIER...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...OTTAWA...PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER... SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 1012 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 30. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF INCH WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES AND SOME POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATER BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-051100- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DELPHOS... DUNKIRK...FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB... HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND... VAN WERT AND WABASH 1012 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ 442 am EST Jan 5 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT...BRINGING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. THE STRONGEST WAVE WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INTO OHIO TONIGHT. BETWEEN EACH LOW PRESSURE WAVE...LULLS IN THE PRECIPITATION CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS MAINLY SNOW...6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY ICY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO BE PREPARED FOR TREES AND POWER LINES THAT MAY COME DOWN SUDDENLY DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-051736- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN- LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 442 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST (6 AM EST) (5 AM CST) THURSDAY... LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER AGAIN BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. $$ OHZ001-002-051740- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 442 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY LATE MORNING AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-051741- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN- MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...HICKSVILLE...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX... LIGONIER...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...OTTAWA...PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER... SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 442 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY LATE MORNING AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 30. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF INCH WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES AND SOME POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-051741- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DELPHOS... DUNKIRK...FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB... HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND... VAN WERT AND WABASH 442 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR FREEZING. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY LATE MORNING AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ HITCHCOCK 1117 am EST Jan 5 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL ALLOW COLDER AIR TO FILTER SOUTH TODAY. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS MAINLY SNOW...6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY ICY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO BE PREPARED FOR TREES AND POWER LINES THAT MAY COME DOWN SUDDENLY DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-060000- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN- LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 1117 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST (5 AM CST) THURSDAY... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INDIANA STATE LINE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 9 INCHES. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. $$ OHZ001-002-060000- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 1117 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-060000- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN- MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...HICKSVILLE...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX... LIGONIER...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...OTTAWA...PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER... SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 1117 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 30. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A HALF INCH OR MORE WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE ICE COVERED AND EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-060000- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DELPHOS... DUNKIRK...FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB... HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND... VAN WERT AND WABASH 1117 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE ICE COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. SIDE ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. $$ 335 pm EST Jan 5 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT... .A FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO FEED COLD AIR SOUTH. THIS HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION FALLS MAINLY AS FREEZING RAIN...DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS MAINLY SNOW...6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY ICY AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO BE PREPARED FOR TREES AND POWER LINES THAT MAY COME DOWN SUDDENLY DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-060400- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN- LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 335 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST (5 AM CST) THURSDAY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INDIANA STATE LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. $$ OHZ001-002-060400- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 335 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-060400- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN- MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...HICKSVILLE...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX... LIGONIER...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...OTTAWA...PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER... SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 335 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME SNOW MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 30. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A HALF INCH WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE ICE COVERED AND EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-060400- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DELPHOS... DUNKIRK...FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB... HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND... VAN WERT AND WABASH 335 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OF BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE ICE COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. $$ 1001 pm EST Jan 5 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING TO NORTHEAST OHIO ON THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. INZ003>007-MIZ077>081-061055- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-HILLSDALE MI-LA PORTE IN- LAGRANGE IN-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...HILLSDALE... LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 1001 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST (5 AM CST) THURSDAY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA WILL BE 4 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOWEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION ACCUMULATION OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ OHZ001-002-061100- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 1001 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... SNOW OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-OHZ004-005-015-016-061100- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-FULTON IN-HENRY OH-KOSCIUSKO IN- MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-STARKE IN- WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... DEFIANCE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...HICKSVILLE...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX... LIGONIER...NAPOLEON...NEW HAVEN...OTTAWA...PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER... SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 1001 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW LATE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 30. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE A HALF INCH OR MORE WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-OHZ024-025-061100- ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN- MIAMI IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DELPHOS... DUNKIRK...FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB... HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION... MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND... VAN WERT AND WABASH 1001 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OF BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED AS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. $$ 517 am EST Jan 6 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM COMING TO AN END... .FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WAS FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW COUPLED WITH THE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS LEFT BEHIND BY THE WINTER STORM ARE CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO FOR THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST DRIVE THIS MORNING...USE CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE LINE...ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...NEAR THE INDIANA AND OHIO STATE LINE...ROADS ARE ICE COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. MIZ081-061700- HILLSDALE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ003>007-MIZ077>080-061700- BERRIEN MI-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN- ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STEUBEN IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS... BUCHANAN...COLDWATER...DOWAGIAC...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN... GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GULIVOIRE PARK...LA PORTE... LAGRANGE...MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...NAPPANEE...NILES... SIMONTON LAKE...SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS... TRAIL CREEK AND WESTVILLE 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ OHZ001-002-061700- FULTON OH-WILLIAMS OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCHBOLD...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... SWANTON AND WAUSEON 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DIMINISH TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ OHZ004-005-015-016-061700- DEFIANCE OH-HENRY OH-PAULDING OH-PUTNAM OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEFIANCE...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON AND OTTAWA 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DIMINISH TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...ICY...AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ008-009-012>018-061700- ALLEN IN-DE KALB IN-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-MARSHALL IN-NOBLE IN- PULASKI IN-STARKE IN-WHITLEY IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BREMEN...BUTLER...COLUMBIA CITY... FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...KENDALLVILLE...KNOX...LIGONIER...NEW HAVEN... PLYMOUTH...ROCHESTER...SYRACUSE...TRI-LAKES...WARSAW... WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR A PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ OHZ024-025-061700- ALLEN OH-VAN WERT OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...DELPHOS...FORT SHAWNEE... LIMA AND VAN WERT 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DIMINISH TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ INZ020-022>027-032>034-061700- ADAMS IN-BLACKFORD IN-CASS IN-GRANT IN-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-MIAMI IN- WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERNE...BLUFFTON...DECATUR...DUNKIRK... FAIRMOUNT...GAS CITY...GRISSOM AFB...HARTFORD CITY...HUNTINGTON... LOGANSPORT...MARION...MONTICELLO...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN... PERU...PORTLAND...UPLAND AND WABASH 517 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION THIS MORNING IF OUTSIDE. IF COMMERCIAL POWER IS LOST IN YOUR AREA AND YOU PLAN ON USING A GENERATOR OR PORTABLE HEATER USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT RUN GENERATORS INDOORS. IF YOU USE PORTABLE KEROSENE OR PROPANE HEATERS BE CERTAIN THE ROOM IS WELL VENTILATED. THESE TYPES OF HEATERS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ First Significant Report 1205 pm EST Wednesday Jan 5 - First report of significant ice accumulation. One half inch of ice had already accumulated in the city of Marion. Lead time from issuance of warning to this event, 21 hours, 37 minutes. Summary of Reports PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 215 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005 THE FOLLOWING ARE COUNTY RANGE EVENT SNOWFALL...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... COUNTY SNOW (IN) SLEET (IN) ICE BERRIEN 3-6 LOCAL 9.0 T T BRANCH 3-5 T T CASS 3-6 T HILLSDALE 3-5 T T ST JOSEPH 3-5 T T NORTHERN INDIANA... COUNTY SNOW (IN) SLEET (IN) ICE N-NORTH S-SOUTH ADAMS T T - 0.5 1.0 (N) TO 2.0 (S) ALLEN 0-2 0.5 - 1 .2 (N) TO 1.25 (S) BLACKFORD 0 <0.25 1.0 TO 2.0 CASS T <0.25 .5 - 1.5 DE KALB 0.5 - 2.0 .25 - 1.0 <.25 ELKHART 4-6 T - <.25 T FULTON T 0.5 - 1 .4 (N) TO 1.25 (S) GRANT 0 <0.25 1.0 TO 2.0 HUNTINGTON T <0.5 .75 - 2.0 JAY 0 <0.25 1.0 TO 2.0 KOSCIUSKO 0 - 2.0 .25 - 1.0 .1 - .3 LAGRANGE 4-6 T - <.25 T - <0.25 LA PORTE (N) 3-6 LOCAL 7.4 T - 0.25 T - <0.25 LA PORTE (S) 0-3 .25 - 1.0 T - .25 MARSHALL 0 - <2.0 .25 - 1.0 .1 - .3 MIAMI T <0.25 .5 - 1.5 NOBLE 0.5 - 2.0 .25 - 1.0 <.25 PULASKI T 0.5 - 1 .4 (N) TO 1.25 (S) ST JOSEPH 4-6 T - <.25 T STARKE 0 - <2.0 .25 - 1.0 .1 - .3 STEUBEN 3-5 LOCAL 6 T - <.25 T - <0.25 WABASH T <0.25 .5 - 2.0 WELLS T <0.5 .75 - 2.0 WHITE T <0.25 .5 - 1.5 WHITLEY 0 - <2.0 .25 - 1.0 .1 - .3 NORTHWEST OHIO... COUNTY SNOW (IN) SLEET (IN) ICE N= NORTH S= SOUTH ALLEN T T - 0.5 1.0 (N) TO 2.0 (S) DEFIANCE 0.5 - 2.0 .25 - 1.0 <.25 TO 0.5 FULTON 2-4 T - <.25 T - <0.25 HENRY 0.5 - 2.0 .25 - 1.0 <.25 TO 0.5 PAULDING < 1.0 0.5 - 1 .5 (N) TO 1.5 (S) PUTNAM T 0.5 - 1 .5 (N) TO 1.8 (S) VAN WERT T T - 0.7 0.75 (N) TO 1.75 (SE) WILLIAMS 2-4 T - <.25 T - <0.25 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THANKS OUR VOLUNTEER SNOW SPOTTERS FOR THEIR REPORTS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REPORT YOUR SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT THE WINTER SEASON. LF/TEH...1/9/05

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Mixed Precipitation Winter Storm Jan 5 and 6