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

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

Heavy snow fell over the area Monday night and Tuesday morning as a strong area of low pressure moved up the Ohio Valley.  A Winter Storm Watch was issued by the National Weather Service in Northern Indiana for this event over a day in advance and was upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning several hours before the event.  4-8 inches of snowfall was forecast with locally higher amounts possible.  A band of heavy snow set up along a Knox to Warsaw to Auburn line dropping 6-8 inches with a few reports of over 9 inches of snow.  A map of snow amounts can be seen below.

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