SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1045 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT STORM TO IMPACT THE MIDWEST THIS WEEK...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDWEST THIS WEEK...
IMPACTING TRAVEL IN MANY AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF INDIANA.
PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTHEAST
OF INTERSTATE 74. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A TENTH OF AN INCH FROM
LAFAYETTE TO KOKOMO AND MUNCIE BY EARLY THURSDAY POSSIBLY CAUSING
SLICK ROADWAYS AND A LOW PROBABILITY OF ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
REMEMBER...EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE CAN MAKE TRAVELING
DIFFICULT.
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 74 WILL LIKELY SEE JUST RAIN.
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
COLDER AIR RETURNING CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD CHANGE RAIN TO LIGHT
SNOW. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SO
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS.
THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING OVER THE HOLIDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OR
WEST...SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE
AREAS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 625 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 630 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE AND
LAFAYETTE NORTHWEST TO WILLIAMSPORT. SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN
THE AFTERNOON SHOULD TEMPERATURES REACH ABOVE FREEZING. AFTER
DARK WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FLIRT WITH FREEZING...
POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN THAT WILL LAST INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE COLD AIR COMES
IN FOR GOOD CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO SNOW SHOWERS THAT WILL LAST
INTO MONDAY. THE WEEKEND SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD RESULT IN MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS.
THE FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY COULD
ACCUMULATE TO A QUARTER INCH AND MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES SO STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.
THE HEAVY RAINS THURSDAY COULD ALSO BRING STREAMS AND RIVERS ABOVE
BANKFUL SO AGAIN STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
&&
MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
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