SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 502 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM 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.
FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE NORTHEAST OF A DELPHI TO RUSHVILLE LINE...INCLUDING
NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA...TODAY
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY
OCCUR. THIS COULD CAUSE SLICK ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES. REMEMBER...EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE CAN MAKE
TRAVELING DIFFICULT.
LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATES 65 AND 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...AND BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS NORTH AND WEST
OF INDIANA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 447 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEAST
OF A DELPHI TO INDIANAPOLIS AND GREENSBURG LINE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHEAST OF A DELPHI
TO INDIANAPOLIS TO GREENSBURG LINE AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY...WILL BE LIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS MAY
BECOME SLICK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE
CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATION
WILL BE LIGHT...AND UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME OR REMAIN SLICK.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES APPEARS LIKELY THURSDAY
INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE AREA RIVERS TO RISE. ALTHOUGH
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...PAY ATTENTION TO LATER
FORECASTS AND RIVER STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ANY FLOOD
THREAT.
STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO BE
THROWN AROUND. IN ADDITION...ANY LIMBS OR POWER LINES WITH ICE
LEFT ON THEM MAY BE PRONE TO BREAK.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS FROM CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ICING ON ROADWAYS OR OBJECTS.
&&
MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
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