WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 432 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING/DURATION: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATION. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL
RAIN OVERNIGHT AS MUCH WARMER AIR MOVES NORTH.
* MAIN IMPACT: THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADS TO BECOME
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE
TOLLWAY...HIGHWAY 6...INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 69 OVER FAR
NORTHERN INDIANA INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON COLD OBJECTS SUCH AS
TREES AND POWER LINES. INCREASING WINDS MAY CAUSE AN INCREASED
RISK OF POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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