FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 108 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST
FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER.
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE
FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY LATE TONIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LEFT UNTREATED...
WILL BE VERY SLICK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME MAJOR
HIGHWAYS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD...
ROUTE 30 AND ROUTE 6.
* 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 TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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