WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 928 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING
AND PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LEFT UNTREATED...
WILL BE VERY SLICK. SOME MAJOR HIGHWAYS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED
INCLUDE INTERSTATE 69...THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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