HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 854 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 900 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHEAST OF A DELPHI TO
INDIANAPOLIS TO GREENSBURG LINE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY...WILL BE LIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME
SLICK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING
OVER TO ALL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE
LIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BE SLICK.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES APPEARS LIKELY THURSDAY
INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING.
STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THIS MAY BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS...LIKE
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS FROM CHRISTMAS 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.
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MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
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.
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