SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1045 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM 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.
PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTHEAST
OF INTERSTATE 74. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A TENTH OF AN INCH FROM
LAFAYETTE TO KOKOMO AND MUNCIE BY EARLY THURSDAY POSSIBLY CAUSING
SLICK ROADWAYS AND A LOW PROBABILITY OF ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
REMEMBER...EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE CAN MAKE TRAVELING
DIFFICULT.
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 625 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 630 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
NEWPORT TO BEDFORD LINE AND UP TO INDIANAPOLIS AND KOKOMO TOO.
SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IF ANY...WILL BE LIGHT. UNTREATED
ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY
WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT NEAR
ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AS
TEMPERATURES FLIRT WITH THE FREEZING MARK...FREEZING RAIN WILL AGAIN
BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY...SNOW SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED BUT WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.
STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY REACH BANKFULL FRIDAY SO STAY TUNED FOR
LATER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)
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