SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 626 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 430 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MIDWEST LATER
THIS WEEK...
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
MIDWEST LATER THIS WEEK...IMPACTING MUCH OF THE
MIDWEST...INCLUDING INDIANA...DURING THE DAYS LEADING UP TO
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP
IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 74 DURING THE MORNING
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE
IN THESE AREAS...BUT REMEMBER THAT EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE
CAN MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT.
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 74 WILL LIKELY SEE JUST RAIN.
BY THURSDAY...WARMER AIR WORKING INTO THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING...SO ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL
CHANGE OVER TO JUST RAIN. COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA BEHIND
THE STORM ON CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OVER TO LIGHT
SNOW.
THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF
THIS STORM WHICH WILL HAVE A BEARING ON THE TYPE AND AMOUNTS OF
PRECIPITATION THAT WILL FALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.
THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING OVER THE HOLIDAY ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR FUTURE STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS STORM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 528 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEWPORT TO NORTH
VERNON LINE THIS MORNING INTO TODAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE KOKOMO AREA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE
SOUTH. SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE MORNING RUSH
HOUR.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY
BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN ON THURSDAY AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES
INTO THE AREA. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED
FOR LATER UPDATES.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM LATE FRIDAY
INTO SUNDAY.
.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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