SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA POSTED AT 4:40 PM SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 2009
FOR: LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-
WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-
JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-
FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...
MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...
WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...
OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...
HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...
COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...
SPENCERVILLE
440 PM EST SUN DEC 6 2009 /340 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009/
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
AND CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
A VARIETY OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK AS AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW RACES NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN
GREAT LAKE REGION. DETAILS CONCERNING THE TRACK AND ASSOCIATED
WEATHER WITH THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM REMAIN UNCERTAIN. PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY EVENING AS A WINTRY MIX AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE
WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT BLASTS ACROSS THE AREA. THOUGH
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY...AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOWS LOOK TO BE IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN WITH AREAS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO
LIKELY RECEIVING MAINLY RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A BRIEF PERIOD
OF SNOW WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS. IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND
NORTHWEST OHIO...UP TO AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN COULD FALL LEADING TO
SOME RISES IN AREA RIVERS.
BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND SHARPLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO A FLASH FREEZE WITH ICING OF SOME
ROADWAYS POSSIBLE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY SCATTERED LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
BLOWING SNOW OVER FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN INTO ADJACENT AREAS
OF NORTHWEST INDIANA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. IF
YOU HAVE MIDWEEK TRAVEL PLANS IN AND AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OR
CENTRAL PLAINS...YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO LATER FORECASTS
THROUGHOUT THIS COMING WEEK AND MAKE ALTERNATE PLANS.
