Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2010, 2:31 PM EST for 21 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. 55 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2010, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2010, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2010, 4:23 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 21 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:12 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Muncie, IN | |
| Feb 5, 2:05 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 8 Nw Indianapolis, IN | |
| Feb 5, 2:12 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nw Amo, IN | |
| Feb 5, 3:18 PM EST | SNOW 2.8 | 2 Se Brownsburg, IN | |
| Feb 5, 3:21 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Daleville, IN | |
| Feb 5, 3:23 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Winchester, IN | |
| Feb 5, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 6 Ssw Speedway, IN | MEASURED AT NWS IND |
| Feb 5, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 8 N Indianapolis, IN | NEAR 7600 N MICHIGAN ROAD |
| Feb 5, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Lynn, IN | |
| Feb 5, 3:35 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Alexandria, IN | ALSO COMMENTED THAT SNOW WAS STARTING TO BLOW QUITE A BIT |
| Feb 5, 4:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 8 Ne Indianapolis, IN | |
| Feb 5, 4:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 9 Nnw Indianapolis, IN | |
| Feb 5, 4:15 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 S Muncie, IN | 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE MUNCIE AIRPORT |
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | 2 Nw Amo, IN | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED |
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Ne Fishers, IN | 4 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED BY NWS METEOROLOGIST |
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | New Whiteland, IN | 4 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED |
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Alexandria, IN | 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED BY COOP OBSERVER |
| Feb 5, 4:45 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Franklin, IN | 1 TO 2 INCHES. VERY HEAVY, SLUSHY SNOW |
| Feb 5, 4:45 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | New Castle, IN | |
| Feb 5, 5:07 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Fishers, IN | |
| Feb 5, 5:23 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 E Brooklyn, IN | |
| Feb 5, 5:23 PM EST | SNOW 3.6 | 2 S Castleton, IN | |
| Feb 5, 5:23 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Daleville, IN | |
| Feb 5, 5:30 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Alexandria, IN | |
| Feb 5, 5:45 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 5 N Muncie, IN | ABOUT 6 INCHES ON THE GRASS |
| Feb 5, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.4 | 1 E Jamestown, IN | |
| Feb 5, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 8 N Indianapolis, IN | MEASURED ON GRASS |
| Feb 5, 6:34 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Scipio, IN | SNOW BEGAN AROUND 1445 AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF SLEET |
| Feb 5, 6:35 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Se Muncie, IN | |
| Feb 5, 6:45 PM EST | SNOW 5 | New Castle, IN | SNOW NOT AS WET AS 2 HOURS AGO |
| Feb 5, 7:07 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Mccordsville, IN | |
| Feb 5, 7:11 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 9 Nnw Indianapolis, IN | |
| Feb 5, 7:41 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Fishers, IN | |
| Feb 5, 7:51 PM EST | SNOW 5.8 | Mccordsville, IN | 5.8 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PREVIOUS 5 HOURS |
| Feb 5, 8:45 PM EST | SNOW 7.5 | 2 Nw Muncie, IN | |
| Feb 5, 8:50 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Avon, IN | 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE |
| Feb 5, 8:50 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Daleville, IN | 7.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED |
| Feb 5, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| Feb 5, 9:20 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Se Brownsburg, IN | |
| Feb 5, 9:40 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 9 Nnw Indianapolis, IN | 6.5 INCHES MEASURED SNOW |
| Feb 5, 9:49 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 20 Ne Indianapolis, IN | THERE ARE 2 FOOT DRIFTS IN SOME AREAS. |
| Feb 5, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.8 | 3 E Knightstown, IN | |
| Feb 5, 10:03 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Bloomington, IN | 2 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED |
| Feb 5, 10:20 PM EST | SNOW 8.5 | Daleville, IN | |
| Feb 5, 10:29 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Straughn, IN | SNOW IS DRIFTING AS WELL |
| Feb 5, 10:36 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Seymour, IN | AN INCH ESTIMATED |
| Feb 5, 10:36 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Bedford, IN | HALF AN INCH OF SNOW ESTIMATED |
| Feb 5, 10:36 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Seymour, IN | AN INCH ESTIMATED |
| Feb 5, 11:17 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Columbus, IN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED |
| Feb 5, 11:17 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Shelbyville, IN | 6 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED |
| Feb 5, 11:17 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Rushville, IN | 6.5 INCHES MEASURED |
| Feb 5, 11:25 PM EST | SNOW 8.5 | 2 S Alexandria, IN | |
| Feb 6, 2:25 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 5 N Muncie, IN | 4 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS |
| Feb 6, 4:30 AM EST | SNOW 5.3 | 1 E Jamestown, IN | MEASURED BY A COCORAHS OBSERVER. |
| Feb 6, 4:30 AM EST | SNOW 5.3 | Jamestown, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
340 WWUS43 KIND 041931 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... .OVERVIEW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MUNCIE...TIPTON...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON... BEDFORD...SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS. A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA TONIGHT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AS LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW PUSHES INTO THE VINCENNES...SULLIVAN AND LINTON AREAS. AS THE STORM PUSHES EAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY...GIVING WAY TO CLOUDY SKIES AND FLURRIES. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-050345- /O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0002.100205T0900Z-100206T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0002.100205T0900Z-100206T1100Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 231 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE WARNING AREAS AFTER 400 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-050345- /O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0002.100205T0900Z-100206T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0003.100205T0900Z-100206T1100Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 231 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE VINCENNES AREA...WITH MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: RAIN AND SNOW BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT NEAR VINCENNES AND SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PUMA
6 follow-up statements
312 WWUS43 KIND 050232 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 932 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... .OVERVIEW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MUNCIE...TIPTON...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON... BEDFORD...SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS. A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA TONIGHT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AS RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW PUSHES INTO THE VINCENNES...SULLIVAN AND LINTON AREAS. AS THE STORM PUSHES EAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY...GIVING WAY TO CLOUDY SKIES AND FLURRIES. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-051045- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.100205T0900Z-100206T1100Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 932 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE WARNING AREAS AFTER 400 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-051045- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.100205T0900Z-100206T1100Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 932 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE VINCENNES AREA...WITH MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: RAIN AND SNOW BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT NEAR VINCENNES AND SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
457 WWUS43 KIND 050924 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... .OVERVIEW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MUNCIE...TIPTON...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON... BEDFORD...SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE STORM...THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END ON SATURDAY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 35 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-051600- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 424 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-051600- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 424 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW TO BEGIN DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
575 WWUS43 KIND 051509 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1009 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM BEGINNING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... .OVERVIEW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MUNCIE... TIPTON...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON... BEDFORD... SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS. THE STORM BEGAN AS A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS CHANGING OVER TO SNOW...AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE STORM. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END ON SATURDAY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 35 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-052315- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1009 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-052315- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 1009 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PUMA
251 WWUS43 KIND 052044 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 344 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA... .OVERVIEW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WINCHESTER...MUNCIE...NEW CASTLE...RUSHVILLE...NOBLESVILLE... INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS. THE STORM BEGAN AS A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW EVERYWHERE EXPECT SOUTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN SOUTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE STORM. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END ON SATURDAY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...NORTHEAST WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 35 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL. UNTREATED AND RURAL ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SLICK. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-060445- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 344 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS AND SURFACES TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED 10 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-060445- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 344 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: SNOW IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PUMA
035 WWUS43 KIND 060330 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1030 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA... .OVERVIEW...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EAST PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WINCHESTER...MUNCIE...NEW CASTLE...RUSHVILLE...NOBLESVILLE... INDIANAPOLIS...AND SHELBYVILLE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHT SNOW AND FINALLY TO FLURRIES NEAR DAYBREAK. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND THIS BLOWING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. DRIVING TONIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL AND WINDS. UNTREATED AND RURAL ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SLICK. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-061100- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1030 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS AND SURFACES TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED 12 INCH AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-061100- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 1030 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SNOW IS UNDERWAY AND WILL TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
108 WWUS43 KIND 060923 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 423 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM THIS MORNING... .OVERVIEW...ACCUMULATING SNOWS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF CENTRAL INDIANA. ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. BUT LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. THE MAIN PROBLEM NOW WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH MAY OCCUR AT TIMES THIS MORNING. SNOW FALL FROM THIS STORM HAS RANGED FROM ABOUT 10 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA TO ABOUT 6 INCHES IN THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA TO A COUPLE OF INCHES IN OUR FAR SOUTHWEST. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER SINCE THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE JUST ABOUT ENDED. HOWEVER THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. INZ037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-061730- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100206T1100Z/ /O.EXB.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1800Z/ BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 423 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON RURAL EAST WEST ROADS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY BAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY. ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. OTHERWISE LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ067>069-061400- /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1400Z/ KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINCENNES 423 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS ON SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON RURAL EAST WEST ROADS. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-061730- /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100206T1800Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE 423 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON RURAL EAST WEST ROADS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 4, 2:15 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:15 PM EST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS HIGH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WHILE WEAK LOW PRES WAS FOUND ACROSS COLORADO. COLD EASTERLY FLOW WAS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE THE SNOW FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL FEATURES AND PROGRESSION BUT DIFFER ON THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE EXPECTED TO FALL. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AS SNOW AMOUNTS ARE KEY TO THIS FORECAST. GFS/NAM SHOW AN UPPER WAVE PUSHING TOWARD INDIANA TONIGHT FROM COLORADO. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOW PLENTIFUL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STRONG LIFT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES. THIS FORCING IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEAST AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA RESPOND BY SHOWING A SATURATED COLUMN BY 12Z. INITIAL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY ISENTROPIC LIFT AS SEEN ON THE GFS 290K SURFACE. GOOD UPGLIDE IS ONGOING ALONG WITH SPECIFIC HUMIDITIES NEAR 3-4 G/KG. THE SECOND PART OF THE SNOW ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY THE H7 CLOSED LOW. THE GFS AND NAM SHOW A CLOSED 700MB LOW PUSHING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND TYPICALLY HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL FALL ALONG THE PATH OF THIS FEATURE. IN MOST AREAS...THE COLUMN IS ENTIRELY BELOW FREEZING...EXCEPT ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST WHERE LOWER LEVEL TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. TOP DOWN PRECIPITATION METHOD SUGGESTS ONSET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MAY BEGIN AS SN/PL MIX BEFORE EVAPORATIONAL COOLING TAKES OVER AND CHANGES THINGS ENTIRELY TO SNOW. I AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE MOS TEMPERATURES AND WILL LEAN COLDER GIVEN THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION...THE COLD EAST FLOW AND THE LACK OF ANY WARM AIR ADVECTION. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW TEMPERATURES WILL RISE GIVEN THE COLD NORTHEAST FLOW...CLOUDY SKIES AND FALLING PRECIPITATION. WILL CUT MAVMOS HIGHS FOR FRIDAY. THIS LEADS INTO OUR NEXT FORECAST POINT. THE COOLER TEMPS SHOULD ALLOW FOR MORE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW. THUS THE LIGHTER GFS SNOW AMOUNTS APPEAR UNDERDONE AND WILL WORK A COMPROMISE WITH THE WETTER NAM. MORE SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE H7 LOW PASSES TO THE EAST AND A TROWAL APPEARS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA IN THE 600MB AND 650MB POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE SURFACES. COLUMN REMAINS SATURATED WITH LIFT THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z SAT AND THIS SUGGESTS POSSIBLE DEFORMATION ZONE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY AS THE SURFACE SYSTEM WRAPS UP OVER THE EAST COAST. FURTHER SUPPORT IS FOUND IN THE NAM LOWER LEVEL Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE. HENCE WL KEEP SNOW GOING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A MIE-IND-BMG LINE. ALSO ON FRIDAY NIGHT THE DEEPENING LOW NEAR THE CAROLINAS WILL PROVIDE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND WIND GUSTS TO 20 TO 30 MPH APPEAR LIKELY. THIS WITH THE FRESH SNOWFALL SHOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOOKING FOR OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF THE MIE-IND-BMG LINE AND 4 TO 8 INCHES EAST OF THAT LINE. ON SATURDAY...SNOW WILL END AS THE LOW PULLS FARTHER EAST AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES SOUTH WARD FROM CENTRAL CANADA TOWARD INDIANA. BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW APPEARS TO STILL BE IN PLACE AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A TRAPPED LOWER LAYER OF MOISTURE. THUS EXPECTED A COLD..WINTRY...CLOUDY DAY ON SATURDAY. WILL CUT THE MOS TEMPERATURES ON HIGHS AND LOWS GIVEN THE CLOUDS AND EXPECTED SNOW COVER. AS FOR THE EXTENDED...INTERESTING SITUATION IN THAT GFS AND ECM ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AT BEGINNING AND END OF PERIOD...WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN MIDDLE. MAIN DIFFERENCE IS GFS TAKES A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THROUGH AREA CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN ECM...WHICH HAS SYSTEM INITIALLY AS INVERTED TROUGH. SINCE ECM IS SUPPORTED BY GEM AND HAS BEEN HANDLING SIMILAR SYSTEMS BETTER LATELY...WENT WITH THAT. THIS MEANS GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY HPC LOOKED GOOD. IN OTHER WORDS SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION BY LATE MONDAY INCREASING INTO TUESDAY AS INVERTED TROUGH DEVELOPS FROM OUR AREA TO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. BY LATE TUESDAY TROUGH WILL HAVE MOVED TO OUR EAST...GIVING US SCATTERED AND GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SNOW SHOWERS. THICKNESS CONSISTENT WITH HPC TEMPERATURES && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 04/18Z TAFS. MVFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS SHOULD LIFT BEFORE OR WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS 18Z. OTHERWISE EXPECT A GRADUAL LOWERING OF CEILINGS THROUGH THE VFR RANGE THROUGH 03Z OR SO. AFTER 03Z PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE MAINLY THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES...SLOWLY SPREADING NORTH THROUGH 08Z. ACROSS ALL BUT LAF..EXPECT PRECIPITATION TYPE TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. AT LAF EXPECT ALL SNOW. NOT LONG AFTER PRECIPITATION BEGINS CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO MVFR. SOME CONCERN THAT FZRA WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. AT THE MOMENT BELIEVE THAT ANY PERIOD OF FZRA WOULD BE BRIEF...AND TIMING ISSUES/DURATION OF FZRA PRECLUDE ANY MENTION IN THE TAFS AT THE MOMENT. BY 15Z OR SO FRIDAY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW WITH IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. WOULD NOT RULE OUT LIFR IF BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW MOVES IN. WINDS WILL BACK TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15KT BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. && .IND...WINTER STORM WARNING SOUTHEAST OF A MIE-IND-BMG LINE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WEST OF THE MIE-IND-BMG LINE. && SHORT TERM...PUMA EXTENDED...KWIATKOWSKI AVIATION...50
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 5:09 AM EST, 9 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 509 AM EST THU FEB 4 2010 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-051015- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 509 AM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...LIKELY BEGINNING AS A RAIN OR SNOW MIXTURE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA IS LIKELY DURING THAT TIME. ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES. STAY TUNED TO FUTURE FORECASTS AS THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AS IT APPROACHES. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL ON FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY POSSIBLE ACCUMULATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPES...TRANSITIONS...AND AMOUNTS DURING THE UPCOMING STORM. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) NIELD
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 49 hr |
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