Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2010, 10:41 AM EST for 12 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Dec 15, 2010, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. 10 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
- Dec 15, 2010, 10:41 AM EST (15:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2010, 1:01 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 11:53 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Seymour, IN | ONGOING SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 16, 3:23 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Vincennes, IN | ROADS ARE SLICK DUE TO ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IN NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY. |
| Dec 16, 5:15 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Brownstown, IN | |
| Dec 16, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 6 Se Washington, IN | ABOUT AN 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. LIGHT GLAZE ON OBJECTS. |
| Dec 16, 6:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 5 Se Vincennes, IN | ABOUT AN 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. ROADS ARE SLICK IN THE AREA. |
| Dec 16, 6:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Shoals, IN | |
| Dec 16, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 1 Se Bloomington, IN | |
| Dec 16, 6:52 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Brownstown, IN | |
| Dec 16, 7:27 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Nashville, IN | 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Dec 16, 8:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 7 S Vincennes, IN | TREES...ROADS...POWER LINES ICY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND WALKING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 2247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
482 WWUS43 KIND 151541 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1041 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW. INZ060>065-067>072-152345- /O.UPG.KIND.WW.Y.0009.101216T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0005.101216T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1041 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL START LATE THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ028>030-035>037-039-043>048-051>057-152345- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0009.101216T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 1041 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH BY THURSDAY MORNING. FARTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE ONE TO THREE INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JK
6 follow-up statements
999 WWUS43 KIND 152001 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 301 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW. INZ028>030-039-152115- /O.CAN.KIND.WW.Y.0009.101216T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT 301 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SOME SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN TWO INCHES. $$ INZ060>065-067>072-160415- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.101216T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 301 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL START LATE THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-160415- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0009.101216T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 301 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH BY THURSDAY MORNING. FARTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE ONE TO THREE INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ JK WWWW
999 WWUS43 KIND 160237 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 937 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY MORNING. MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW. INZ060>065-067>072-161100- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 937 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE LATE EVENING HOURS...THEN BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-161100- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 937 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH BY THURSDAY MORNING. FARTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE ONE TO THREE INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BECOMING HEAVIER AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ WWWW
999 WWUS43 KIND 160533 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1233 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MIDDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS WARMER AIR ALOFT OVERSPREADS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW. INZ060>065-067>072-161345- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1233 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW AND SLICK DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH. * TIMING: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-161345- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 1233 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTH BY THURSDAY MORNING. FARTHER NORTH THERE WILL BE TWO TO THREE INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BECOMING HEAVIER AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ RYAN
520 WWUS43 KIND 160917 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 417 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MIDDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW. INZ064-065-071-072-161730- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 417 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW AND SLICK DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ060>063-067>070-161730- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 417 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW AND SLICK DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-161730- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 417 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. * ACCUMULATIONS: TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING THEN TAPER OFF INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 50/RYAN
196 WWUS43 KIND 161529 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1029 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MIDDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATER TODAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...POSSIBLY CAUSING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW. INZ064-065-071-072-161800- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 1029 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW AND BE SLICK DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND LIGHT SLEET WILL CONTINUE BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ060>063-067>070-161800- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES...BEDFORD 1029 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW AND BE SLICK DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND LIGHT SLEET WILL CONTINUE BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. EITHER POSTPONE TRAVEL OR BE READY FOR GREATLY EXTENDED TRAVEL TIMES. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-161800- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 1029 AM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THEN TAPER OFF INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ SMF
130 WWUS43 KIND 161801 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 101 PM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT CAUSED SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXITED THE AREA AND ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END. THUS THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. INZ060>065-067>072-161915- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 101 PM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-161915- /O.CAN.KIND.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-101216T1800Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE 101 PM EST THU DEC 16 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ JP
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 Dec 15, 5:45 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 5:45 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST TODAY WITH CLOUDS INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION. LOW PRESSURE WILL PULL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY AND BE LOCATED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY MORNING. TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO CENTRAL INDIANA FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN BEGINNING FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH COLD WEATHER. WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSING TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION MAY BRING A PERIOD OF CLOUDS AND FLURRIES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY/... CLOUDS HAVING EXPANDING EAST SLOWLY EARLY THIS MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. WITH THE CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND SNOWPACK...TEMPERATURES HAVE PLUMMETED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS FLIRTING WITH ZERO. FORECAST FOCUSES ON EXPANSION OF CLOUDS THROUGH THE DAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE EJECTING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MOST SHORT RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE VERY SIMILAR ON THE MAIN FEATURES AND HAVE TAKEN A BLEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST TODAY WITH A PREDOMINANT SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ESTABLISHING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LEADING EDGE OF CLOUDS INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA WILL STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AS WARM ADVECTION GETS GOING. INITIAL AXIS OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SHOULD SERVE TO THICKEN THE CLOUDS AND BEGIN TO MOISTEN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. MAIN SURGE OF LIFT HOWEVER WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SUNSET. OTHER THAN FLURRIES AND A FEW AREAS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW OVER FAR WESTERN COUNTIES AFTER 21Z...SHOULD REMAIN DRY ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE EARLY EVENING. TEMPS...LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES SUPPORT GOING NEAR OR JUST SHY OF THE COOLER MAVMOS GUIDANCE. HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S OVER THE NORTHEAST TO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... FORECAST CHALLENGES FOCUS ON PASSAGE OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND IMPACTS TO THE REGION WITH RESPECT TO PRECIP TYPE/DURATION/AMOUNTS. OP GFS A BIT FASTER AND MORE AMPLIFIED WITH UPPER TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER MODELS. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE STRENGTH OF THE POLAR VORTEX OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...PREFER THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER IDEA SUGGESTED BY THE ECMWF AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE NAM AND SREF. PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL DEEPEN AND BECOME WELL ESTABLISHED WITH AN AXIS OF MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AND DEFORMATION ADDING ITS WEIGHT. ABOVE FREEZING AIR WITHIN THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL INFILTRATE THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SNOW TO TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX FIRST OVER FAR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES...EXPANDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE MOST AMOUNT OF WARM AIR ALOFT LIKELY TO MAKE IT INTO DAVIESS...KNOX AND MARTIN COUNTIES WHERE PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME PREDOMINANTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A THIN RIBBON OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIX TO THE NORTH FROM SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO SEYMOUR. ICING CONCERNS ABOUND IN THESE AREAS WHERE 0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...COLDER AIR MORE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED. EXPECT AN AXIS OF SNOW/SLEET MIX OVERNIGHT FROM TERRE HAUTE THROUGH BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS. NORTH OF THIS LINE...SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE. AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL UNDERNEATH THE MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AXIS WHICH LOOKS TO SET UP ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE I-74 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE INDY METRO. SREF ALSO SHOWS A NICE AXIS OF DEEPER DENDRITIC GROWTH AND STRONG VERTICAL VELOCITIES COINCIDENT WITH THE FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING. TAKING AN EXPECTED 15 TO 1 SNOW RATIO...WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCHES LOOK PLAUSIBLE WITHIN THIS AREA OF DEEPER LIFT AND THINK A FEW AREAS CLOSER TO 4 INCHES TOTAL BY THURSDAY MORNING NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. FURTHER NORTH AND EAST FROM THE DEEPER FORCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE A TOUCH LOWER...LIKELY MAXING OUT IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. CONSIDERING EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING AND POSSIBILITY FOR ICING OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES...WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 00Z TONIGHT THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY FOR ALL AREAS SOUTH/WEST OF A TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-RUSH CO LINE. WILL RUN WITH AN SPS FOR LOWER SNOW TOTALS NORTHEAST OF THIS LINE. LIFT QUICKLY DEPARTS THURSDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT PRECIPITATION PERSISTING THROUGH MIDDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING AND KEEP DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINING TRAPPED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LAYER INTO FRIDAY. HAVE HELD ONTO MORE CLOUDS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL CLEARING NOT COMING UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO THE REGION. TEMPS...LOWS WILL BE REACHED THIS EVENING BEFORE TEMPS RECOVER SLOWLY OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE WARM ADVECTION. HELD CLOSE TO MOS WHICH LOOKED REASONABLE. WITH THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP IN THE MORNING...AND COLD ADVECTION DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON... PREFER THE COLDER MAVMOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS THURSDAY. SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COLDER MAV AND WARMER MET GUIDANCE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER REMAINING. HELD TEMPS FRIDAY CLOSER TO THE COLDER MAVMOS WITH THOSE CLOUDS LIKELY TAKING A GOOD CHUNK OF THE DAY TO DEPART. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS MOVE AN UPPER DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES OVER THE WEEKEND. AT TIME MOST MODELS KEEP PRECIPITATION FROM THIS JUST NORTH OF OUR AREA AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS BUILDS EAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE GFS AND EUROPEAN MODELS TAKE A STRONG SURFACE LOW FROM THE NORTHERN GULF TO THE CAROLINA COAST AND OFF THE EAST COAST SUNDAY. PRESENTLY IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS WILL STAY TO OUR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE ACROSS OUR AREA. AT TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR US TO SEE PRECIPITATION WILL BE AROUND MONDAY AS GFS...GEM AND EUROPEAN INDICATE A POSSIBLE CLIPPER MOVING OUR WAY. GEM AND GFS ARE A LITTLE SLOWER...BUT ALL MODELS MOVE THIS ON TO THE EAST BY DAY 7. HPC TEMPERATURES SEEM REASONABLE BUT WENT JUST A TAD WARMER OVER THE WEEKEND PER GFS AND GEM. ONLY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WERE TO BACK OFF ON SKY COVER A LITTLE FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND AS CURRENT MODELS ARE TRENDING DRIER AND A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE ACROSS OUR REGION. && .AVIATION /151200Z TAF ISSUANCE/... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE EXITS THE AREA. VFR CLOUD DECK AROUND BKN060 WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST DURING THE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. AFTER 00Z CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TAF SITES...WITH ALL SITES IFR IN SNOW BY 04Z. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW SLEET TO MIX IN AT KHUF AND KBMG BY 05Z. DON/T THINK THAT FZRA WILL MAKE IT TO THOSE SITES...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY. SLEET ALSO HAS A SMALL CHANCE OF MAKING IT TO KIND FOR A PERIOD AS WELL. FOR THE 30 HOUR KIND TAF...EXPECT SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN VISIBILITY AFTER 15Z OR SO. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR INZ028>030-035>037-039-043>048-051>057-060>065- 067>072. && SYNOPSIS...RYAN NEAR TERM...RYAN SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM....JH AVIATION...50
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:44 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 444 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 INZ028>030-035>037-039-043>048-051>057-062>065-161000- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-HAMILTON- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- 444 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON...EXPANDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVIER. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A FEW SPOTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING FOUR INCHES. ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TERRE HAUTE TO BLOOMINGTON TO COLUMBUS LINE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE SNOW AND ICE REPORTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067>072-161000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 444 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON...EXPANDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVIER. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE SNOW AND ICE REPORTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-031-038-040>042-049-161000- CARROLL-HOWARD-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- 444 AM EST WED DEC 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE SNOW REPORTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:08 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 26 more | 33 hr |
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