Alert archive / Indiana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2013, 3:06 PM EST for 25 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 5, 2013, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr. 41 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
- Mar 4, 2013, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2013, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2013, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 25 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 4:47 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 S Paragon, IN | |
| Mar 5, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Sse Williamsport, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 5 PM. SNOW BEGAN AT 230 PM. |
| Mar 5, 5:19 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Thorntown, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 515 PM. |
| Mar 5, 5:55 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 2 S Castleton, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 5, 6:09 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Lafayette, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 6 PM. |
| Mar 5, 6:10 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 S Alexandria, IN | |
| Mar 5, 6:17 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Tipton, IN | STORM TOTAL ESTIMATE AS OF 615 PM. SNOW BEGAN AROUND 430 PM. |
| Mar 5, 6:26 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Sharpsville, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 5, 6:31 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Carmel, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR AT MAIN ST AND RIVER RD. |
| Mar 5, 6:53 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Sharpsville, IN | STORM TOTAL NOW AT TWO INCHES. |
| Mar 5, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.2 | 1 S Indianapolis Int'L, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR AT NWS INDIANAPOLIS. |
| Mar 5, 7:04 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 S Alexandria, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 5, 7:04 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Alexandria, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 5, 7:20 PM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 7 Ene Arcadia, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. MEASUREMENT TAKEN IN AROMA. |
| Mar 5, 7:41 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Carmel, IN | STORM TOTAL NOW 1.5 INCHES IN NE CARMEL. |
| Mar 5, 7:46 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 S Alexandria, IN | STORM TOTAL NOW UP TO FOUR INCHES. |
| Mar 5, 7:49 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Chesterfield, IN | |
| Mar 5, 7:56 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Muncie, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Kokomo, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 8:18 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Indianapolis, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR ON EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. |
| Mar 5, 8:20 PM EST | SNOW 1.6 | 1 S Indianapolis Int'L, IN | STORM TOTAL AT NWS INDIANAPOLIS AS OF 820 PM. |
| Mar 5, 8:39 PM EST | SNOW 2.2 | Carmel, IN | STORM TOTAL NOW 2.2 INCHES IN NE CARMEL. |
| Mar 5, 9:09 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Sharpsville, IN | STORM TOTAL NOW UP TO THREE INCHES. |
| Mar 5, 9:24 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Indianapolis, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR AT 10TH AND MERIDIAN. |
| Mar 5, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.9 | 1 S Indianapolis Int'L, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 930 PM AT NWS INDIANAPOLIS. |
| Mar 5, 9:39 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Rushville, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 5, 10:02 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 Nnw Muncie, IN | TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE PAST FIVE HOURS. |
| Mar 5, 10:04 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 5 Ne Shelbyville, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. LOCATION ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 5, 10:06 PM EST | SNOW 2.6 | Carmel, IN | STORM TOTAL NOW 2.6 INCHES IN NE CARMEL. |
| Mar 5, 10:51 PM EST | SNOW 3.3 | 2 Se Brownsburg, IN | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 5, 11:29 PM EST | SNOW 3.1 | Indianapolis, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR AT 71ST ST AND 465. |
| Mar 6, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.6 | 1 S Indianapolis Int'L, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF MIDNIGHT. |
| Mar 6, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.6 | 2 S Castleton, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF MIDNIGHT. |
| Mar 6, 12:28 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 S Greenwood, IN | |
| Mar 6, 12:53 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 S Castleton, IN | |
| Mar 6, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 S Indianapolis Int'L, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 1 AM AT NWS INDIANAPOLIS. |
| Mar 6, 2:44 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 S Indianapolis Int'L, IN | STORM TOTAL AS OF 240 AM EST. |
| Mar 6, 3:34 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Avon, IN | RELAYED BY WTHR. |
| Mar 6, 3:35 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Fishers, IN | RELAYED BY WTHR. |
| Mar 6, 3:38 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Plainfield, IN | RELAYED BY WTHR. |
| Mar 6, 3:38 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Lawrence, IN | RELAYED BY WTHR. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WWUS43 KIND 042006 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NORTHERN AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LIKELY TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET. INZ021-029>031-038>042-049-050415- /O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 306 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE FIRST PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE INTENSE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ028-050415- /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ WARREN- 306 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE FIRST PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE INTENSE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SURFACE WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-062>065-071-072-050415- /O.NEW.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 306 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY TO SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES SNOW...WHICH MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PUMA
8 follow-up statements
558 WWUS43 KIND 042306 CCA WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NORTHERN AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LIKELY TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET. INZ021-029>031-038>042-049-050730- /O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 605 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE FIRST PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE INTENSE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ028-050730- /O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ WARREN- 605 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THE FIRST PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE INTENSE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SURFACE WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-062>065-071-072-050730- /O.COR.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 605 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES SNOW...WHICH MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PUMA
271 WWUS43 KIND 050304 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1004 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NORTHERN AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LIKELY TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET. INZ021-028>031-038>042-049-051115- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 1004 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE NIGHT. HOWEVER PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ035>037-043>048-051>057-062>065-071-072-051115- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE- BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 1004 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES SNOW...WHICH MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 50
284 WWUS43 KIND 050930 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NORTHERN AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LIKELY TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET. INZ048-057-051730- /O.UPG.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T1200Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1800Z-130306T1200Z/ HANCOCK-RUSH- 430 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: FIVE TO SIX INCHES SNOW...WHICH MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ INZ021-028>031-038>042-049-051730- /O.EXT.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T1800Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 430 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: ROADS AND SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ060-061-069-070-051730- /O.EXB.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T2100Z-130306T1200Z/ SULLIVAN-GREENE-MARTIN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEDFORD 430 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO THREE INCHES SNOW...WHICH MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARDS EVENING. SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY TONIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ035>037-043>047-051>056-062>065-071-072-051730- /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T2100Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR 430 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES SNOW...WHICH MAY BEGIN WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JH
219 WWUS43 KIND 051620 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NORTHERN AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA LIKELY TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH SLEET. INZ037-047-056-065-060030- /O.UPG.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T2100Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T2000Z-130306T1200Z/ BOONE-MARION-SHELBY-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE 1120 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-038>042-048-049-057-060030- /O.EXT.KIND.WS.W.0001.130305T2000Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE 1120 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: RAIN....WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ035-036-043>046-051>055-060>064-069>072-060030- /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0003.130305T2000Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-VIGO-CLAY- OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1120 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES SNOW. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RYAN
701 WWUS43 KIND 052017 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 317 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY IN SPOTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END EARLY WEDNESDAY. INZ072-060430- /O.UPG.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ JENNINGS- 317 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO SIX INCHES SNOW. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-037>042-047>049-056-057-065-060430- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON- MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-SHELBY-RUSH- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE 317 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ067-068-060430- /O.EXA.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ KNOX-DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VINCENNES 317 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ035-036-043>046-051>055-060>064-069>071-060430- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-VIGO-CLAY- OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 317 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: RAIN...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ RYAN
843 WWUS43 KIND 052332 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 632 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COMPLEX WINTER STORM IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY IN SPOTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL END EARLY WEDNESDAY. INZ035-036-045-046-054-055-064-060745- /O.UPG.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MORGAN-JOHNSON-BARTHOLOMEW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...COLUMBUS 632 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ021-028>031-037>042-047>049-056-057-065-072-060745- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON- MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-SHELBY-RUSH- DECATUR-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE 632 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: SEVEN TO NINE INCHES OF SNOW. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ043-044-051>053-060>063-067>071-060745- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 632 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
256 WWUS43 KIND 060426 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1126 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... INZ021-028>031-035>042-045>049-054>057-064-065-072-061200- /O.CON.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE... COLUMBUS 1126 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: SIX TO NINE INCHES OF SNOW. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DIMINISH VERY LATE 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ INZ043-044-051>053-060>063-067>071-061200- /O.CON.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1126 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * MAIN IMPACT: ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DIMINISH VERY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JH
747 WWUS43 KIND 060930 WSWIND URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 900 AM... INZ039>042-046>049-054>057-064-065-072-061400- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1400Z/ HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... SHELBYVILLE...COLUMBUS 430 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL END BY MID OR LATE MORNING. 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. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ INZ021-028>031-035>038-045-061030- /O.CAN.KIND.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE 430 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ INZ043-044-051-052-060-067-061030- /O.CAN.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1200Z/ VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-CLAY-SULLIVAN-KNOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES 430 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ INZ053-061>063-068>071-061400- /O.EXT.KIND.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T1400Z/ OWEN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 430 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW OR LESS IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL END BY MID OR LATE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 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 Mar 4, 2:33 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:33 PM EST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 233 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 230 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST OF INDIANA TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LOW OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST PUSHES TOWARD INDIANA OVERNIGHT AND PASSES ACROSS THE STATE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA STARTING LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR HAZARDOUS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...HOWEVER A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. WARMER WEATHER LOOKS IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN OHIO AND A SURFACE LOW OVER OKLAHOMA. DRY EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW WAS IN PLACE ACROSS INDIANA WITH DEW POINT TEMPS IN THE TEENS TO NEAR 20. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A DEEP UPPER LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS. NATIONAL RADAR MOSAICS INDICATE A SMATTERING OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND A THIN BAND OF PRECIP OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...MUCH OF WHICH WAS VIRGA. THE MAIN STORY IN PLAY TONIGHT WILL BE MOISTURE AND FORCING OVERCOMING DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE 290K GFS ISENTROPIC SURFACE SHOWS BEST LIFT AHEAD OF THE LOW ARRIVING AFTER 06Z AND CONTINUING THROUGH 12Z. GOOD FORCING IS IN PLACE WITH FLOW LIFT NEARLY PERPENDICULAR TO SURFACE. SPECIFIC HUMIDITIES LOOK TO REACH NEAR 4-5 G/KG. THUS WILL LOOK FOR ONSET OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE LATE EVENING OR OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS UNTIL THEN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INDICATE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE AREA. TOP DOWN METHODOLOGY INDICATES SLEET ACROSS THE LAF...OKK AND MIE AREAS WHILE FARTHER SOUTH RAIN APPEARS MORE LIKELY AS THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE FORECAST COLUMN LOOK TO REMAIN RIGHT NEAR 32 DEGREES...WHICH IS TOO WARM FOR RE-FREEZING. THUS WILL TREND POPS HIGHER THAN MAVMOS WITH HIGHS POPS IN THE 09Z-12Z WINDOW. SLEET FAR NORTH...RAIN ELSEWHERE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED ONSET OF PRECIP AND WAA THAT WILL BE OCCURRING WILL TREND LOWS 1-2 WARMER THAN MAVMOS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT HERE AND WILL USE A BLEND. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE HERE WILL BE HANDLING OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND CHANGE OVER OF PRECIPITATION TYPE. ISENTROPIC LIFT SHUTS OFF AS SEEN ON THE 290K GFS ISENTROPIC SURFACE AS THE WAA SHIFTS WELL TO THE EAST. HOWEVER MANY MORE FORCING FACTORS REMAIN AVAILABLE AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LETS LIST THEM! 1. VERY STRONG LOWER LEVEL Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE WITH SAMPLING INDICATE VALUES OF -25 TO -40 DEPENDING ON YOUR FAVORITE MODEL ACROSS INDIANA AT 18Z. 2. 500MB SURFACE SHOW A DEEP...NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER LOW PUSHING ACROSS WESTERN ILLINOIS AND INTO SW INDIANA ON LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 3. POTENTIAL VORTICITY SHOWS FAVORABLE LIFT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AS THE UPPER LOW PUSHES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANA. 4. THE TRACK OF THE 700MB LOW AND 850MB LOWS APPEAR TO PUSH DIRECTLY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FROM NW TO SE...WHICH IS USUALLY THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR LIFT AND SNOWFALL. 5. NAM SUGGESTS WEAK TROWAL IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER LOW. PLENTY OF MOISTURE LOOKS AVAILABLE AS TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS BOTH SHOW A SATURATED COLUMN FROM 18Z TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z WEDNESDAY. ALSO FAVORABLE SATURATION IN THE -10C TO -20C DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE IS IN PLACE...WHICH IS FAVORABLE FOR HEAVIER SNOWS. GIVEN ALL THIS 100 POPS LOOKS PRETTY SAFE. TOP DOWN METHODOLOGY CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SIMILAR SET UP FOR PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLEET ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND RAIN LIKELY SOUTH AS SURFACE TEMPS LOOK TO REMAIN AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. AFTER 18Z...THE COLD AIR BEGINS TO PUSH IN AND PRECIP TYPE CHANGE TO SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z WED. AS FOR SNOW AMOUNTS...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SHOW BE FOUND WHERE OUR EXPECTED TROWAL WILL RESIDE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT...THAT BEING IN THE MIE-OKK-LAF REGION. GIVEN OUR PWATS FROM FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND THE LONGER DURATION OF PRECIP...STARTING AS SLEET AND CHANGING TO SNOW...5-7 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION APPEARS POSSIBLE. WILL UPGRADE TO WINTER STORM WARNING IN THIS AREA. FARTHER SOUTH...IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AND I-70 CORRIDOR...PWATS STILL LOOK HIGH ENOUGH FOR 3-5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THUS WILL TREND TOWARD A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN THOSE LOCATIONS. LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHWEST WHERE TROWAL FORCING WILL NOT BE AS GREAT...NOR WILL BE THE PROXIMITY TO THE PATH OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID LEVEL LOWS. FURTHERMORE THE TEMPS IN FORECAST COLUMN IN SW CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BE THE LAST TO CHANGE OVER TO BELOW 0C...THUS THE WINDOW FOR SNOWFALL WILL BE SMALLER. NOT TO MENTION RAINFALL STEALING MOISTURE FOR SNOW. AS FOR TEMPS WILL TREND HIGHS COOLER THAN MAVMOS GIVEN THE EXPECTED ONGOING PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY. WILL STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS LOWS ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS CAA IS IN PLAY ALONG WITH NEW SNOWPACK...BUT PERSISTENT CLOUDS AND GOOD WINDY MIXING. ON WEDNESDAY...BROAD LOWER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW LOOKS TO PERSIST IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTED LOW. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE APPEARS SET UP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS ALL TOO FAMILIAR PATTERN WAS MUCH OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK...RESULTING IN CLOUDS...AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. THUS WITH THE COLD CYCLONIC FLOW AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATING GOOD MOISTURE WILL KEEP FLURRIES IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW AND TREND HIGH TEMPS COOLER THAN MAVMOS. NAM AND GFS INDICATE THE WEAK RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AND LOWER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE ANTI CYCLONIC THUS WILL TREND TOWARD PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THIS TIME WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW GUIDANCE AS MINIMAL WARM AIR ADVECTION LOOKS TO TAKE PLACE AND A SNOWPACK IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE GROUND. FURTHERMORE FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL HINT AT LOWER LEVEL SATURATION POSSIBLE WITH EASILY ATTAINABLE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 230 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL STATES ON THURSDAY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH AHEAD OF A CLOSED OFF UPPER LOW EARLY NEXT WEEK. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH HIGHER CHANCES FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE HEART OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. ALL BLEND TEMPERATURES SEEM REASONABLE GIVEN MODEL CONSENSUS AND DID NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THEIR NUMBERS. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 2301800Z KIND TAF UPDATE/... ISSUED AT 231 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 1930Z UPDATE...UPDATED KIND AND KLAF BASED ON LATEST OBS AND TRENDS FOR -RAPL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NO FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED. TRICKY AVIATION FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... VFR THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN BECOMING MVFR AND EVENTUALLY IFR BY TUESDAY MORNING. RIDGE OVER OHIO WILL MOVE ON TO THE EAST AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TRACK TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MIDNIGHT AND TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TUESDAY. INCREASING MID LEVEL CLOUDS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH CEILINGS LOWERING TO AROUND 5 K FT BY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD FALL AS MAINLY RAIN MOST AREAS...BUT A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AT MORE NORTHERN SITES SUCH AS KLAF. KHUF COULD SEE A MIX OF -RASN BY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR INZ021-029>031-038>042-049. && SYNOPSIS...PUMA NEAR TERM...PUMA SHORT TERM...PUMA LONG TERM....SMF AVIATION...SMF
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 5:22 AM EST, 9 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 522 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 INZ021-029>031-038>042-049-051030- CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- 522 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAFAYETTE TO NEW CASTLE LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HAZARDS: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. TIMING: AFTER 800 PM EST. DISCUSSION: A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING ONGOING ON THE WABASH AND LOWER WHITE RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW LATE TUESDAY. DISCUSSION: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW FROM MIDDAY TUESDAY ON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH 6 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS...WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-035>037-043>048-054>057-065-051030- WARREN-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-DECATUR- 522 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTH OF A LAFAYETTE TO NEW CASTLE LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HAZARDS: RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. TIMING: AFTER 800 PM EST. DISCUSSION: A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING ONGOING ON THE WABASH AND LOWER WHITE RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY NIGHT. DISCUSSION: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS...WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS WELL. SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ051>053-060>064-067>072-051030- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 522 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTH OF A TERRE HAUTE TO NORTH VERNON LINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: RAIN OR WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HAZARDS: RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. TIMING: AFTER 800 PM EST. DISCUSSION: A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH RAIN OR WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING ONGOING ON THE WABASH AND LOWER WHITE RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN OR A MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY ON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK. && 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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Special weather statement, Mar 4, 10:04 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1004 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 INZ028-035>037-043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-041715- WARREN-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1004 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS A WINTRY MIX...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. AREAS FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL OR MIXED PRECIPITATION AT TIMES WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON SNOW TOTALS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND THUS THE RESULTING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH...TO 2 TO 5 INCHES CENTRAL AND 4 TO 6 INCHES NORTH...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THESE TOTALS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAFAYETTE TO NEW CASTLE LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INDY...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS APPROACHING STORM. PUMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur and 27 more | 42 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.