The passage of a strong cold front on the late evening of the 26th into the early morning of the 27th produced brief, but intense snow squalls that provided a quick 1 to 2 inches of snow. Combined with wind gusts occasionally in excess of 50 to 55 mph, these squalls were notable for producing brief whiteout conditions.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
The passage of a strong cold front on the late evening of the 26th into the early morning of the 27th produced brief, but intense snow squalls that provided a quick 1 to 2 inches of snow. Combined with wind gusts occasionally in excess of 50 to 55 mph, these squalls were notable for producing brief whiteout conditions. The maximum wind gust at the Indianapolis International Airport was 52 mph from the northwest during the late evening of the 26th and early morning of the 27th as a strong cold front moved through the Indianapolis metro area.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 26, 11:52 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1152 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 .UPDATE... THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 348 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA RIGHT NOW WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING WINDS...SNOW...AND DIVING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. EXTREMELY COLD AIR WILL SPILL IN BEHIND THIS FRONT AND CAUSE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY START TO WARM BACK UP. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR THE WEEKEND. DRY WEATHER WITH THE EXTREME COLD WILL GIVE WAY TO CHANCES FOR SNOW THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN POSSIBLY A MIX SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 825 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 MILD EVENING BY RECENT STANDARDS AS TEMPS REMAIN FROM THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S AT 01Z. DO NOT BE FOOLED AS THIS VERY BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE CLUTCHES OF OLD MAN WINTER WILL END ABRUPTLY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT LATER THIS EVENING. A NUMBER OF ISSUES TO DELVE INTO AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. CURRENT LOCATION AT 01Z IS FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN/ CENTRAL MISSOURI. SHORT RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE HAS DONE REASONABLY WELL TO THIS POINT WITH THE LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY AND WILL USE IT AS A GENERAL GUIDE FOR TIMING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS... GENERALLY BETWEEN 02Z AND 06Z. TO THIS POINT...SNOW SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT HAVE BEEN HEAVIEST OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN IOWA. PRECIP HAS ACTUALLY STARTED AS LIGHT RAIN FOR A VERY BRIEF PERIOD AT ONSET FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS BACK INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. COULD SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF INDY AS SOUNDINGS INDICATE A DRY ABOVE FREEZING LAYER WITHIN THE LOW LEVELS INITIALLY. AS STATED IF THERE IS ANY LIGHT RAIN AT ONSET...EXPECT IT TO BE VERY BRIEF AS EVAPORATIVE COOLING PROCESSES SHOULD ENABLE LOW LEVEL SATURATION WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW AS THE COLUMN RAPIDLY FALLS BELOW FREEZING. CURRENT HRRR CONTINUES TO BRING SQUALLS INTO THE NORTHERN WABASH VALLEY AFTER 02Z...SWEEPING SOUTHEAST QUICKLY. THE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES LOOK SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SHALLOW BUT STEEP LAPSE RATES TO AROUND 900MB AND A THIN LAYER OF INSTABILITY TO BOOT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO IN TANDEM WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WITH 40-50KTS NOTED AT ABOUT 3KFT...THE PRESENCE OF AN INTENSE BAROCLINIC ZONE...ANTICIPATE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40-50 MPH AND POSSIBLY HIGHER WITH THE SQUALLS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONE WILL ONLY BE AN INCH OR SO AT MOST...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL BRING A RENEWED PERIOD OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AS THE SQUALLS PASS ALONG WITH DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. EXPECT THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE SQUALLS NORTH OF A TERRE HAUTE-BLOOMINGTON- COLUMBUS LINE...AND WILL LIKELY ADD A STRONGLY WORDED SPS THAT FOCUSES STRICTLY ON THE IMPACTS FROM THE SNOW SQUALLS TO GO ALONG WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. POPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD AT THIS POINT AND WILL MAKE ONLY SUBTLE ADJUSTMENTS. RAPIDLY DROPPING TEMPS AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE RULE BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH HAVE BEEN NOTED 300-400 MILES BEHIND THE FRONT WITHIN THE INTENSE COLD ADVECTION AND EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ENABLE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ONE ADDITIONAL PROBLEM COURTESY OF OUR RAPID THAW TODAY AND REFREEZE TONIGHT AS TEMPS TUMBLE...ICY SPOTS ARE LIKELY TO FORM WHERE ROADS EXPERIENCED MELTING. ALL IN ALL...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND CREATE YET ANOTHER DIFFICULT RUSH HOUR MONDAY MORNING. TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO BE NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK WITH WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -10F. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ISSUED AT 348 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 EXTREME COLD WILL BE THE PROBLEM FOR THE SHORT TERM. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL RUN THROUGH THE MORNING TO COVER WIND CHILLS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ANY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES COULD REMAIN STEADY OR FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SIGNIFICANT COLD ADVECTION TAKING PLACE BUT CLOUD COVER CLEARING OUT. BY LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD START A BIG DESCENT AND AFTER THE SUN SETS THEY WILL PLUMMET. WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES OF -20 TO -26C HAVE CUT FROM EVEN COLDEST GUIDANCE NUMBERS WITH THEIR CLIMO BIAS AND WENT NEAR THE RAW MODEL NUMBERS FROM THE ECMWF AND GFS. THIS YIELDED LOW TEMPERATURES FROM -18 IN THE NORTH TO -4 IN THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL BE DROPPING FROM DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY BUT WILL STILL BE 10-20 MPH AND THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COUNTIES...WITH WIND CHILLS OF -15 TO -25 IN THE SOUTH. THUS WILL GO WITH A WIND CHILL WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY SOUTH. WILL START THESE PRODUCTS AT THE SAME TIME /17Z/ AS THE END OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE...ALTHOUGH DO NOT EXPECT TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA UNTIL AROUND 0Z TUESDAY BUT WILL SEE ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. WILL RUN THE ADVISORY IN THE SOUTH THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY WHEN WIND CHILLS WILL GET ABOVE CRITERIA /-15/ AND STAY THERE. IN THE NORTH THOUGH EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO GET A LITTLE BETTER TUESDAY AFTERNOON BUT DROP BACK INTO ADVISORY CRITERIA TUESDAY NIGHT...SO FOR NOW WILL RUN THE WARNING THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THINK IT IS LIKELY THAT BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THIS COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY...BUT TRYING TO KEEP HEADLINES AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. FOR TUESDAY KEPT HIGHS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS FORECAST RATHER THAN GOING WITH WARMER GUIDANCE NUMBERS. 850 MB TEMPERATURES DO NOT SHOW MUCH WARMING AND THINK CLIMO BIAS IS BUMPING NUMBERS UP TOO MUCH. TUESDAY NIGHT AGAIN USED RAW MODEL NUMBERS KEEPING LOWS BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO IN THE SOUTH TO 20 BELOW IN THE NORTH. WARMING STARTS ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS CLIMBING TO THE TEENS TO LOW 20S AND CONSALL HANDLED THIS WELL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISSUED AT 252 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 MODELS AGREE THAT LATE NEXT WEEK A SOUTHWESTERN TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ALLOWING A MORE WEST OR SOUTHWESTERLY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP TO NEAR NORMAL BY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. ALSO...FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE WEEK AND THEN POSSIBLY LIFT BACK NORTH WITH SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPMENT BY SATURDAY. THERE IS SOME CONCERN WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE BY SATURDAY WITH MODELS INDICATING A SHALLOW NEAR SURFACE ABOVE FREEZING LEVEL WITH ALL THICKNESSES ALL BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. SO...WILL ALLOW FOR A MIX WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 32 DEGREES. CRITICAL THICKNESSES INCREASE A BIT AGAIN FRIDAY WITH THE SOUTH LOOKING MORE LIKE RAIN AND THE NORTH RAIN OR SNOW. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN PRECIPITATION IS NOT THAT GREAT THIS FAR OUT WITH POSITION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT TO BE A BIG KEY. FOR NOW WILL JUST ACCEPT REGIONAL ALLBLEND TEMPERATURES WITH FAIRLY GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE TRENDS BUT NOT AS MUCH THE EXACT NUMBERS AS MODELS STILL STRUGGLE WITH THE FINE DETAILS ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH THE FAST FLOW ALOFT AND THUS IMPULSES COMING AND GOING QUICKLY. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 27/06Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 1151 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 WINDS ARE A MAJOR IMPACT TO OPERATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD. GUSTS DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS OF THE PERIOD MAY REMAIN ABOVE 40KT AT TIMES OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. FRONT IS THROUGH ALL SITES...OR SHOULD BE AT ISSUANCE TIME...AND WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY SUSTAINED OF 25+KT WITH GUSTS OF 40+KT OVERNIGHT. EXPECT THESE GUSTS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AND GUSTS TOMORROW MAY ONLY BE TO NEAR 25-30KT. MAY SEE BRIEF RESTRICTIONS IN SNOW SHOWERS BUT TOO TRANSIENT TO BOTHER WITH INCLUSION. CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME MVFR CEILINGS WITH STRATOCUMULUS IN THE COLD ADVECTION TOMORROW...BUT FOR NOW HAVE BACKED OFF TO SCT025 WITH A BKN040 DECK. SREF PROBABILITIES SUPPORT THIS. SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR AND GUSTS WILL END IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY FOR INZ021-028>031- 035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY FOR INZ021-028>031- 035>049-051>057. WIND CHILL WARNING FROM NOON MONDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY FOR INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-065. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM NOON MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY FOR INZ051>053-060>064-067>072. && SYNOPSIS...CP NEAR TERM...RYAN SHORT TERM...CP LONG TERM...MK AVIATION...NIELD VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSINDIANAPOLIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1049 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-057-271000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- 1049 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING...BRINGING SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: SNOW SQUALLS THIS EVENING WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BE AWARE THAT ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES OVERNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TIMING: TIMING ON SNOW SQUALLS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST IS FROM 9 PM THROUGH 1 AM. WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. COMBINED WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALL NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SQUALLS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. THEN...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY LATE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX ON SATURDAY. DISCUSSION: AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES COME FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ051>053-271000- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN- 1049 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING...BRINGING SNOW SQUALLS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: SNOW SQUALLS THIS EVENING WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BE AWARE THAT ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TIMING: TIMING ON SNOW SQUALLS IS THROUGH 1 AM. WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. COMBINED WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALL NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SQUALLS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. THEN...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY LATE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX ON SATURDAY. DISCUSSION: AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF -15 TO -25 DEGREES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES COME FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ054>056-271000- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- 1049 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING...BRINGING SNOW SQUALLS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: SNOW SQUALLS THIS EVENING WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BE AWARE THAT ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. TIMING: TIMING ON SNOW SQUALLS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST IS FROM 11 PM THROUGH 2 AM. WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. COMBINED WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALL NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SQUALLS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. THEN...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY LATE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX ON SATURDAY. DISCUSSION: AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO -40 DEGREES. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES COME FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060>064-067>072-271000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1049 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING...BRINGING SNOW SQUALLS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS THIS EVENING WILL BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BE AWARE THAT ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. TIMING: TIMING ON SNOW SQUALLS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST IS FROM 11 PM THROUGH 2 AM. WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. COMBINED WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALL NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SQUALLS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. THEN...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY LATE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX ON SATURDAY. DISCUSSION: AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF -15 TO -25 DEGREES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES COME FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ065-271000- DECATUR- 1049 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING...BRINGING SNOW SQUALLS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. HAZARDS: SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS THIS EVENING WILL BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF SNOW AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BE AWARE THAT ROAD CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. TIMING: TIMING ON SNOW SQUALLS ACROSS DECATUR COUNTY IS FROM 12 AM THROUGH 2 AM. WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. COMBINED WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALL NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SQUALLS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. THEN...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL BY LATE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX ON SATURDAY. DISCUSSION: AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES COME FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1126 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
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1110 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 W INDIANAPOLIS 39.83N 86.29W
01/26/2014 M53 MPH MARION IN ASOS
MEASURED AT EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK.
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NIELDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1130 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
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1118 PM NON-TSTM WND GST INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRP 39.72N 86.29W
01/26/2014 M52 MPH MARION IN ASOS
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NIELDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1152 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
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1128 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW MUNCIE 40.24N 85.40W
01/26/2014 M57 MPH DELAWARE IN ASOS
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1156 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
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1135 PM NON-TSTM WND GST KOKOMO 40.48N 86.13W
01/26/2014 M51 MPH HOWARD IN AWOS
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1203 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014
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1134 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SSE MCCORDSVILLE 39.85N 85.90W
01/26/2014 M51 MPH HANCOCK IN AWOS
MOUNT COMFORT INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL AIRPORT
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BHHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1238 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014
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1159 PM NON-TSTM WND GST FRANKFORT 40.28N 86.51W
01/26/2014 M50 MPH CLINTON IN AWOS
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50The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 58 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust was measured in Straughn as a strong cold front moved across the area.
A 58 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust was measured two miles southwest of Lafayette as a strong cold front moved across the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 498178, 498180.