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WWUS43 KIWX 191840
WSWIWX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
140 PM EST WED FEB 19 2025
INZ005-200900-
/O.EXA.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.250219T2100Z-250221T0000Z/
ELKHART-
140 PM EST WED FEB 19 2025
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN
1 AND 4 INCHES.
* WHERE...ELKHART COUNTY, HEAVIEST SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF
THE COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LIGHT AND
SCATTERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIER LAKE
EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUES AT TIMES THROUGH
THE DAY THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS AND TIMES OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD
IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW, THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN
ALSO VARY GREATLY. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER,
VISIBILITY, AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
INZ103-104-204-MIZ078-177-277-200900-
/O.CON.KIWX.WW.Y.0011.250219T2100Z-250221T0000Z/
NORTHERN LA PORTE-EASTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-WESTERN ST. JOSEPH IN-
CASS MI-NORTHERN BERRIEN-SOUTHERN BERRIEN-
140 PM EST WED FEB 19 2025 /1240 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ THURSDAY...
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN
2 AND 6 INCHES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. THE
HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS AND GREATER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY IN AND BERRIEN COUNTY MI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
LIGHT AND SCATTERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUES AT
TIMES THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS
IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE
THURSDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW, THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN
ALSO VARY GREATLY. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER,
VISIBILITY, AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
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