398  
WWUS43 KLOT 211902  
WSWLOT  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
102 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
INZ002-220515-  
/O.NEW.KLOT.WW.Y.0009.260222T0600Z-260223T1800Z/  
PORTER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALPARAISO, PORTAGE, AND CHESTERTON  
102 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON  
CST MONDAY...  
 
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN  
2 AND 5 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST  
OF STATE ROAD 49 AND NORTH OF US ROUTE 30. SOME BLOWING AND  
DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.  
 
* WHERE...PORTER COUNTY. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE  
NORTHEAST HALF OF THE COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A PERIOD OF SNOW WITH SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT  
WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A BRIEF LULL IN  
SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR TOWARDS MIDDAY SUNDAY BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF  
LAKE EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH  
MONDAY MORNING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS FOR INDIANA CAN BE OBTAINED AT HTTPS://511IN.ORG.  
 

 
 

 
 
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