WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 432 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL TRACK NORTH ACROSS THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATE THIS WEEK
AND BRING A ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. A MIX OF
SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN BY
EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. AREAS OVER FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO MAY LINGER BELOW
FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE
ACCUMULATION. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN OVERNIGHT
AS MUCH WARMER AIR MOVES NORTH.
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LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...
MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...
JONESVILLE
432 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009 /332 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING/DURATION: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATION. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL
RAIN OVERNIGHT AS MUCH WARMER AIR MOVES NORTH.
* MAIN IMPACT: THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADS TO BECOME
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE
TOLLWAY...HIGHWAY 6...INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 69 OVER FAR
NORTHERN INDIANA INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON COLD OBJECTS SUCH AS
TREES AND POWER LINES. INCREASING WINDS MAY CAUSE AN INCREASED
RISK OF POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 319 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 315 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009

/214 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL...
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF STATE ROUTE
31 WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL
INITIALLY BEGIN AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
FURTHER EAST...MOST OF THE DAY MAY REMAIN DRY...BUT A PERIOD OF
LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
THURSDAY NIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND WILL
CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING. BEFORE
THIS CHANGEOVER OCCURS...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS
LIKELY...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 30. THIS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
&&
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
$$