...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA...
Posted by
JAC on 1/31/2011, 1:46 pm
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
138 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011
...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA STARTING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A
VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM.
AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE AT THE
SURFACE...HOWEVER VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE
SYSTEM ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...RESULTING IN WARM AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE LOW PASSES TO OUR EAST
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW.
AT THIS TIME...NORTH AND NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF KOKOMO AND LAFAYETTE LOOK TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THAT
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL IN THE FORM OF
SNOW. HOWEVER SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE...
INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...NEW CASTLE AND MUNCIE...WARM AIR IS
EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT AND PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH
ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE. FURTHERMORE...STRONG WINDS
GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RECEIVE LARGE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT
IN WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. LONG DURATION
POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MANY PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA.
UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE PRECISE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM.
ADJUSTMENTS IN THE TRACK IN LATER FORECASTS MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ON AREAS THAT MAY RECEIVE FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW. STAY
ALERT TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM.
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-010245-
/O.UPG.KIND.WS.A.0002.110201T0000Z-110203T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KIND.WS.W.0001.110201T0000Z-110203T0000Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
138 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HEAVY
SNOW OR ICING...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...TRAVEL
WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR POTENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD...LONG DURATION POWER
OUTAGES.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70
CORRIDOR.
* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MONDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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Conclues PDS Winter Storm -
JAC,
1/30/2011, 8:07 pm- Great cam from Chicago - Fred, 1/31/2011, 6:00 pm
- Blizzard Warning up MO, IL - JAC, 1/31/2011, 4:12 pm
- Indy NWS Web Briefing: possibly historic storm - JAC, 1/31/2011, 1:14 pm
- Sitting right on the 5400 thickness line. Ait saturated to 600mb. - JAC, 1/31/2011, 8:59 pm
- On the road to hell - JAC, 1/31/2011, 4:02 pm
- Here we go - JAC, 1/31/2011, 1:22 pm
- ...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA... - JAC, 1/31/2011, 1:46 pm
- Re: Here we go - JAC, 1/31/2011, 1:40 pm
- Re: Here we go - JAC, 1/31/2011, 1:30 pm
- Kentucky Ice Storm of January 2009...a Hint of What may Come to Central Indiana - JAC, 1/31/2011, 1:17 pm
- Historic storm could dump 2 feet of snow in region - JAC, 1/31/2011, 12:25 pm
- Mid-Level Nowcast - JAC, 1/31/2011, 9:34 am
- Re: Conclues PDS Winter Storm - Fred, 1/31/2011, 7:45 am
- NAM, GFS & SREF Tracks - JAC, 1/31/2011, 7:40 am
- Severe Weather Outlook - JAC, 1/31/2011, 7:30 am
- Possible 1" Ice for Central Indiana. Blizzard for Chicago. - JAC, 1/31/2011, 7:28 am
- Very strong GOM moisture feed - JAC, 1/30/2011, 8:50 pm
- I don't like this in Central TX - JAC, 1/30/2011, 8:29 pm
- Re: Conclues PDS Winter Storm - Anung Mwka, 1/30/2011, 8:29 pm
- Re: Conclues PDS Winter Storm - CypressTX, 1/30/2011, 8:17 pm
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