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...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY
TUESDAY...

.PROGRESSIVELY COLDER AIR WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE WARM WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A PLUME OF HEAVY LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL LIKELY SET UP OVER THE LAKE THIS EVENING AND
IMPACT PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. WHILE THE EXACT POSITION IS
STILL IN QUESTION...PORTIONS OF PORTER COUNTY MAY RECEIVE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. STRONG INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED
BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND TWO TO THREE
INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE IN THE INTENSE BAND...BUT
THIS MAY ONLY OCCUR FOR A BRIEF PERIOD ACROSS EASTERN PORTER
COUNTY...WITH BETTER FOCUS FOR HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLY REMAINING
FURTHER EAST. IF THE SNOW BAND CAN SET UP OVER PORTIONS OF PORTER
COUNTY FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

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INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO
104 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE
SHIFTING TO THE EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIALLY 5 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IF THE BAND CAN MOVE OVER PORTER COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. SNOW SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AND SNOW
RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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