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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY...

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS
NORTHWEST INDIANA...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF PORTAGE TO
RENSSELAER. THE MORE INTENSE SNOW BAND HAS SETUP FURTHER EAST OF
THE ADVISORY...HOWEVER CONCERN THAT SURFACE WINDS FROM THE
NORTHEAST MAY ALLOW THIS MORE INTENSE SNOW BAND TO MEANDER BACK TO
THE WEST ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF PORTER AND JASPER COUNTIES.
WINDS LATER THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE UNIFORM FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND PUSH THE SNOWBAND BACK EAST WITH SNOW SHOWERS
TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO FALL
HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...COMBINED WITH 15 TO 25 MPH
WIND...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...PRIMARILY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES STILL A POSSIBILITY.

INZ002-011-121800-
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PORTER-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALPARAISO...RENSSELAER
352 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

* TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THIS MORNING
THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING EAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH NOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COULD REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES TO NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL EASILY CAUSE FRESH
SNOWFALL TO BLOW AROUND AND POSSIBLY BEGIN TO DRIFT ON ROADWAYS
CAUSING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

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