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...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW PROBABLE LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BY LATER
THIS EVENING. A CONCENTRATED BAND OR TWO OF HEAVY SNOW IS
ANTICIPATED. BECAUSE THE BAND OR BANDS ARE LIKELY TO BE NARROW...
THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY OVER JUST A SHORT
DISTANCE. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THESE
FOCUSED AREAS OF SNOWFALL...BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT PORTER COUNTY
WILL EXPERIENCE AT LEAST TEMPORARY PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL
DURING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO HOLIDAY TRAVEL...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATES
80...90...AND 94...AND U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 30.

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PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO
1158 AM CST TUE NOV 26 2013

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND PICK UP
IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

* SNOWFALL RATES...AT TIMES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...
INCLUDING IN VALPARAISO. QUICKLY LESSENING AMOUNTS ARE FAVORED
OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER
COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES COULD REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...WHICH WOULD HAVE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO HOLIDAY TRAVELERS.

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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