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...STRONG WINDS AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...


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/O.NEW.KLOT.WS.A.0003.150214T1200Z-150215T1200Z/
PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO
354 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS REGULARLY GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH
SOON AFTER DAYBREAK SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* SNOW TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES
FROM MAINLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION...OVER SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS
MAY CREATE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY...INCLUDING EVEN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF THE LAKE SHORE.
THIS ALONG WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS WOULD LIKELY MAKE TRAVELING
TREACHEROUS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH...POTENTIALLY
TO 50 MPH NEAR THE LAKE SHORE...WILL LIKELY MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE WINDS ALSO COULD CAUSE
MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE UNLESS PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

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