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PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO
827 PM CST WED FEB 11 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
AND COULD CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG
WINDS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST PORTER COUNTY CLOSE
TO THE LAKE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFTEN RESULTS IN HIGHLY VARIABLE
SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER SHORT DISTANCES. THEREFORE...NOT
EVERYWHERE IN PORTER COUNTY WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW SHOWERS...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
LEAD TO UNTREATED ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...POSSIBLY GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH
ALONG THE LAKEFRONT...WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

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