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LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
in effect until Saturday, Feb 11, 9:00 AM

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL LIKELY END FOR A TIME THIS EVENING...HOWEVER AN INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PORTER COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS LIKELY WHERE THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND OCCURS...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES WITHIN THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BAND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY COULD EXCEED 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. DUE TO THE LOCALIZED NATURE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS CAN AND OFTEN DO VARY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER VERY SHORT DISTANCES AND MANY AREAS IN PORTER COUNTY MAY END UP WITH LESS THAN 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITHIN THE MOST INTENSE SNOW BAND DUE THE COMBINATION OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.