ICE STORM WARNING

...WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THURSDAY...

CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-
RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
ANDERSON...MUNCIE
1043 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 3 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 3 AM EST
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE QUICKLY EAST. AS IT DOES...A STRONG
COLD HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE LAKES
REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE A SITUATION WHERE COLD AIR AT THE GROUND
ALLOWS RAIN FALLING TO FREEZE ON SURFACES.

LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE IN AFTER 4 PM THURSDAY...WITH THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN AFTER 7 PM. GRADUALLY...
WARMER AIR FROM THE SOUTH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. BEFORE
THIS HAPPENS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.