[NWS] WINTER STORM WATCH

..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...AND LINGER INTO SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO REACH OR EXCEED 6 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY DEVELOP BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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