Madison County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
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Sunday January 11th, 2015 :: 02:48 a.m. CST
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AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory in effect from 7 AM to 1 PM EST Monday
...ICE STORM WARNING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FORM PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 1 PM MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND LIGHT SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL INDIANA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN AT THE START...FURTHER NORTH...CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 70.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR ONE QUARTER ON AN INCH
* MAIN IMPACT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CREATING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON THE ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES ON MONDAY MORNING.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BOONE ... DELAWARE ... HAMILTON ... MADISON
Instructions:
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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.
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Address/Location
Madison County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
206 East 9th Street
Anderson, IN 46016
https://local.nixle.com/alert/5333568/
Please check this site BEFORE you head out for work in the morning. . . Several counties are already orange and could be red by morning if this is a sustained ice storm:
http://www.in.gov/dhs/traveladvisory/ (http://www.in.gov/dhs/traveladvisory/)
And if you are considering going out right now, fuh-gettaboudit!
The roads and ground are completely covered in ice! :eek: