209 WWUS81 KPBZ 270056 SPSPBZ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 856 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 OHZ041-PAZ020-WVZ001-270145- BEAVER PA-COLUMBIANA OH-HANCOCK WV- 856 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT BEAVER...NORTHERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTIES... AT 853 PM EDT...SNOW SHOWERS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF EAST PALESTINE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LISBON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY. A QUICK ACCUMULATION OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LISBON... EAST PALESTINE... BEAVER CREEK STATE PARK... BLACKHAWK... BEAVER FALLS... WELLSVILLE... BEAVER... NEWELL... EAST LIVERPOOL... CHESTER... ECONOMY BORO... ALIQUIPPA... THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY WILL BE IMPACTED... I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 46. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4067 8015 4061 8014 4061 8018 4059 8020 4054 8056 4077 8103 4085 8052 $$  982 WWUS81 KPBZ 270232 SPSPBZ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1032 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 PAZ021-073-270315- ALLEGHENY PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 1032 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ALLEGHENY AND WEST CENTRAL WESTMORELAND COUNTIES... AT 1030 PM EDT...SNOW SHOWERS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM MOON TO MILLVALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE SNOWFALL WILL MELT ON CONTACT...ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEWICKLEY... PERRYSVILLE... MOON... IMPERIAL... ETNA... MILLVALE... MCKEES ROCKS... EAST LIBERTY... NORTH SIDE PITTSBURGH... OAKDALE... DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH... OAKLAND... HIGHWAYS IMPACTED INCLUDE... I-279 PARKWAY NORTH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10. I-579 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD. ROUTE 43 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 52. I-376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 52. I-376 PARKWAY WEST BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 69. I-376 PARKWAY CENTRAL BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 74. I-376 PARKWAY EAST BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 84. TOLL 66 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 10. I-79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 67. I-76 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 70. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4028 7943 4026 7991 4048 8035 4054 8028 4055 7996 $$  519 WWUS81 KRNK 270310 SPSRNK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1110 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 VAZ007-WVZ042-043-045-271100- TAZEWELL-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP... HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1110 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...SNOW SHOWERS WILL KEEP ROADS SLICK IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE GOING TO KEEP ROADS SLICK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AROUND ONE INCH WILL FALL OVER THE AREA...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES AROUND FLAT TOP AND QUINWOOD. THOSE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT NEED TO PREPARE IN ADVANCE FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ VAZ009>015-018>020-WVZ044-271100- SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...UNION 1110 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 ...BLACK ICE AND SOME SNOW ON ROADS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... REFREEZE OF SNOWMELT ON ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL FORM AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE LESS THAN AN INCH...WHICH WILL STICK TO UNTREATED ROADS. THOSE TRAVELING SHOULD BE ALERT TO ROAD CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$  622 WWUS85 KCYS 270716 SPSCYS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 116 AM MDT WED MAR 27 2013 WYZ116>118-270930- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE 116 AM MDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG AND BLACK ICE EXPECTED AROUND CHEYENNE THIS MORNING... CHEYENNE AIRPORT IS REPORTING A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN DENSE FOG AT 115 AM THIS MORNING. FOG IS EXPECTED TO LINGER EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE BEFORE SURFACE WINDS EVENTUALLY SHIFT INTO THE WEST BEFORE SUNRISE...RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IN ADDITION...BLACK ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AND INTERSTATE 80 ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND REDUCE SPEEDS BETWEEN PINE BLUFFS AND THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT. $$ TT  567 WWUS81 KRNK 270833 SPSRNK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 433 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 VAZ007-WVZ042-043-045-271400- TAZEWELL-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP... HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 433 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...SNOW SHOWERS WILL KEEP ROADS SLICK INTO THIS MORNING... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL ARE GOING TO KEEP ROADS SLICK THROUGH THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AROUND ONE INCH WILL FALL OVER THE AREA...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES AROUND FLAT TOP AND QUINWOOD THROUGH MID MORNING. THOSE TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING NEED TO BE ALERT FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS INCLUDING POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$ VAZ009>020-WVZ044-271400- SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...UNION 433 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...BLACK ICE AND SOME SNOW ON ROADS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... PERSISTENT BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL MAY PRODUCE A QUICK ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IN SPOTS THROUGH MID MORNING. IN ADDITION...REFREEZING OF MELTED SNOW FROM TUESDAY MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLACK ICE UNDER THE SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ACROSS THE REGION DURING THEIR MORNING COMMUTE AS SOME ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. $$  971 WWUS85 KCYS 270902 SPSCYS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 302 AM MDT WED MAR 27 2013 WYZ116>118-271130- SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE... HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE 302 AM MDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG AND BLACK ICE EXPECTED AROUND CHEYENNE THIS MORNING... CHEYENNE AIRPORT OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. FOG IS EXPECTED TO LINGER EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE BEFORE SURFACE WINDS EVENTUALLY SHIFT INTO THE WEST AROUND SUNRISE...RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR PUSHING INTO THE AREA. IN ADDITION...BLACK ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 AND INTERSTATE 80 ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND REDUCE SPEEDS BETWEEN PINE BLUFFS AND THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT. $$ TT  156 WWUS83 KMPX 271325 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 825 AM CDT WED MAR 27 2013 MNZ054-064-271530- LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 825 AM CDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING... .LOCALIZED AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY 10 OR 11 AM. $$ JRB  699 WWUS81 KILN 271415 SPSILN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1015 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 INZ050-034-058-059-066-073>075-080-271430- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY 1015 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A TEST MESSAGE FOR THE INDIANA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND IS VALID UNTIL 1030 AM EST. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A TEST. REPEAT ... THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE FOR THE INDIANA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. THIS TEST MESSAGE IS PART OF THE ANNUAL INDIANA TORNADO DRILL. IF THIS WERE AN ACTUAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...YOU WOULD BE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE HAZARD. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY...ENCOURAGES THE USE OF THIS TIME TO EITHER ACTIVATE OR REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLANS. REPEATING...THIS HAS BEEN A TEST TORNADO WARNING MESSAGE FOR THE 2013 INDIANA TORNADO DRILL. THIS CONCLUDES THE TEST. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. REPEAT...THIS IS A TEST. $$  335 WWUS83 KLMK 271435 SPSLMK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1035 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-271505- CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-FLOYD IN-HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON IN-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN- 1035 AM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...THE TEST TORNADO DRILL FOR INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... A SECOND DRILL WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS EVENING BETWEEN 730-800 PM EDT. && LAT...LON 3869 8520 3874 8525 3873 8544 3853 8542 3829 8568 3838 8580 3824 8596 3796 8604 3821 8647 3807 8643 3784 8665 3820 8679 3821 8707 3851 8707 3853 8669 3869 8668 3873 8588 3891 8554 3891 8520 TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 225DEG 20KT 3835 8668 $$ JBS  093 WWUS81 KBUF 271854 SPSBUF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 254 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 NYZ010>012-272000- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW 254 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...AREA OF HEAVY SNOW IMPACTING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... THROUGH 4 PM...AN AREA OF PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN NORTHERN ERIE...WYOMING AND GENESEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS IN AND AROUND THE BUFFALO METRO AREA AND THE BUFFALO AIRPORT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN AS LOW AS AN EIGHTH OF A MILE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING THROUGH THIS REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AS RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ JAM  660 WWUS81 KBUF 272018 SPSBUF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 418 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 NYZ010>012-272130- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW 418 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...AREA OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE... THROUGH 530 PM...AN AREA OF PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN NORTHERN ERIE...WYOMING AND GENESEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS IN AND AROUND THE BUFFALO METRO AREA AND THE BUFFALO AIRPORT. HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN AS LOW AS AN EIGHTH OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE COMBINATION OF THE HIGH MARCH SUN ANGLE AND TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK WILL CAUSE SNOW TO ONLY ACCUMULATE MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES...HOWEVER A FEW SLUSHY SPOTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING HOME LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ JAM  189 WWUS81 KBUF 272140 SPSBUF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 540 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 NYZ001-010>012-272300- NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO...BATAVIA... WARSAW 540 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... THROUGH 7 PM...AN AREA OF PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER FAR SOUTHERN NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...WESTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS IN AND AROUND THE BUFFALO METRO AREA...THE BUFFALO AIRPORT AND GRAND ISLAND. HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN AS LOW AS AN EIGHTH OF A MILE AT TIMES. WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING FROM THE MARCH SUN AS WE APPROACH EVENING AND THE CONTINUOUS HEAVY SNOW...ROAD SURFACES ARE BEGINNING TO COOL TO THE POINT WHERE SNOW IS NOW BEGINNING TO STICK...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS THIS EVENING...AS THERE WILL BE SOME SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN SPOTS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ JAM  612 WWUS86 KSTO 272228 SPSSTO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 328 PM PDT WED MAR 27 2013 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-281200- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 328 PM PDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...SPRING STORM WILL BRING COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... IMPACTS: * OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES COULD BE IMPACTED BY WET CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. * POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS AND CHAINS REQUIREMENTS OVER SIERRA NEVADA PASSES. A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC STORM WILL GRADUALLY APPROACH NORTHERN INTERIOR CALIFORNIA TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. A WEAK DISTURBANCE AHEAD OF THIS COULD BRING GENERALLY LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS RELATIVELY MILD SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME HIGH ELEVATION SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN BEFORE IT EXITS EARLY NEXT WEEK. SNOW AND RAIN AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME BUT COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. CURRENTLY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 6000 FEET. AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY OVER THE WEEKEND. $$ EK/DVC  443 WWUS81 KBUF 272256 SPSBUF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 656 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 NYZ010>012-280030- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW 656 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLICK ROADS THIS EVENING... AT 7 PM AN AREA OF PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER METRO BUFFALO AND TOWARDS GENESEE AND WYOMING COUNTIES. SOME POCKETS OF RAIN ARE WITHIN THESE SNOW SHOWERS ESPECIALLY TOWARDS NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP A DEGREE OR TWO INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BUT THIS SLIGHT COOLING COMBINED WITH THE SETTING SUN WILL ALLOW FOR MORE ROAD SURFACES TO EITHER ACCUMULATE SNOW...OR FORM ICY SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS THIS EVENING...AS THERE WILL BE SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN SPOTS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ THOMAS  005 WWUS81 KILN 272335 SPSILN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 735 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-272345- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY 735 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A TEST MESSAGE FOR THE INDIANA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN INDIANA AND IS VALID UNTIL 745 PM EDT. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A TEST. REPEAT ... THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE FOR THE INDIANA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. THIS TEST MESSAGE IS PART OF THE ANNUAL INDIANA TORNADO DRILL. IF THIS WERE AN ACTUAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...YOU WOULD BE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE HAZARD. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY...ENCOURAGES THE USE OF THIS TIME TO EITHER ACTIVATE OR REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLANS. REPEATING...THIS HAS BEEN A TEST TORNADO WARNING MESSAGE FOR THE 2013 INDIANA TORNADO DRILL. THIS CONCLUDES THE TEST. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. REPEAT...THIS IS A TEST. $$  049 WWUS82 KGSP 272348 SPSGSP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 748 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 NCZ033-048>050-281200- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE 748 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...PATCHY BLACK ICE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE COMBINATION OF RECENT HEAVY SNOWFALL...TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOVE FREEZING IN SOME PLACES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S...WILL ALLOW PATCHY BLACK ICE CONDITIONS TO FORM ACROSS THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BLACK ICE CONDITIONS WHERE PREVIOUS SNOW MELT HAS REFROZEN ON AREA ROADWAYS. $$ GERAPETRITIS  944 WWUS83 KLMK 272350 SPSLMK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 750 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-280005- CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-FLOYD IN-HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON IN-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN- 750 PM EDT WED MAR 27 2013 ...THE TEST TORNADO DRILL FOR INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... THIS CONCLUDES THE 2013 TORNADO DRILL FOR INDIANA. BE PREPARED...NOT SURPRISED. && LAT...LON 3869 8520 3874 8525 3873 8544 3853 8542 3829 8568 3838 8580 3824 8596 3796 8604 3821 8647 3807 8643 3784 8665 3820 8679 3821 8707 3851 8707 3853 8669 3869 8668 3873 8588 3891 8554 3891 8520 TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 225DEG 20KT 3835 8668 $$ JBS