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Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 9:10 PM Jan. 30, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Winds to 25 kt.

* WHERE...Gary to Michigan City IN.

* WHEN...Until 2 PM CST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

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Winter Storm Warning
Issued: 7:42 PM Jan. 30, 2026 – National Weather Service
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow with total snow accumulations over 6
inches expected, mainly near and north of US Route 30. Isolated
totals up to a foot are possible.

* WHERE...Lake IN and Porter Counties.

* WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 PM CST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to nearly impossible at
times north of U.S. Route 30 with near white out conditions and
snowfall rates of 2 or more inches per hour under the most intense
portions of the band.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The Heaviest snowfall is expected late this
evening through Saturday morning, when locally 2 inch per hour
rates are expected at times. Some breaks in the snowfall are
possible at times as the snow band  wobbles tonight and Saturday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

During lake effect snow, the weather can vary from near white out
conditions in very heavy snow to dry weather just a few miles away.
Be prepared for rapid changes in weather, visibility, and road
conditions.

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

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