Powerlines and stop lights are downed due to the wind.
It was dangerous yesterday, and it will be dangerous tomorrow:
Winter Weather Advisory
Counties affected: Adams; Allen; Blackford; Cass; De Kalb; Fulton; Grant; Huntington; Jay; Kosciusko; La Porte; Marshall; Miami; Noble; Starke; Wabash; Wells; Whitley
Expires 12:00 PM on Tuesday, January 12th 2016
Winter Weather Advisory issued January 11 at 2:52PM EST until January 12 at 12:00PM EST by NWS NorthernIndiana
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EST /7 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND
THEN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT TO BETWEEN 20 AND
30 MPH AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF THE POWDERY SNOW.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. DRIVING
MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.
* REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
STAFF REPORTS
MICHIGAN CITY — The intersection of U.S. 20 and 421 was closed for several hours due to an accident early Sunday morning.
A vehicle traveling westbound in the outside lane of U.S. 20 went off the road and hit a NIPSCO utility pole by U.S. 421 at 3:12 a.m., according to a report from the Michigan City Police Department.
The pole snapped then fell onto the lines for the northbound traffic lights, the report stated, and a power outage occurred in the area.
The vehicle was allegedly traveling too fast to stop in time given the slick condition of the roadway. Freezing rain was reportedly falling at the time of the accident.
The eastbound and westbound lanes were closed until late morning, and the northbound and southbound lanes were still closed as of 6 p.m., according to Cpl. Greg Radiger of the MCPD.
Nick Greenawalt, meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said the closest weather report, from 3:54 a.m. at the Municipal Airport, reported visibility would be two and a half miles with a temperature hovering around the freezing point, 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
The worst of the storm occurred between 2 and 5 a.m., Greenawalt said.
In addition to the weather, the driver told MCPD officers the brakes on his vehicle had problems he had not yet fixed.
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