Winter Storm Warnings Issued for Southern Indiana, Advisories in Place for Central Indiana

Winter storm warnings were issued for parts of southern Indiana, while central Indiana was under winter storm advisories. Here's a roundup of what the National Weather Service expects in Indiana by region:

Parts of South Central and East Central Indiana

A winter storm warning was issued from 4 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday for Indiana counties of Clark, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange, Perry, and Washington. The warning also covers parts of Kentucky.

Heavy snow is expected, with accumulations totaling from 3-5 inches, making roads slick and hazardous.

Southwest Indiana

A winter storm warning was issued from 1 a.m. Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday for Indiana counties of Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Warrick, and Vanderburgh. The warning also covers parts of Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky.

Heavy snow is expected, with accumulations totaling from 4-7 inches, making for difficult road conditions impacting the Friday morning and evening commutes. The heaviest snow was expected to fall in southeast Missouri.

Central Indiana

A winter weather advisory was issued from 4 a.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday for the Indianapolis area. Indiana counties included in the advisory are Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Decatur, Delaware, Fountain, Greene, Hamilton, Hendricks, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Madison, Martin, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Shelby, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vermillion, Vigo, and Warren.

Snow accumulations are expected to total from 2-4 inches. The weather service says higher-end snowfall totals will be more focused towards the south and southeast portions of central Indiana, with gradually lower amounts towards the northwest. Roads could be hazardous during the Friday evening commute.

East Central Indiana

A winter weather advisory was issued from 11 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday for the Indiana counties of Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne. The advisory also covers parts of Ohio and Kentucky.

Snow accumulations totaling from 2-4 inches will fall in parts of east central Indiana, northeast Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. The Friday evening commute will be impacted.

Northwest Indiana

The weather service at Chicago says light snow was expected late Thursday night into Friday across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, including the counties of Lake, Jasper, Newton, and Porter.

Much of the area can expect from an inch to 2 inches of snow, with some areas south of I-80 receiving 3 inches of snow. No advisories, watches, or warnings had been issued Thursday afternoon for the northern third of Indiana.