FPUS73 KIWX 081456 NOWIWX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 956 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009 INZ004>006-008-009-014-016>018-MIZ077>079-081700- ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-DE KALB-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO- WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...ELKHART... GOSHEN...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN... GARRETT...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS 956 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009 .NOW... A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXTENDS FROM CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN SOUTHEAST THROUGH LAGRANGE AND DE KALB COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS CENTERED BETWEEN DOWAGIAC AND MARCELLUS WHERE AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. ELSEWHERE...A COATING TO ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. $$ ARNOTT