{"id":48865,"date":"2014-02-24T07:53:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T12:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=48865"},"modified":"2014-02-25T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T13:18:08","slug":"arctic-vortex-again-visiting-area-flooding-also-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/02\/24\/arctic-vortex-again-visiting-area-flooding-also-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Vortex again visiting VW County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Van Wert independent\/EMA information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Getting used to the more balmy temperatures? Don&#8217;t, because winter has at least one more blast of frigid weather heading our way this week.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MGN Online graphic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cold-weather-artwork-1-2014.jpg\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cold-weather-artwork-1-2014.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-47650\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"Cold weather artwork 1-2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cold-weather-artwork-1-2014.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a>According to Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy, a portion of the dreaded polar vortex will again make its way into Van Wert County, sending the mercury plunging 20-30 degrees below normal for this time in February.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s high is expected to be about 22 degrees and breezy, with winds of 15-20 mph predicted. Tonight&#8217;s low should be around 11 degrees, with light snow in the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday morning&#8217;s weather should include some flurries and a high of 24 degrees, but an arctic air mass will then move in Tuesday night, bringing a low of 3 degrees, plus 20-mph winds that should create wind chills of -10 t0 -15 degrees below zero.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s high will only get to 13, with a low of 2 forecast for Wednesday evening. Thursday&#8217;s high should be around 19, again with a low of 2 degrees, while Friday should see a high of 20 and a low of 2.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Saturday&#8217;s high is forecast for 20 degrees, with a low of 3, while temperatures will be slightly warmer next week, with highs in the mid-20s and lows mostly in the teens.<\/p>\n<p>Probably a good idea not to break out the bermuda shorts and tank tops just yet, if the National Weather Service is right.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the cold temperatures, flooding is also a possibility for low-lying areas of Van Wert County. The Weather Service has issued a river flood warning for the St. Marys River in Decatur, Ind., while Willshire will also see high water this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent\/EMA information Getting used to the more balmy temperatures? Don&#8217;t, because winter has at least one more blast of frigid weather heading our way this week. According to Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy, a portion of the dreaded polar vortex will again make its way into Van Wert County, sending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 01:34:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}