LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 745 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT
AND EARLY SATURDAY AS A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW MOVES SLOWLY
SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING... AND THEN BACK TO THE NORTHEAST LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT WITH UP TO 9 INCHES IN BERRIEN COUNTY
AND LESSER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST LAPORTE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOWS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BRINGING
STORM TOTALS TO 12 TO 18 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THESE
TOTALS MOST WIDESPREAD ACROSS BERRIEN AND CASS COUNTIES.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS.
* WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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