LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 308 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 PM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY.
* TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVIER SNOW BANDS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
LOCALIZED SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... WITH EVENT
TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF LAGRANGE AND NOBLE COUNTIES IN INDIANA... AND ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY MICHIGAN.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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