LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 208 AM CST 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...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 FEET ARE
EXPECTED IN BERRIEN COUNTY AND AROUND 1 FOOT IN NORTHERN
LAPORTE...NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA...AND CASS COUNTY
MICHIGAN WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER INLAND.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING...WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* 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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