LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1027 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS HAVE SHIFTED WEST INTO STARKE AND
MARSHALL COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SHIFT BACK TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. OCCASIONAL
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING
IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF KNOX... PLYMOUTH...
AND WARSAW... AND WEST OF ALBION... LAGRANGE... AND STURGIS WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* 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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