LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 340 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR POURS
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT WITHS WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY
ROADS FROM LATE TONIGHT NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH
THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 196 SOUTH OF
HOLLAND AND INTERSTATE 94 WEST OF KALAMAZOO.
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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