LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 229 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
A HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWBAND WHICH PRODUCED UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW
SINCE LAST EVENING AT EAGLE RIVER...WILL REMAIN OVER KEWEENAW
COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN
KEWEENAW COUNTY TODAY AS VISIBILITIES ARE NEAR ZERO UNDER THIS
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWBAND. THIS BAND WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH
ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE DAY ALLOWING THE SNOW TO DIMINISH IN
INTENSITY JUST AFTER SUNSET. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO
8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS KEWEENAW COUNTY FOR THE REST OF
TODAY.
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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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