WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 408 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THURSDAY.
* HAZARDS: COLD AIR AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SWEEP INTO
THE REGION TONIGHT...LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST
THURSDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO
PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING AN
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TONIGHT AND
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITHIN
THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND
HAZARDOUS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORE THROUGH TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION.
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